Writing Sites

World Building Sites

• World Building Tutorial- Step-by-step information on constructing a functional alien environment from geology to weather and climate.
• World Building Links- A list to many different worldbuilding sites; geared towards RPGs; many links nonfunctional.
• Language Constructing - All about how to create a constructed language (conlang).
• On Thud and Blunder - An excellent article about High Fantasy by Poul Anderson.

• Building Fictional Characters - Lots of helpful links as well as useful book suggestions.
• Internet-Resources.com- Tons of links, including to some of the sites I'm posting.
• Dare to Be Bad! - Site with helpful writing block breakers, particularly sff random generators.
• Research Links for Writers - Geared towards romance authors, but includes helpful research links for medeival and fantasy settings.
• Character Archetypes - Outline of Tami Cowden's book on hero, heroine, and villian archetypes.
• Character Building Workshop - Character tests, archetypes, and general psychology information.

General Reference

Grammar Guides and Dictionaries