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This is an extensive list of resources for every problem you could come across while writing/planning/editing your novel. Use it well;)

{ *** } Indicate a Highly Reccommended Resource

Planning/outlining Your Work

• How To Outline ***
  
• Zigzag Method : Creating Plots
  
• How to Plot a Romance Novel 
  
• Seven Great Sources of Conflict for Romances 
  
• Let’s talk about brainstorming
  
• Writing Something With Meaning ***
  
• Past Or Present Tense? : How To Decide
  

Writing Your Work

• How To Write A Fabulous Chapter #1 ***
  
• How to Build a Romance Thread in Your Story 
  
• The Big Book Of Writing Sex ***
• 6 Ways to Get Your Readers Shipping Like Crazy 
  
• Romance Writing Tips ***
  
• 20 Tips for Writing Lovable Romance Novel Heroes
• 7 Ways To Speed Up Your Writing *** 
  
• 80+ Barriers to Love: A List of Ideas to Keep Romantic Tension High 
  
• 9 Romance Writing Mistakes to Avoid 
  
• Removing the Creeps From Romance
  
• 19 Ways to Write Better Dialogue ***
  
• 50 Things Your Characters Can Do WHILE They Talk ***
  
• How To Write Action And Fight Scenes
  
• 10 Steps To Write Arguments
  
• 9 Ways To Write Body Language
  
• Writing Good Kissing Scenes
  
• Writing Murders
  
• Create And Control Tone ***
  
• Tips for Writing Ghost Stories
  
• Incorporating Flashbacks
  
• 12 Tips To Avoid Overwriting ***

Characters

• Behind the Name
  
• Top Baby Names
  
• Looking for a name that means a certain thing? ***
  
• 7 Rules of Picking Names
  
• Most Common Surnames ***
  
• Minor Character Development
  
• Writing Antagonists, Antiheroes and Villains
  
• Characters With Enhanced Senses
  
• 5 Tips to Help You Introduce Characters
  
• How Do You Describe a Character?
  
• How To Write Child Characters
  
• 36 Core Values For Building Character
  
• Questions To Answer When Creating Characters ***
  
• 4 Ways to Make Readers Instantly Loathe Your Character Descriptions
  
• 5 Ways to Keep Characters Consistent
  
• Character Archetypes
  
• 25 Ways To Fuck With Your Characters
  
• Building Platonic Relationships Between Female Characters
  
• 9 Simple and Powerful Ways to Write Body Language 
  
• 33 Ways To Write Stronger Characters
  
• Conveying Character Emotion 
  
• How to Make Readers Love an Unlikable Character…  
  
• How to Create Powerful Character Combos
  
• How To Describe A Character’s Voice ***
  
• Describing Clothing And Appearance ***
  
• Career Masterpost ***
  
• Creating Your Character’s Personality ***
  
• Character Flaws ***
  

Editing

• DON’T EDIT>>> REWRITE THE WHOLE THING FIRST
  
• Ultimate Guide To Editing Each Aspect Of Your Work ***
  
• Why You Would Read Your Novel Out Loud ***
  
• Grammar and Punctuation ***
  
• How To Write A Captivating First Sentence
  
• 10 Things Your Opening Chapter Should Do: A Check-List for Self-Editing ***
  
• Saving Your Story: Finding Where It Went Wrong
  
• How To Condense Without Losing Anything
  
• The Stages Of Editing
  
• Dialogue/Description Balance
  
• 3 Proofreading Tips
  
• The Short Story Form
  
• Chapter & Novel Lengths
  
• Anatomy Of A Novel : Chapters and Parts ***
  
• How To Write Chapter After Chapter Until You Have A Book ***
  
• Where Chapter #2 Should Start
  
• Step By Step Guide To Editing Your Draft
  
• Writing Tool: CTRL-F (How And Why You Should Use It) ***
  
• How To Kill A Character
  
• 25 Steps To Edit The Unmerciful Suck Out Of Your Story
  
• 5 Ways To Make Your Novel Helplessly Addictive ***
  

Setting

• {Setting} How To Describe Setting In Your Stories ***
• 20 Questions To Enhance Setting
• How To Bring Your Setting To Life

Miscellaneous Resources You Can Use In Between

• How to Write from a Guy’s POV 
  
• The Emotional Wounds Thesaurus
  
• Text To Speech Reader
  
• Compare Character Heights 
  
• A Visual Dictionary of Tops
  
• Writers Helping Writers
  
• 7 Tricks To Imrove Your Writing Overnight
  
• Work Out/ Word Count : Exercise Between Writing ***
  
• Most Important Writing Tips ***
  
• Let’s talk about diversity in novels
  
• Letting Go Of Your Story
  
• Keeping A Healthy Writing Schedule And Avoiding Procrastination ***
  
• How To Create A Good Book Cover
  
• Write or Die
  
• Tip of my Tongue
  
• Character Traits Form
  
• Online Thesaurus
  

Writing Sketchy/Medical/Law

• Coma: Types, Causes, etc
  
• Tips for writing blood loss
  
• Gunshot Wound Care
  
• Examples of Hospital Forms
  
• Common Legal Questions
  
• The Writer’s Forensics Blog
  
• Brain Injury Legal Guide
  
• Types of Surgical Operations
  
• Types of Mental Health Problems
  
• A Day in the Life of a Mental Hospital Patient
  
• Global Black Market Information ***
  
• Crime Scene Science
  
• Examining Mob Mentality
  
• How Street Gangs Work

Writers’ Block Help/ Productivity

• Story Plot Generator
  
• @aveeragemusings ‘ Cure To Writers’ Block ***
• 50 Romance Plot Ideas
  
• Reading Like A Writer ***
  
• Defeat Writers’ Block
  
• Writing In A Bad Mood ***
  
• Writers Block
  
• When You’ve Lost Motivation To Write A Novel ***
  
• What To Do When The Words Won’t Flow ***
  
• 9 Ways To Be A More Productive Writer
  
• “I Cannot Write A Good Sentence Today” (How To Get Over It) ***
  
• Real Writing Advice ***

Info You Need To Know & Words You Didn’t Think Of

• A Writer’s Thesaurus ***
  
• Words To Describe… ***
  
• Words & Phrases To Use In Your Sex Scenes ***
  
• Colors (An Extensive List Of Colors)
  
• List Of Kinks & Fetishes ***
• List Of Elemental Abilities
  
• inkarnate.com : World Creator And Map Maker For Your Imaginary Setting
  
• Body Language Phrases
  
• List Of Legendary Creatures
  
• How To Write Magic
  
• Hairstyle References
  
• Hemingway : Writing Checker
  
• Body Types: Words To Describe Bodies and How They Move Around
  
• Poisonous Herbs and Plants ***
  
• The Psychology of Color
  
• The Meaning behind Rose color
  
• Types of Swords
  
• Color Symbolism
  
• How a handgun works
  
• How to Write a Eulogy
  
• Types of Crying
  
• Avoiding LGBTQ Stereotypes ***
  
• Superstitions and More
  
• The 12 Common Archetypes
  
• Language of Flowers
  
• 12 Realistic Woman Body Shapes
  

Using Feedback And Reviews

• Turning Negative Reviews Into Positive Ones ***
  
• Proofreading Marks : Easy Symbols To Make Reviewing/Feedback Easier ***
  

Authonomy
Teen Ink
Figment
Fiction Press
ReviewFuse

These Are Trusted Critique Sites 😉

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