Resources, Tips, Tools,Traits & Needs Lists
Updated & Organized 12/16/2015 This page is 1 of 9 contents pages reworked from one single page to several for readability and accessibility.
HOW TO WRITE BOOK REVIEWS
TOOLS FOR NEWSLETTERS & BOOKCOVERS
GADGETS, TOOLS: LOW-COST OR FREE
- Gadgets: Word Count Meters, Writing Software, Word Selection Helps & more
- The Ultimate Amazon Kindle Spy Tool “New Unique Software Application ‘Reverse Engineers’ The Kindle Marketplace & Reveals Lucrative Kindle Niches – In Seconds!” Introducing KDSPY v4
BLOG TOOLS & TIPS
- How to Start a Blog: A Step-by-Step Guide for Writers By Susan Shain
- SWITCHING Your Blog from self-hosted to WordPress only – For Dummies! by Angela Wooldridge
GET YOURSELF WRITINGy
- 10 Writing Tips You Absolutely Won’t Have Heard Anywhere Else Before by Ali Luke on Smart Blogger
- 6 Ways to Increase Productivity as a Writer Without Burning Out – Writer’s In The Storm Blog
AUTHOR TOOLS: THE BUSINESS SIDE
CHARACTER BUILDING TOOL PLUS MORE
- Writer’s Helping Writings–Tools
- Science in Sci-Fi, Fact in Fantasy Dan Koboldt
- Fiction Writing versus Physical Laws Dan Koboldt
- Bipolar Disorder: What Writers Should Know Dan Koboldt
PERSONALITY TYPING
- Personality Typing Test
- 16 Personality Types
- Briggs Myers Personality Typing
- Keirsey 4 Temperament
- Keirsey Temperament Sorter
ASTROLOGY PERSONALITY TRAITS
- Astrological Zodiac Traits/ Sun Sign Personalities
- 12 signs of the Zodiac | Astrology | Learn Traits for Each Sign |
- The Personalities of Astrology Signs Show Human Idiosyncrasies By Sandra Weaver
- Defining the Characteristics of Star Signs By Sally Painter
HUMAN NEEDS & MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs Wikipedia
Meme & Cartoon software for creating characters and cartoons
Bitstrips & Bitmoji This one I find addictive. Its online and 
on FB, and the other is a phone app, but easy to use. I made the cartoon character of me with these. I have them planted all over my website, yup, addicted.
STORY STRUCTURE
Story Structure Database You can help add to this wonderful resource tool. Check it out! From K. M. Weiland: Today, I’m super excited to get to put an end to the guessing and unveil what I hope will be a fabulous resource for all of us. What is it? The official Story Structure Database. What Is the Story Structure Database? That’s easy. The Story Structure Database is an archive of books and movies, recording all their major plot points:
Inciting Event (12% mark)
First Plot Point (25% mark)
First Pinch Point (37% mark)
Midpoint (50% mark)
Second Pinch Point (62% mark)
Third Plot Point (75% mark)
Climax (88% mark)
Climactic Moment (end of conflict)
Resolution (end of story)
- Story Structure Articles I found these articles very helpful in showing different story structures and how they are defined. Great help in learning to setup a working plot. My favorite article listed is about the Hero’s Journey based on Joseph Campbell’s work.
- The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers 3rd edition by Christopher Vogler. The book. (This is my favorite book based upon The Hero’s Journey ) Video same author low volume, so turn up sound.
WRITING TIPS & RESOURCES
- K. M. Weiland Writer’s Resources Highly Recommended
- Anne R Allen Blog Resources for Writers
- Writer’s Helping Writer’s
- 10 Writing Resources You’re Missing Out On K M Weiland
- 101 Writing Sources That Will Take you From Stuck To Unstoppable Cynthia Lindeman
- POSITIVE WRITER ARTICLES, TIPS ABOUT WRITING– Bryan Hutchinson
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