Helpful Writing Links

Duotrope is another submission tracking site. It's $50 per year. Some people believe that the (minor) cost means the submission data will be higher quality because people willing to pay are more serious about their submissions. I encourage you to look at the Grinder and at Duotrope and decide for yourself.  https://duotrope.com/

Many of you are familiar with Wulf's workshop. Soon--very soon!--it will be two books and more workshops. Keep an eye on it here!

THE SUPER SECRETS – Driftweave

I said I was going to discuss Apex Writers Group, and then I forgot! Apex was founded by Dave Wolverton, who passed away two weeks ago, but it's continuing despite our loss. Apex hosts two Zoom calls per week with guest speakers, plus a strategy call and a coaching call. Apex members also get free access to Dave's recorded courses, access to four of his writing books, and membership in a large community of fellow writers at various skill levels. And more!

https://www.apex-writers.com/

@martin-l-shoemaker I use both Duotrope and The Grinder. Duotrope has a monthly newsletter which shows in detail the upcoming submissions, who no longer accepts submissions, etc. It's nice to have this information in one place to take in at a glance. 

Sometimes I find going back to basic grammar guides are helpful. My favorite is the punctuation guide because it seems using a comma has become a lot more complex than I remembered. I found online text correction will highlight everything and offers suggestions for improvement without rephrasing your writing for you. 

I still struggle in finding an actual grammar editing that will follow the context of the story though. 

@stephanie1980 The spam filter removed your links. That’s common, especially when it’s your first comment and it has multiple links. The spam filter thinks you’re a suspicious character. (Story prompt!)

You’ve commented on another thread, and I’ve approved both. The spam filter should recognize you now, or within another comment or two.

Our own judge, Robert J. Sawyer has some great intro-to-writing essays here: https://sfwriter.com/owindex.htm

They kickstarted my writing journey, and helped me very quickly level up from The Worst Writer Ever to just A Bad Writer (but growing!)

And our former Coordinating Judge (and my personal hero and favorite author of all time) David Farland has over 1000 writing tips here: https://mystorydoctor.com/writing-blog/

The openlibrary is very useful, too, especially for accessing my second favorite craft book from another of our judges, OSC: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1859199M/How_to_write_science_fiction_and_fantasy

What a find

Wow, this is an awesome collection—thanks for putting it all in one place! A few I’d add that have helped me.

TV Tropes, Nameberry, Poetry Foundation, Worldbuilding Stack Exchange, Hemingway App.

Hi, I’m new here and just went through the full list of helpful links shared earlier—thank you, they’re really useful. As a small return, I’d also like to share a few resources that have helped me in my own writing journey. One is an Academia PDF of Darkness Visible by William Styron, which explores depression and its impact on his identity as a writer. Another is a proofreading tool I use for polishing my drafts before the final version. I also rely on a list of creative writing prompts for my morning journaling. Lastly, I’ve found PerfectEssayWriter especially helpful for refining essays and making sure my ideas come across clearly.

This is such a fantastic collection of writing resources, you’ve covered everything from character naming to contracts! I’d add one more tool that’s been really useful for me: Quetext, which combines ai and plagiarism checking with citation support. It’s great for making sure your drafts are clean and properly credited before submission, especially when pulling from research-heavy sources. Thanks for putting this list together, bookmarking it for sure!

Wow, this is an awesome list—thank you for putting it all together! 🙌 I’ve bookmarked a bunch of these already.