Useful Writing Sites for NaNoWriMo
October 23rd 2010 18:08
Here's what I'm up to this weekend: Fleshing out characters (I'm quite fond of doing this by clustering them this year: I write their name or the character description in the middle, then I branch of desires, fears, looks, etc.), refining the story idea, hopefully some degree of plotting (even though I like to keep things loose as far as plot is concerned).
So, in order not to keep any of us from planning our November novels, I'll recommend a few useful websites which make my NaNo life easier.
I've mentioned Dr. Wicked's Write or Die before. I suggest you bookmark it now and make use of it whenever you need a bit of added pressure to keep you writing.
Another site I mentioned before: My Writing Nook will come in handy if you are allowed to spend your lunch break writing your novel at your desk, if you're writing from a university or public library or if you have an iPhone, iPod, iPad or Android phone. You can access your documents wherever you have an internet connection; bound to boost the wordcount of anyone who spends weekdays away from the home computer.
750words.com deserves a mention because of it's automatic wordcount function. You'll have to ignore the message that pops up when you've hit 750 words, though, because you're not done for the day yet. If you have a Google, Yahoo, Facebook or OpenID account, you can sign in with it instead of having to create a new account. I've been using 750words.com since August 30th (and wrote 750 words every day until October 9th when moving house got in the way, I'm back to writing my daily quota again now) and found that it works much better for me than writing morning pages in longhand. I'm not sure yet whether I'll use it for NaNoWriMo.
Update: It looks like there'll be a special notification when you hit the 1,667-word mark: NaNoWriMo special at 750words.com.
Language is a Virus and Creative Writing Prompts: Two websites every writer should have bookmarked. If you find yourself in need of inspiration, you'll find some there.
So, in order not to keep any of us from planning our November novels, I'll recommend a few useful websites which make my NaNo life easier.
I've mentioned Dr. Wicked's Write or Die before. I suggest you bookmark it now and make use of it whenever you need a bit of added pressure to keep you writing.
Another site I mentioned before: My Writing Nook will come in handy if you are allowed to spend your lunch break writing your novel at your desk, if you're writing from a university or public library or if you have an iPhone, iPod, iPad or Android phone. You can access your documents wherever you have an internet connection; bound to boost the wordcount of anyone who spends weekdays away from the home computer.
750words.com deserves a mention because of it's automatic wordcount function. You'll have to ignore the message that pops up when you've hit 750 words, though, because you're not done for the day yet. If you have a Google, Yahoo, Facebook or OpenID account, you can sign in with it instead of having to create a new account. I've been using 750words.com since August 30th (and wrote 750 words every day until October 9th when moving house got in the way, I'm back to writing my daily quota again now) and found that it works much better for me than writing morning pages in longhand. I'm not sure yet whether I'll use it for NaNoWriMo.
Update: It looks like there'll be a special notification when you hit the 1,667-word mark: NaNoWriMo special at 750words.com.
Language is a Virus and Creative Writing Prompts: Two websites every writer should have bookmarked. If you find yourself in need of inspiration, you'll find some there.
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