Thursday: Creator's Workshop Resources

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Here's our list of resources, created from recommendations of our comm members!


APPS

• Alfred App (Mac) App launcher and search bar, great for creating thesaurus shortcuts


• Stormboard Online brainstorming tool with sticky notes and collaboration features

RESEARCH

• Pricing of things you’d rather not google


• SciFi and technical terms


• British Newspaper Archive


• Guide to ships (the boat kind)


• NATO Phonetic Alphabet


• Reminders for Action Writers


• World Creator


• How to Fight Write


• Undercover Reporting Database

WORDS

• Words, words & words


• Avoiding “very”


• OneLook Reverse Dictionary


• OneLook Thesaurus


• Replacing ‘said’


• Tip of my Tongue


• Rhyming Dictionary


• Wordnik


• Colour Thesaurus

ART

• Useful art related websites


• Wireframe Skeletons


• Drawing Den's Stock Model Masterpost - A helpful list of models for anatomy and other drawing references

PLOT

• How to create conflict in a story


• Writing anti-heroes, villains and antagonists


• Twenty basic plots


• PIXAR’s Rules of Storytelling


• Basic Worldbuilding Questions


• Get your story back on track


• Plot Without Conflict


• Seven Common Writing Mistakes


• 123 Character Flaws

SEX SCENES

• Berlynn Wohl’s Awesome Slash Tutorial For Cool People


• How to Write a Sex Scene by Resonant

MARVEL

• Info on Steve’s Medical Forms


• Steve’s art and reading list


• MCU Continuity


• Marvel Universe Writeups

If you know any other great resources, feel free to leave a comment here or on one of our weekly posts!

Comments

[spikethemuffin]

Given Steve's love of pulp science fiction and art, this brief and delightful piece on early SF covers may come in handy.