Writing Mistakes You're Making

Link Resources

For a clickable version of below, visit my blog at woodcommalithia.blogspot.com and click "Resources" at the top. 

http://orangoo.com/spellcheck/  –– free online spell check; all you have to do is copy and paste from your word processor. 

http://www.esc.edu/esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/0/b6e109bb00fbaf3d852569c30072f54d?OpenDocument  –– information in reference to parentheses. 

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Uses –of-Parentheses.topicArticleId-29011,articleId-28994.html  –– information in reference to parentheses. 

http://www.editminion.com  –– “EditMinion helps you refine your writing by searching your text for some common grammatical, spelling and diction mistakes that spellcheck won’t catch. It looks for adverbs, bad dialogue attribution, commonly misspelled words and ending a sentence with a preposition. It will also count how many times a given type of mistake is found.” –– Writeordie website (http://writeordie.com/2010/12/introducing-the-editminion/ ). 

http://www.writeordie.com  –– this site works as a motivator to keep writing no matter what, without stopping to edit. Good for getting those NaNoWriMo juices flowing. 

http://www.businessknowhow.com/writers/aquillinhand/qhclichefree.htm  –– a list of common clichés to avoid using in your narration (if used in dialogue to present character quirks, that is alright).  

http://www.pantagraph.com/news/article_a125216a-649f-5414-88b5-76a688ea3b6a.html  –– Pantagraph's list of 100 best first lines of novels.

http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/plotFARQ.html  –– List of the basic plot lines in literature. 

http://deenashoemaker.blogspot.com/2011/05/tuesday-tips-alternate-viewpoints-when.html –– A comprehensive view on alternating points of view in your book. 

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/ellipsis.htm –– The Ellipses in more detail.