My Favorite Writing Websites
Man, there are a lot of writing websites out there. Looking for advice? A community of fellow writers? How about motivation?
It’s all available, and a ton of it is free! Here are six of my favorite writing websites.
General Resources for Writers
YouTube – Did you know there are hundreds of YouTube channels focused on writers, books, and reading? Not only can you find free tips and advice, some of my favorite channels provide lectures and recorded workshops too! For example, the 20Booksto50k channel provides a ton of recordings from their previous conferences.
Facebook – While many of us have wandered away from the friends/family interaction on Facebook, the site is still a great resource for writers. Via Facebook Groups, you can find a myriad of writing communities. I belong to several affinity groups, marketing groups, groups associated with courses I’ve taken, genre-specific groups, motivational groups, and even a group specific to Asian fantasy writers. No matter what you write, there’s sure to be a group for you!
Twitter – As previously discussed, Twitter’s Writing Community is a terrific resource for writers. Not only can you find and connect with fellow writers, you can follow and interact with agents, editors, and bloggers as well as readers!
Terrific Writing Websites
Writer’s Digest – Writer’s Digest has been an author resource since long before the Interweb arose. Their website provides articles on all aspects of writing, including poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. If you’re looking for specific writing-related instruction, you can find a plethora of courses and workshops through their Writer’s Digest University.
Fiction University – Like the Writer’s Digest site, Fiction University is a tremendous resource for writers. Author Janice Hardy runs this writing website, and her focus is on teaching writers how to apply writing advice to their work. Fiction University offers so much free content that there’s something for everyone!
Reedsy – Reedsy has taken it upon themselves to become a one-stop-shop for writers. They offer an extraordinary set of tools, and nearly all are free. You can find free short courses, story prompts, free writing and formatting software, and generators for character names, pen names. They also offers lists of promotion sites, book reviewers, writing contests, etc. Through their marketplace, you can also find freelance service providers. All kinds of editors are available through Reedsy’s marketplace. You can also find ghostwriters, as well as web and book designers. If you’re looking for publicity or marketing, Reedsy’s freelancers can help there too.
When looking for a copy editor for Graphite and Turbulence, I put my project up on Reedsy and found a terrific editor. I enjoyed working with him so much I’ve already contacted him to get onto his schedule for Charcoal and Smoke. One odd thing about the site; if you log into your Reedsy account, you can get into your marketplace dashboard, but can no longer reach the other tools and apps. To go back to them, you need to log out and then the main Reedsy site is fully available again.
Get browsing!
Regardless of if you’re looking for writing advice, opportunities, motivation, tools, community, or lessons, the writing websites listed above are a great place to start. Dive in, and you might find exactly what you’re looking for to develop and improve your craft. Just make sure you leave yourself enough time to write! What are your favorite writing websites?
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