There’s a lot of resources on the internet. Some are good and some are bad. So, I want to share with you some resources that I found that could help with writing your own story as well as tools that could help with grammar.
Grammarly – Grammarly is a writing tool that does multiple things. One thing it does is catch grammar errors and offer solutions to fix that error. It does this when you are done writing and then gives you a score of your writing on the right-hand side with the errors. When you click on the error it will give you a solution and some advice as to why it might be an error. Some of the errors that is catches is repeated words, misuse of the comma, spelling errors, word replacement like whom and who, and (sometimes) words that should be capitalized. I say “sometimes” because it will catch places (countries) that aren’t capitalized but if you forget to capitalize the first word after a period it won’t catch it. Grammarly is a decent tool because it offers some very basic things for free but locks a lot of more complex tools behind a paywall that isn’t very cheap. The good thing is that you don’t have to pay for it. You can easily go years without having to pay for a subscription.
How to Outline a Novel: an Author's Guide (with Template) – This a blog post of Reedsy that explained how to outline a novel in three steps. The 1st step is setting the stage (the setting), the characters (making the characters), and paving the story (exposition, conflict, and resolution of the story). Step 2 is organizing the scenes. In this step it goes over starting the scene (with methods that can help like the snowflake or chronological method) and building the scene in your story. The 3rd step is troubleshooting your story outline. In this step you are basically connecting the scene together, fixing plot holes, fixing redundancy, catching hanging ideas. But that’s not all this article does. It also lists the type of writer you are (how you outline a story) and some tools that can help you with outlining your story.
How to Create a Character Profile: the Ultimate Guide (with Template) – This is a blog post by Reedsy on how to create a character by considering the characters profile (and using a template). It’s done in three parts which are part 1 (the outer layer), part 2 (the flesh), and part 3 (the core). Each of these parts are explained in further detail with questions that you should consider thinking about when making your character. After the 3 parts a character template that you can use is offered and then additional resources. I really like this article because how informative and detailed it is. I can’t count how many times I went back to read this when I was making my own characters.
How to Write Dialogue: Formatting, Examples, & Tips – This is an article by Bella Rose Pope from Self-Publishing School that explains how to write dialogue, how to format it, and other tips that might be useful. The article includes 15 different sections. A few of them are dialogue rules, format and punctuation, examples, mistakes to avoid, etc. Although, this article is very long its also very informative and there is some seriously helpful information to consider. For example, in the first section of the article, dialogue rules, it states 6 rules that you should follow. The very first one (which I also recommend people doing because it’s easier on the eyes and helps others understand who is talking) is giving each speaker a new paragraph. What this basically means is not grouping with what he said into one giant paragraph. The dialogue simply just gets lost when people do that.
Understanding Tone: 18 Examples of Tone Words in Writing – This is a guest blog by Tami Nantz that explains what tone is, examples of tone, and gives examples of different types of tones. They explain tone as how you say something. Its also how you want your story to come across and what you want your reader to feel. If you want your reader to feel excited change the tone of the story to something that illicitness excitement. Thought short, this is a good resource to use if you don’t understand what tone is and how to develop it.
Tone in Writing: A Simple Guide for Authors – This is an article by Masterclass that does the same thing as Tami Nantz’s blog but give a more in-depth explanation of what tone is. I thought this would be helpful if you read the above resource and still don’t really get it. Because when I figure out what tone was It took me a while to really grasp what it was.
First, second, and third person explained – As this article states, it’s about 1st person, 2nd person and 3rd person. Each of these points of view are explained in-depth with examples. But the main reason I list it here is because it points out and explains the 3 types of third person you can write in. Most people don’t know that there are three different types of 3rd person. The 3 types of 3rd person are 3rd person omniscient, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person objective.
Wattpad – Wattpad is a site that you can write and share your own stories with anyone on the internet. But that is not all. Wattpad offers multiple writing challenges or contests. I forget what its called but there is this part of Wattpad where your story can become a novel and be sold online and in bookstores. For example, there is this story called Summoner by Taran Matharu that I read on Wattpad that later became a book. I bought it and it’s sitting on my bookshelf right now. A word of warning though, the site has a lot of “teen” stories so sometimes its hard to find a good, mature, adult story but they are there. Other than that, writing your story and posting it is very easy.
ScribbleHub – This is another site that you can share of write your own stories. There aren’t really any contests or ways you can get your story published as an actual novel from this site alone. It’s more geared towards those that like to write as a hobby. One thing I’ve noticed that is different from Wattpad is that most of the effort goes into the actual story not the cover art for the story. So, when you first go to this site and see a bunch of half-baked (or basic) cover art for several stories its not because they are bad, its because most of the time goes into the actual story. The cover art is secondary. Also, a good portion of the stories written are like a web novel. So, if you don’t mind that style of story then this is a very good option. Recently I’ve been using this more than Wattpad because it’s much more relaxed and I find a lot of good stories on there (not so much of a hassle).
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