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Five Unique and Helpful Sources for Writers

Posted in Helpful Hints by admin on the September 14th, 2008

I know, I know, I haven’t been posting regularly.

That’s because I’m writing a novel in 100 days, and I’ve been focusing on my writing recently. (oh, you expected some standard excuse that all bloggers give? Psh, I think you forget whose blog you’re reading.)

But today I’m going to list the TOP FIVE websites that are a must for all screenwriters:

  1. StumbleUpon. Seriously, this thing is a major inspiration generator. It’s a browser add on that gives you a button that you press and it magically teleports you to awesome websites- a perfect way to get inpiration. I’ve learned how to build invisible shelving and found a lot of inspiring pictures.
  2. Character chart. My characters sometimes can be bland; so this character chart is perfect. Eleven printable pages of questions that are guaranteed to get you characters that feel real.
  3. Royalty Free Music. You don’t think it’s a necessity for screenwriters? It is! It’s amazing how some simple trailer-style music can get you in the mood to write an action sequence or a car chase.
  4. Yahoo! Answers. Where else can you hear about people’s problems and then use them in a story without them knowing? This is a story database in itself, and just flipping through random topics like ‘What’s your prized possession?’ you can really get some great stories to incorporate into your own writing.
  5. The best search engine out there. Really, this search engine beats google- you just have to visit it yourself to see what I mean.

~Rika