Hello and Happy Saturday!

Today, I have a pretty cool writing tool to share with you guys. I have been  using Scriptito for a while and really love the planning tools for writing. You can also share your work and get feedback on your projects.

(I’ve also added links to my Resources page.)

Scriptito

Scriptito is a pretty cool tool that allows you to organize your writing and write from anywhere where you can access the internet. I use Scriptito for organizing story thoughts on the go. Chrome has a widget for Scriptito also, so you can have a quick link to Scriptito right on your home page. Here’s a screen shot of my Scriptito:

So you can kind of see how I’m organizing chapters for my “Meet Carrie Grace” book. You can have multiple projects going at the same time. The bookshelf shows you your projects and information about each one such as the current word count, summary (if you’ve entered one) and other quick facts information. Check it out! Here’s the link to sign up for Scriptito: SIGN UP FOR SCRIPTITO.  And here’s a link to FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SCRIPTITO.

From the Scriptito website:

Scriptito wants to enable writers of all skill levels tell their stories – and we think we can do this better than anyone – by accomplishing our two main goals:

We want to enable you to write any time, any where.

The best way to develop or refine your writing skills is to write, and write often. Scriptito leverages the tremendous power of the Internet to enable you to write at the time that’s most convenient to you. Whether you’re at home, on your lunch break, or even at a relative’s house. As long as you have a connection to the Internet and a modern web browser, we’re there for you.

We want to eliminate the distractions so that you can focus on your writing.

With Scriptito, you no longer have to worry about backing up your writing projects, because it’s handled automatically for you – on a continuous basis.

With Scriptito, you have instant access to a wide variety of readers that are looking for an opportunity to review new literature. We make it easy to share your stories with these readers, and gain immediate access to their feedback.

In this day and age, you can no longer assume that your work will be “consumed” by a single device, and you can’t force your readers to come to you, so we make it easy for you to go to them. Scriptito solves this problem by allowing you to focus on the content, and by providing you with the ability to target your writing to one or more of these devices by simply exporting your project to the most appropriate format for that device.

I hope you like Scriptito. Let me know what you think of it in the comments below.

Happy Writing!

~ Eileen 🙂

Hello!

This week I have a pretty cool tool for all my fellow writers out there! Today’s resource is a website that has tons of inspiration to be found for writers everywhere.

(I’ve also added links to my Resources page.)

Language is a Virus

This website is chalk full of tools and tips for writers. Among the many tools available are things like the ‘Cut Up Machine’ where you can enter a block of text and “mix it up” to create different mixes of the words. This could be useful if you have specific words you want to use, but aren’t sure of which order they should be in. You could “mix it up” with the phrase or paragraph to see what works best. There are madlibs, poetry gyroscopes, WTF-O-Vision games and many more to cure your writers block, give you a refreshing break from yourself or just have a bit of fun.

Mixed in with all the fun and games are the Writing Exercises. This section contains prompts and generators as well as articles and information on writing. There are exercises and information on Writing Techniques as well as articles on Creative Writing. There are so many tools and resources here, you will definitely want to bookmark this site in your web browser!

Here’s are 5 of my favorite resources on this website:

1. Free NaNoWriMo Word Meter
2. Famous Quotes
3. Free Creative Writing eBooks
4. Steam Punk Name Generator (This one is really a bit of fun! I couldn’t stop clicking the button to generate new names!)
5. Rhyming Dictionary

From the Language is a Virus website:

Languageisavirus.com exists to cure writer’s block and inspire creativity. You can choose from a multitude of writing games, gizmos, generators, writing prompts and exercises, tips, experiments and manifestoes from infamous avante garde writers and how-to articles on fiction writing and poetry.

I hope you find some inspiration! Share your work with me, I’d love to see it.

Happy Writing!

~ Eileen 🙂