Writer's Resource Central

[Tessar]

Spelling/Grammar
-Orangoo.com--spell checker
-Spellchecker.net
-Basic English Grammar rules

Thesaurus/Dictionary
-Reference
-Merriam-webster
-Wordsmyth
-Oxford Dictionary


Blogs/Information On Writing
-Limyaael's Rants--suggestions for building aspects of your writing, and on avoiding overdone plot ideas
-"Uncle Orson's Writing Class"--Misc. information and suggestions
-Fantasy Art Resource Project--Misc. articles on writing
-A teacher's advice on structuring writing


Submission Sites
-Nanowrimo, National Novel Writing Month. Awesome resource ('contest' takes place every November)
-Elfwood "Wyvern's Library


Suggested Books
-How To Write Science Fiction and Fantasy, by Orson Scott Card


Does anyone else think it would be helpful to have a post for resource material? I mean links to digital resources and suggestions for hardcopy reading. Things like links an online thesaurus, the 100 most over-used words, books on how to develop plot, etc.


I am inspired to ask this by the fact that I just finished reading Orson Scott Card's "How To Write Science Fiction and Fantasy" (which my sister gave me for my birthday) and I am totally boggled by what I learned about putting together a story. It was all elements that I had snatched at randomly, but I had never known how to sit down and specifically ask myself the 'questions' that need to be asked till now. I've already seen a dramatic improvement in my plot-planning and story ideas, and I wish I'd read this book years ago.

So I figure... what other awesome learning tools are out there that I (and others like me!) have been unknowingly blundering along without? I think we could build a valuable resource here for all of us to delve into .