Recommend your favorite writing reference sites

[msbae]

http://www.jcf.org/new/index.php

[S'kai]

Stealing Fire from the Gods :

http://www.storymaking.com/thebook/

I found quite helpful when working on my first story.

and a lot of stuff on storytelling/writing:

http://www.howtotellagreatstory.com/...farticles.html

[ambessalion]

captcalhoun wrote:

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Atlas of the Universe
www.atlasoftheuniverse.com

this is awesome :-D

[Octavia]

The Universal Mary-Sue Litmus Test.

[Tara]

I'm new to writing TOS/AOS (tho I wrote VOY stories--mainly "lower decks" crew--about a decade ago) but I've come to rely on the transcripts at chakoteya.net, to augment my Memory Alpha surfing. Mainly because sometimes you really do need to see the original context of a line.

Since I'm writing primarily Pike and Number One, I also rely on scripts--both of STXI, "The Cage", and "The Menagerie". Tho when I did write VOY, I kept up a manifest of characters at Lower Decks which expanded on and continually updated, based on the original Roll call crew manifest. It was really useful for picking characters to flesh out, instead of just creating OCs.

And for my Spock and Uhura stories, I've had a lot of help on the linguistics side of things from livejournal fans (I primarily hang out in the Trek writing fandom on LJ).

[JRS]

The fiction writers guide to Psychology:

http://www.archetypewriting.com/index.html

[Sanji Himura]

A few references for general writing a.k.a Writing 101


Writing 101- collected by MI6 member Lethal Weapon

11,000 baby names- a site for names. Note that they are not always accurate on nationality.

Wikitravel- A good resource for (real life) locations.

The Universal Currency Converter- This currency converter even converts obsolete currency(like francs).

The CIA World Factbook- This site has a lot of info, but it is a useful resource if you know what you are looking for.

Merriam-Webster Online- A dictionary that seems to also embrace "queen's" English as well as American English.

Free online Thesaurus

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association of America Articles on Writing

[omgahitsbritt08]

Quick question, does anyone know where to find the movie script to Star Trek 2009 film? I dont want to have to keep watching the movie over and over again. I mean I would enjoy that but it makes my writing slow.

[kes7]

http://www.chakoteya.net has transcripts of everything.

[omgahitsbritt08]

THANK YOU!!!! I was looking for this! If you were here, I would definitely give you a big hug! -Squeeze- =]

[JRS]

This character sheet generator is quite useful and suprisingly detailed:

http://www.cthreepo.com/writing/character.shtml

The rest of the site is pretty good also

[goofy]

"What Not To Wear"
(For Fic Sites)

http://starbase_hellsgate.tripod.com/blog.html

[Nerys Ghemor]

OK...so you'll actually have to get a BOOK, a real, paperback book...but trust me, it's worth it.

It's called Checking on Culture, by Lee Killough, and it is an amazing (yet concise) worldbuilding guide for sci-fi and ANY type of writing you could do, that helps you get a handle on your world so that it's internally consistent and you know what may be different from our world. It has a "checklist" of areas to go through, that are an awesome help for brainstorming.

It's sold by a small press--Yard Dog Press--in Arkansas, but don't let that fool you. It's GOOD.

http://www.yarddogpress.com/Checking%20On%20Culture.htm

[jespah]

The plot thins:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1069369.ece

[Triskelion]

Free writing tools:

I love this dictionary/thesaurus. ctrl/right click on any word in any application, instant meta-lookup:
http://wordweb.info/free/

Note Tab Light: free notepad editor that does heavy duty fast:
http://www.notetab.com/

Never want to go back to how it was before I started using these.