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| | Welcome to the MediaWiki instance supporting the [[Chicago Western Suburbs]] region of the [http://www.nanowrimo.org National Novel Writing Month] contest that is held every November. Feel free to look around and help edit pages on this wiki. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page these instructions on MediaWiki markup] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents these help instructions]. | | Welcome to the MediaWiki instance supporting the [[Chicago Western Suburbs]] region of the [http://www.nanowrimo.org National Novel Writing Month] contest that is held every November. Feel free to look around and help edit pages on this wiki. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page these instructions on MediaWiki markup] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents these help instructions]. |
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| − | === Web Tools Useful for Writers ===
| + | There are [[useful references for writers]], a [[page where we can introduce ourselves]] and a [[frequently asked questions]] list. |
| − | * [http://wordsmiths.net/Maygra/RTG.htm Random Title Generator]
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| − | * [http://writing.teiru.net/fog My readability analysis CGI] that uses Lingua::EN::Fathom and the UNIX style utility.
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| − | * [http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus Merriam-Webster OnLine]
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| − | * [http://freemind.sourceforge.net Freemind open source software for mind mapping]; see also [http://www.tranglos.com/free/keynote.html Keynote]
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| − | === Writing Advice and Articles ===
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| − | * [http://www.rsingermanson.com/html/the_snowflake.html "The Snowflake Process for Writing a Novel" by Randall Ingermanson]
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| − | * [http://www.talewins.com/plotting.htm "Plotting" by Jeff Heisler, of Heisler Ink]
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| − | * [http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/plot.shtml "Plotting by Personality" by Marg McAlister]
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| − | * [http://www.sfwa.org/beware/copyright.html Copyright info] and
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| − | [http://www.sfwa.org/beware/epublishers.html Electronic publishing] info from the Science Fiction Writers of America.
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| − | * [http://www.hollylisle.com/ HollyLisle.com]
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| − | * [http://www.midtel.net/~roediger/faq.html Patrice Kindl, Children's Author]
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| − | * [http://www.underdown.org/basics.htm Getting Started: Really Basic Information for Children's Writers and Illustrators]
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| − | * [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/guides/guide-display/-/3E0D2R49QS6FV/102-1456311-9564914 Amazon.com: So You'd Like to... Write Classical Children's Fantasy]
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| − | * [http://www.nanoedmo.org/ National Novel Editing Month] (<em>March</em>)
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| − | * [http://arwenbooks.com/a_brilliant_opening.htm The Opening Sentence]
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| − | * [http://creativecommons.org/projects/founderscopyright/ Founders' Copyright Creative Commons]
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| − | === Writing Communities ===
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| − | * [http://www.fmwriters.com Forward Motion Writer's Community] -- looks really good!
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| − | * [http://www.critters.org aburt's critters Writers' Workshop], a large, active community of writers who help each other through frequent critiques.
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| − | * [http://www.scbwi.org/ The Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators]
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| − | * [http://www.geocities.com/arwzone/ ARWZ.com: Alternative Reality Writers' Zone. An online community for writers and readers of speculative fiction: fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, horror, supernatural, cross genre]
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| − | * [http://diaryland.com/error.phtml Diaryland members area]
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| − | * [http://www.write-on.org/ Write On! Discuss the art and craft of writing]
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| − | === Self Publishing ===
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| − | * [http://www.lulu.com/ Lulu: Marketplace for digital content]
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| − | === Writing References ===
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| − | * [http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html Common Errors in English]
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| − | === Other Writing Links ===
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| − | * [http://www.internet-resources.com/writers/wrlinks-wordstuff.htm Internet writing links for writers]
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| − | * [http://www.nanowrimo.org/userinfo.php?uid=9203 lazym] posted this at NaNo:
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| − | * [http://www.kleimo.com/random/name.cfm What's in a name?]
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| − | * [http://www.20000-names.com/ Random name generator] uses data from the US Census to match first and last names with differing degrees of probability
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| − | * [http://www.behindthename.com/ Names from around the world]
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| − | * [http://genforum.genealogy.com/surnames/a.html Etymology and history of first names]
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| − | * [http://www.seventhsanctum.com/index-name.php Surnames]
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| − | * [http://nine.frenchboys.net/country.php Evil name, planet name, angel and demon name generators] Plus lots of links and a place name generator
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| − | ==== Where am I? ====
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| − | [http://www.erikbenson.com/nanowrimo-report-card.xls A phenomenally complete Excel spreadsheet] that helps you keep track of your progress. It could save you time, unless you use it obsessively just to watch the charts and graphs change. Includes a morale tracker. | |
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| − | ==== What AM I doing? ====
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| − | [http://www.thescriptorium.net character worksheet and other resources] It may be a bit late muck around with plotting, but you never know what you're gonna need. This is where our character worksheet came from. The site also includes character biography worksheet, fantasy and sci-fi world-building forms, and story starters. | |
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| − | ==== Is this for real? ====
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| − | Check out the Character and Plot Realism thread on the [http://www.nanowrimo.org/modules/newbb NaNo forum]. This is the place to go for the skinny on weight-lifting, Italian folk magic, creative assassinations, or summoning angelic beings. It's also a great place to mess around when all you really want to do is, well, procrastinate.
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| − | * [http://www.lulu.com/static/nanowrimo.php lulu self-publishing company] offered one free published B&W book for each NaNoWriMo novel. Offer expired 01/15/2005 but maybe they'll repeat it.
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| − | * [http://margaretfisk.home.comcast.net/links/writing.htm A whole bunch of writing resource links] -- found this referred to on the [http://www.nanowrimo.org NaNoWriMo] site.
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| − | * [http://www.tinman.org/nanowrimo/home.html Found this intriguing nanowrimo resource site] with lots of great tips and tools.
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| − | * [http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg]
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| − | * [http://www.gopdg.com/plainlanguage/ plainlanguage.com]
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| − | * [http://dmoz.org/Arts/Writers_Resources/Fiction/ Open Directory - Arts: Writers Resources: Fiction]
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| − | * [http://www.starrigger.net/advice.htp Writing Advice from Science Fiction author Jeffrey A. Carver]
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| − | * [http://www.tinman.org/nanowrimo/home.html NaNoWriMo Windsor: National Novel Writing Month 2003]
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| − | * [http://www.moleskineus.com/ Moleskine Notebooks, Journals, and Date Books - MoleskineUS]
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| − | * [http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9476.phtml RPGnet: Review of Nanofictionary]
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| − | * [http://www.wunderland.com/LooneyLabs/Nanofictionary/NanoBlanks.html NanoBlanks: Make-Your-Own Nanofictionary Cards]
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