Writing Tools List

Literature & Writing Writer's Block
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This list is worth mining.

Just about anything you can think of to do with books and writing:

miyanabooks.com/sphider/search.php

Excellent site (BBC) with US formats for TV, Film, Theatre, Novels, Comics, etc

bbc.co.uk/writersroom/script … mats.shtml

What is a synopsis, outline, Treatment?

afc.gov.au/downloads/pubs/wh … eatment%22

Film making site:

dvxuser.com/V6/

Orson Scott Card’s writing class:

hatrack.com/writingclass/

This is a nice and easy look at writing formulae

pwcwriters.org/penpoints16.htm

Propp’s Morphology: mural.uv.es/vifresal/Propp.htm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Propp

Campbell’s Monomyth

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth

Fairy Tale:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale

Griemas’ Semic Square: (Includes useful commentary on Propp and Levi Strauss - in relation to Griemas.)

chass.utoronto.ca/epc/srb/cyber/man5.html

Dictionary of Cognitive Science: University of Alberta Dictionary of Cognitive Science: Main Page

bcp.psych.ualberta.ca/%7emik … onary.html

Screenwriters online: SCREENWRITERS ON LINE - Home Page

screenwritersonline.com/

Story Space eastgate.com/Storyspace2.html

Poynter list: Poynter Online - Fifty Writing Tools

web.archive.org/web/200503120909 … 811#series

SFWA useful list: TOC About Writing

sfwa.org/writing/

Fade in Online: Fade In Online

fadeinonline.com

Script Analysis: The Writer’s Network

fadeinonline.com/writersnet/writersnet.htm

Card Smart: Welcome To CardSmartsOnline!

cardsmartsonline.com/main.html

Conflict o rama: conflict-o-rama.com/

Gozzi:

google.com/search?q=gozzi%20 … 8&oe=utf-8

townshende.blogspot.com/2006/08/ … tions.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Gozzi

newadvent.org/cathen/06688a.htm

wsupress.wayne.edu/literature/li … epafcf.htm

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Hmm, these are very useful. I had no idea about Gozzi, nor about the 36 basic dramatic situations.

Thanks for posting your collection!

As I’m not a screen play writer, I found this community: writing.com quite useful. I actually got lots of rather sobering feedback for my writing there.

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filmcrithulk.blog/category/writing/ Hulk as film critic. Writing critic. Etc.

Might not be for everyone though.

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Bummer. The first link is dead.

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You understand that the original post is twelve years old, right?