Writer’s Resources – A list of useful sites for writers

Writer’s Resources
By Ben Marroquin
StoryMask.com
Just thought I’d post some resource websites that I find helpful when I’m writing. (Last updated on 10-3-06)
1) Need help coming up with character names? Try Baby Names Garden and Baby Names World
2) If you need help coming up with last names for your characters you may want to [...]

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Writing Step 5: Destination

Writing Step 5: Destination
Written by: Ben Marroquin
StoryMask.com
The destination of a story is the ending. Before you begin writing you should write down the ending. Why? This way you’ll know where your story is going. There is nothing worse than spending time writing a story and not knowing how to end it. Think of [...]

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Writing Step 4: Creating Your Characters

Writing Step 4: Creating Your Characters
Written by: Ben Marroquin
StoryMask.com
Every story needs good, strange, unique, and interesting characters. Your characters can be human, robotic, animalistic, spirits, magical, monstrous; they can even be toys or whatever your mind thinks up. You should know the following about your characters:
Name: Names can be symbolic and/or easy to pronounce. You [...]

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Writing Step 3: Creating Your Setting

Writing Step 3: Creating Your Setting
Written by: Ben Marroquin
StoryMask.com
Story setting refers to the location or locations in which your story takes place. Does your story take place in the city, town, mountains, island, underground, undersea, forest, space station, or on another world. Does their adventure take them through rural towns or an urban industrial city [...]

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Writing Step 2: Developing Your Plot

Writing Step 2: Developing Your Plot
Written by: Ben Marroquin
StoryMask.com
What is a plot? According to dictionary.com it’s: The pattern of events or main story in a narrative or drama. The plot is like an outline of the events that take place in a story. It takes us from point A to point B to [...]

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