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Daennika
Chief
Title: Top Douche in charge
Number of posts: 469
Planet/System: Sol, Outer Rim
Credits: 537
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Registration date: 2009-03-16
 |  Subject: Writing tools  Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:26 am | |
| MY ESSENTIALS:
www.openoffice.org - compatible with most, FF.net supports it too. FREE.
www.mozilla.com - I need this, because it contains a dictionary that tells me when I dorktype.
www.dictionary.com - to make sure everybody understands the same meaning of the words I type.
www.thesaurus.com - the key to being a good writer is to never repeat the same word more than twice in a page (like shenanigans, lol.) in my opinion, and I feel like a noob if I don't know how to add variety in my language
http://starwars.wikia.com - yeeeeerrrrrp! |
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Ms.MaraJade
Warrior
Title: Daydream Wanderer
Number of posts: 340
Planet/System: Flitting between Tochin and Arus
Credits: 307
Rep: 61
Registration date: 2009-03-18
| | Subject: Re: Writing tools Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:40 pm | |
| I was lucky to get my own copy of Microsoft Word so that's my word processing program of choice. After that: Thesaurus.com Wookieepedia.com When it comes to dictionaries, I'm still in the dark ages and rely on my old Webster pocket edition. I would use the same for my Thesaurus, but it's lost somewhere in my parent's house.  |
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Gratulor's body
Warrior
Title: Mirsh'kyramud
Number of posts: 144
Planet/System: Fantasy land
Credits: 165
Rep: 16
Registration date: 2009-03-25
| | Subject: Re: Writing tools Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:24 am | |
| Tips on writing military SF - a great site for those of us without a military background or knowledge and need an insight into that life. Great to have in handy.
Mary Sue litmus test - to know if your character is in danger of being an annoying one. |
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Catika
Vice Chief
Title: Seahorses. Forever.
Number of posts: 338
Planet/System: Ord Mantell
Credits: 392
Rep: 64
Registration date: 2009-03-16
| | Subject: Re: Writing tools Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:30 am | |
| | Gratulor's body wrote: | Tips on writing military SF - a great site for those of us without a military background or knowledge and need an insight into that life. Great to have in handy.
Mary Sue litmus test - to know if your character is in danger of being an annoying one. |
Great links! I could really use the first one. Badly.
Doing the Mary Sue test is one of my favorite pastimes. I think my character Verda scored a whopping -2. Then Signe was like a 7. Haha, fail.
I mostly just use Wookieepedia for weapons, events, etc in my fanfics, and sometimes I pop on dictionary.com for words. Also I feel the need to Google image search random things like sci-fi cityscapes and the like so I can get a better feel for what I'm trying to get the reader to visualize.
I think one of my biggest tools is music though. I create playlists all the time to match a mood! |
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Daennika
Chief
Title: Top Douche in charge
Number of posts: 469
Planet/System: Sol, Outer Rim
Credits: 537
Rep: 33
Registration date: 2009-03-16
| | Subject: Re: Writing tools Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:28 am | |
| | Gratulor's body wrote: | | Tips on writing military SF - a great site for those of us without a military background or knowledge and need an insight into that life. Great to have in handy. |
This is awesome, thanks for posting this.
I'm reading the billet article right now and I realize just how dumb I was in my writing and it makes me want to try a completely different approach with my "tactical action" scenes. The relationships between officers, NCO's and the troops can define the outcome of any operation and to illustrate my point I can't help but mention the TV mini-series Generation Kill, a very realistic and unaltered portrayal of Recon Marines in the 2003 Iraqi operations.
But that website makes me want to read more military SF in the near future, I feel like I could learn more from different authors (might even try my brains at Tom Clancy but not entirely sure about that).
On another note I remember using the Mary Sue litmus test years ago for a different character and have kept some guidelines in mind to avoid writing one. It's golden, thanks for that contribution, Gratulor! |
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Tenna
Staff Sergeant
Title: Droid Control
Number of posts: 193
Planet/System: Hawkbat country
Credits: 217
Rep: 10
Registration date: 2009-03-19
| | Subject: Re: Writing tools Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:34 pm | |
| I use a dictionary and thesaurus Wookiepedia, Wikipedia, and google/google images.
And when I need help with naming things I go to Seventh Sanctum. It helps with boredom too.
I think I used it to name an RPG I had a long time ago.
I love the Mary Sue test. |
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Daennika
Chief
Title: Top Douche in charge
Number of posts: 469
Planet/System: Sol, Outer Rim
Credits: 537
Rep: 33
Registration date: 2009-03-16
| | Subject: Re: Writing tools Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:45 pm | |
| | Tenna wrote: | I use a dictionary and thesaurus Wookiepedia, Wikipedia, and google/google images.
And when I need help with naming things I go to Seventh Sanctum. It helps with boredom too.
I think I used it to name an RPG I had a long time ago. |
I'm really liking the character scrambler! Thanks for posting this  |
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