Archival Notes: Writing Resources
I come back to these resources time and again, and I hope they prove useful to others. If you have a resource that you particularly love, email me! I’d love to hear about it.
Can’t Find that Word
Related Words (like a thesaurus but when you can’t think of a word directly)
Inspiration
Unfinished Clips: Story Prompts, Volume I
100 Creative Writing Prompts from Writer’s Digest
Plotting
Word Count, Goals, and Beats spreadsheet by Rowan Brighton Brown
Ancient and Medieval stories in translation
John Clute’s The Darkening Garden Review (also, buy this book for horror plotting)
Worldbuilding, names, and places
Behind the Name (etymology and history of first names, plus a link to their surnames catalog)
Book Title Generator (algorithm, not AI)
Name, Language, Place Name Generator (algorithm, not AI)
Let’s Build a Magic System by Sanckh
Greek Magical Papyri in Translation
Class Systems in Your Fantasy World
Writing the other
The classic, the original Writing the Other by Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward
The Writing the Other website and courses
classes and workshops on craft
Cat Rambo’s courses have a wide price range and include live and on-demand (I particularly recommend the flash fiction course)
The Dream Foundry’s Seminar Series
Query and Submission
How to Write a Query Letter by Kat Lewis
The Query Letter that Got Me My Agent by Anahita Karthik
How to Write a Book Proposal by Joanna Ebenstein