Writer Resources

The Internet is a never-ending sources of ideas, resources, advice, instruction, and opportunity for both professional and amateur writers. Here are a wealth of Web sites offering tips, tricks, and techniques for both established authors as well as aspiring writers earnestly seeking to break into print.

• 360 Research Papers (editing and journal submission services)
• A-1 Writing and Editing Services
• A.Word.A.Day
• About Books, Inc. (self-publishing)
• Absolute Write
• AlphaDictionary.com
• American Society of Authors and Writers
• American Society for Indexing
• Asian American Writers' Workshop
• Association of Authors' Representatives, Inc.
• Author World Advertising
• AuthorLink
• Authors Den
• Authors Guild
• AuthorYOU (supportive community for authors and authors-to-be)
• Avail Research Help (editing and data collection services)
• The Book Shepherd (writing, editing, publicity, and more)
• Brian Dana Akers: Learn to Write
• Bulletproof Online (proofreading services)
• Chicago Manual of Style Online
• Children's Books Writer Resources
• Cliche Finder
• CopyEditing-L (mailing list)
• Creative Writing Now
• Crime Writers of Canada
• Dafont.com (fonts)
• Dear Editor
• Dictionary by Merriam-Webster (also features a thesaurus)
• Dictionarist (multilingual dictionary)
• Dictionary of American Regional English
• Dissertation Academic Book Publishers
• DocuMania (editing, proofreading, writing, production)
• Donovan's Literary Services (proofreading, editing, critique & more)
• Edit 911 (copy editing)
• Editing Market (editing service price comparisons)
• Edit n Publish (academic document editing services)
• Editor Pages (editing services for research papers)
• Enago (English editing & proofreading of scientific manuscripts for ESL authors)
• Encyclopedia.com
• EnglishGrammar.org
• English Trackers (editing services)
• Errant Dreams (for writers & roleplayers)
• Evatopia (literary management for screenwriters, publishing for novelists, and more)
• The Expert Editor (Australian editing & proofreading company)
• FauxMeme Productions (writing tips)
• Fearless Books
• The Free Dictionary
• The Free Thesaurus
• Georgia Writers Association
• Global English Editing
• Gramlee Dissertation Editing
• GrammarCheck.net (an on-site editor checks for basic errors free)
• GrammarChecker.net (grammar, spelling, & punctuation checker with plagiarism detection)
• Grammer Guides (list of guides compiled by Australian Help)
• Grammica (grammar check, plagiarism check, paraphrasing tool & more)
• Horror Writers Association
• How to Write a Book
• How to Write a Book Now
• Infoplease
• iTools
• Know Your Meme
• Kuttura Proofreading & Editing
• Letters-Words.com (word tools, synonyms, antonyms, & puzzle help)
• LibQuotes (100% sourced quotations)
• Lisa Tener, Book Writing Coach
• Memories And Memoirs
• Military Writers Society of America
• Mr. Proofread
• My Quality Writing
• Mystery Writers of America
• Nathan Bransford, Literary Agent
• National Writers Union
• NetLingo (online dictionary)
• Now Novel: How to Write a Book
• OneLook Dictionary Search
• PaperFellows (writing consultation & resources, esp. for academic papers)
• PaperTrue (editing & proofreading services)
• Plagiarism Checker
• PlagiarismCheck.org (check for plagiarism + blog articles)
• Plagtracker (check for plagiarism)
• Poets & Writers
• Power Thesaurus
• Pro Novel Editing Services
• Proper Manuscript Format (William Shunn)
• Public Domain Music
• Query Tracker.net (find a literary agent)
• Quotations & Sayings Database
• Quotations Page
• Quoteland.com
• Reedsy.com (writing tools, a services marketplace, and more)
• RefDesk.com (Virtual Reference Desk)
• Regent Editing (PhD Dissertation Editing/Proofreading, & ESL Editing)
• Resources for Indie Writers (links collected by Isa Briarwood)
• Resources for Children's Writers
• Resource Review Guide to Online Research (SafeStars)
• Rhymezone
• Satiama Writers Resource (writing & marketing services)
• The Scholastic Editor (academic manuscript editing services)
• Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)
• Screenplay.com
• Scribbr (academic proofreading, editing, & plagiarism check)
• Scribendi (editing & proofreading)
• Sheree Bykofsky Associates (Literary Agency)
• Sime-Gen
• Slangit.com
• Slanguage.com
• Society for Technical Communication
• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
• State of Writing (list of resources)
• Storytellers: Native American Authors Online
• Suzanne Sherman (memoir/nonfiction editing & consultation services)
• Tate & Clayburn (UK-based copyediting, proofreading, copywriting & translation services)
• Television Tropes & Idioms (TV Tropes wiki; tips for writing fiction in all media)
• Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus
• Third Millennium Publishing (writer co-op)
• Understanding & Preventing Plagiarism
• The Unter Agency (literary agent & contract review services)
• Urban Dictionary (slang definitions, including mature terms)
• The Well-Fed Writer (income-boosting resources for commercial writers)
• WhatIs.com (IT-specific encyclopedia)
• Windbreak House (writing retreats & online writing help)
• Winning Writers (resources for authors and poets)
• WordCounter
• WordLab
• Words / Myth / Ampers & Virgule
• Words of Passion (writing/publishing services for women)
• WordSharp.net (proofreading & editing services)
• Wordsmyth: the Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus
• WordsRU (professional editing & proofreading)
• WOW! Women on Writing
• Writers Way
• Writer's Digest: Write Better, Get Published
• Writer's Lifeline, Inc.
• Writers' Retreat
• Writers and Editors
• Writers.com
• Writers-Editors Network
• WritersNet
• Writers SuperCenter (writer's software and writing services)
• WritersWeekly.com
• Writers Write (Books, Writing, & Entertainment News)
• Writing/Publishing For Children (Aaron Shepard)
• The Writing Show
• Writing-World.com
• YouCanWrite.com (professional services by Naomi Lucks)