5555 Writing Tips and Resources
Posted on July 1, 2009 in Featured, General Screenwriting | 5 Comments
Effective writing skills are as important to a filmmaker as their camera. Many filmmakers believe writing begins and ends with the screenplay, but from development to distribution there are endless amounts of required writing.
Acquiring good writing skills takes time, patience and determination. Even gifted writers need to polish their skills to stay sharp.
We collected over 5555 tips tools from the web’s best roundups and articles. These resources can help you to improve your writing skills and give you that professional edge all filmmakers need..
If we overlooked something please let us know in the comments section.
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General Writing Resources
- 100+ Markets for Writers (Bella Online)
- 100 Useful Web Tools for Writers (CollegeDegrees.com)
- 50 Tools that can Increase your Writing Skills (Dumb Little Man)
- 7 Deadly Screenwriting Sins (HowToSplitAnAtom.com)
- 50 Awesome Open Source Resources for Writers and Writing Majors (JobProfiles.org)
- 65 Ultimate Writing Productivity Resources (Lifehack.org)
- WRITER’S TOOLBOX: 35 Best Tools for Writing Online (Mashable.com)
- 30+ Tools For The Amateur Writer (Mashable.com)
- 150 Resources to Help You Write Better, Faster, and More Persuasively (oedb.org)
- 100 Awesome Open Source Tools for Writers, Journalists, and Bloggers (OnlineCourses.org)
- 101 Resources for Self Published Writers (Self Publishing)
- 110+ Resources For Creative Minds (skelliewag.org)
- 50 Free Resources That Will Improve Your Writing Skills (Smashing Magazine)
Writing Tips and Articles
- 34 Writing Tips That Will Make You a Better Writer (Daily Writing Tips)
- 100 Basic Writing Prompts (CanTeach)
- Top Ten Writing Tips To Help You To Write More (Copywriter)
- Ernest Hemingway’s Top 5 Tips for Writing Well (Copyblogger)
- 50 Articles to Improve your Writing (FilmmakerIQ.com)
- 7 Can’t-Miss Ways To Kick-Start The Writing Habit (Freelance Folder)
- Writing: 30 Cliches You Should Basically Avoid (Going Forward)
- 100 Writing Tips (How to Write for the Web)
- 13 Tips For Actually Getting Some Writing Done (Huffington Post)
- 41 Tips For Writing Funny Lines (Humor Power)
- 8 Unstoppable Rules For Writing Killer Short Stories (IO9)
- Over 100 Great Productivity Tips (Instigator Blog)
- 10 Steps Toward Better Research (lifehack.org)
- Short Stories: 10 Tips for Novice Creative Writers (Kennedy and Jerz)
- Five Timeless Tips on Writing (Positivity Blog)
- Stephen King´s Top 7 Tips for Becoming a Better Writer (Positivity Blog)
- Top 10 tips for productive, creative, fun writing (Positive Sharing)
- 101 Writing Tips (Psychoprogs)
- 100 Writing Topics (Red Ravine)
- 100+ Writing Prompts (ScribeTime)
- Writing Idea Generators: The 37 Dramatic Situations (SFF.net)
- 50 Strategies for Making Yourself Work (sfwa.org)
- 20 Basic Plots For Story Generators (Software Secret Weapons)
- George Orwell: 12 Writing Tips (writingclasses.com)
- Jack Kerouac: 30 Cool Tips (writingclasses.com)
- 15 Tips on How to Generate Ideas and Write with Ease (Write To Done)
- Top 100 Articles on Writing (Writing Information)
- 101 Tips and Ideas for Writing on the Run (Writing on the Run)
- 101 Tips for Writers (Young Writers Society)
Writing Websites
Grammar and Punctuation
- 12 Greek Words You Should Know (Daily Writing Tips)
- 10 Rules for Writing Numbers and Numerals (Daily Writing Tips)
- 40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and Punctuation (Dumb Little Man)
- 30+ Online Resources to Expand your English Vocabulary (makeuseof.com)
- 10 Overused Words in Writing (Precise Edit)
- Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes (Receding Hairline)
- 100 Most Misspelled Words in English (YourDictionary.com)
- 10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid (ZDNet UK)
Writing Online
- The Top 100 Freelancer Blogs (Bootstrapper)
- 100 Tools Freelancers Can’t Live Without (Bootstrapper)
- 100 Resources or Entrepreneur-Writers (businesscreditcards.com)
- 100 Web Apps for Freelancers (Codswallop)
- 120 Self-promotion Ideas for Freelancers (Design News)
- 20 Must-Read Blogs For Freelance Writers (FreelanceFolder.com)
- 101 Essential Freelancing Resources (Freelance Switch)
- 101 Ideas to Generate More Freelance Work (Freelance Switch)
- 31 Killer Writing AdWords Ads Tips (Google Lady)
- Online Copywriting 101: The Ultimate Cheat Sheet (grokdotcom.com)
Business
- 21 Amazing Business Writing Resources (cathlawson.com)
- 25 words that hurt your resume (CNN.com)
- 44 Resume Writing Tips (Daily Writing Tips)
- 100+ Ways to Write a Great Resume Cover Letter (Dumb Little Man)
- Top 100 Action Verbs for Resume Writing (ESL Teachers Board)
- 4 Tips for Better Business Writing – David Silverman (HarvardBusiness.org)
- 200+ resources for Media Relations, Writing, Pitching, etc. (PR Channel)
- 7 Tips For Writing A Winning Web Design Proposal (Site Point)
- 6 Words That Make Your Resume Suck (Squawk Fox)
- 20 Free Grant Writing Resources for Non-Profits (stepbystepfundraising.com)
- 15 Tips for Writing Effective Email (ThinkSimpleNow.com)
Speeches
Education
Screenwriting
- Joss Whedon’s Top 10 Writing Tips (Danny Stack)
- Five Tips for New Screenwriters (FilmmakerIQ.com)
- 7 Deadly Screenwriting Sins (HUB Pages)
- SCREENWRITING TIPS: 5 Things Not to Include in Your Screenplay (ScriptXRay.com)
- 101 Ways to Write and Finish your Screenplay (SearchWarp)
- 10 Quality screenwriting-tips from Nick Dunning (screenwriting-on-the-net.com)
- Billy Wilder: 10 Screenwriting Tips (writingclasses.com)
Books
Ebooks
Misc.
- 50+ Great Lyric Writing Resources (Audio.TutsPlus.com)
- 11 Essential Tips to Writing the Ultimate Tutorial (Daily Blog Tips)
- The Art of Travel Writing: 100 Tips, Tools, and Resources to Get Paid and Published (Graduate Degree)
- The 10 secrets of writing reviews that will keep readers coming back (Jonathan Deamer)
- 26 Poetry Writing Tips (Writer’s Resource Center)
5 Comments
What a huge resource – it must have taken you ages to put together. Thanks for including my business writing post in it.
I don’t have time to go through it all. is there a shorter version?
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