Writing Resources!

(3U maths tomorrow... once this is over, I'm free for life! *dances*)

Since NaNoWriMo is coming up in just over a week, here are some useful resources for all your authory needs.

Baby Names List - this particular baby names site is the one I use the most, because it's sorted alphabetically in a way that's very easy to navigate, it comes with clear meanings, pronunciations and variations on each name, and it has an insane amount of cultural diversity.

Polyvore - what your characters wear can be important in developing their personality, tastes and interests. Polyvore is a site that allows you to create collages and images of various outfits and accessories. It's especially useful if you often draw your characters or are thinking of doing a graphic novel. Generally more useful for female characters since most of the clothes are womenswear.

Room Floor Plan - a quick and easy tutorial on how to draw a room. Very useful if settings are important to your story, or you're doing a comic.

Writing Memes/Questionairres - a masterlist of writing memes/character questionairres. I have used these many, many times in the past and they're a brilliant way to develop characters. Stupid little things like favourite colours, foods, hobbies and quirks add so much to a character's personality and growth, even if they're never mentioned in-story.

100 most important questions - speaking of questionairres - a list of details you should know about your protag.

Seventh Sanctum generators - Seventh Sanctum is considered the go-to as a fantasy or sci-fi name/place generator. I personally am not a huge fan of the names that it comes up with, but often it's a good basis point for you to then edit/customise from.

Common archetypes and symbols in literature - the title is fairly self explanatory; this is a pretty basic list but still useful in gaining a general understanding. Of course, the real fun is in twisting these tropes to create something new and exciting.

• 10 Types of Emotional Manipulator 
• Sociopathic tendencies
For your villains and anti-heros. Or even just your heros - that could be interesting.

Mythical creatures - a detailed list. Dragons are starting to become overdone. Try looking into the mythology of other cultures. In early drafts of my major work I started to find Danish/Scandinavian mythology quite interesting.

Yay! I'll add more if I find anything particularly interesting, although most other things are a mere google search away.