Vocabulary
Words to Describe Sound
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↠ bang
↠ bark
↠ beep
↠ bellow
↠ blare
↠ blast
↠ bong
↠ boom
↠ buzz
Helpful Links I Actually Use
All for Creativity — Free & No Sign Ups!
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Art
- Artbreeder (digitally create what your character looks like)
- Unsplash (freely-usable images for book covers, blog posts, social media graphics, or anything else you may need)
Descriptions
- Descriptionari (enter prompt and receive creative descriptions)
Diversity
- DiversityStyleGuide (ensure you refer to communities with accuracy and respect)
Editing
- Cliche Finder (copy and paste your excerpt to find cliches and examine word choice)
Map Maker
- Inkarnate (create your fantasy world map)
Names
- Behind the Name (the etymology and history of names)
- Family Education (browse surnames alphabetically)
- Fantasy Name Generator (lists of names for characters, locations, descriptions, etc.)
- Reedsy (generate character names by language, mythology, fantasy, archetype, etc.)
- Reedsy (generate pen name)
- Reedsy (generate title name by genre)
Prompt Generator
- Canlit Premise Generator (generate random prompts)
- Language is a Virus (generate random writing prompts)
- Plot Generator (gain inspiration by inputing your own themes or generate a completely random plot idea)
- Reedsy (generate plot based on genre)
- Squibler - The Most Dangerous Random Prompt Generator (gives you prompt and a timer — don’t stop writing, or all progress will be lost)
Quotes
- BrainyQuote (gain inspiration by searching quotes)
Research
- Hiveword (search engine for writing articles and tips)
Vocabulary
- FreeRice (expand your vocabulary and help end world hunger with a game — every question answered correctly is ten grains of rice donated to the World Hunger Programme)
- Reverse Dictionary (find word by searching definition)