- Write or Die – “Write or Die is a web application that encourages writing by punishing the tendency to avoid writing. Start typing in the box. As long as you keep typing, you’re fine, but once you stop typing, you have a grace period of a certain number of seconds and then there are consequences.”
- Celtx – free script-writing software
- Focus Writer – “FocusWriter is a simple, distraction-free writing environment. It utilizes a hide-away interface that you access by moving your mouse to the edges of the screen, allowing the program to have a familiar look and feel to it while still getting out of the way so that you can immerse yourself in your work.”
- Think Baby Names, What a Lovely Name, Behind the Name, and Behind the Surname – Good sites to look up names for characters.
- The Pomodoro Technique – Named after the kitchen timer, “the Pomodoro Technique is a time management method that can be used for any kind of task.” See the Cheat Sheet here.
- National Novel Writing Month – “National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000 word, (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30.”
- Script Frenzy (Screnzy) – “Script Frenzy is an international writing event in which participants take on the challenge of writing 100 pages of scripted material in the month of April.”
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