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Free Fiction Writing Resources

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I have a range of free digital worksheets for you to enjoy:
(If you'd like to request one, let me know!) 

One Spark, Many Fires - a free set of digital mini-workbooks for getting the most out of your writing prompts. Currently available: the Genre workbook. More of these to come using different prompts from my 101 Writing Prompts digital workbook, giving you an idea on how to turn those 101 writing prompts into 500+ writing prompts!

Character Development Worksheet - a free one-page worksheet for developing the broad strokes of your character. No details here, just important core elements. Your character's bones, if you will. 

Writing Prompts Masterlist - a free list of 105 creative writing prompts for fiction writers. It's a list compiled from the prompts shared directly on this blog, and presented as a PDF document. 

Write a story that... - a free sample of 180 writing prompts from the Write a story that... workbook, which allows for a combination thousands of unique story ideas. Follow the link and click on Preview to get this free sample, and if you like it, why not get the rest of the workbook? Get those writing prompts and get writing!

SPLITE Worldbuilding Posters - a set of posters created to help you flesh out your worldbuilding using my SPLITE method, adapted from the SPRITE analysis method popular in AP World History courses. All the links to the images lead to the original blog posts about each SPLITE element, which offer a more in-depth look at the worldbuilding method.

  • SPLITE Overview - a handful of guiding Qs for each of the SPLITE elements. [PDF] [Image]
  • SPLTE Social -  focuses on the Social aspect of worldbuilding. [PDF] [Image]
  • SPLITE Political - focuses on the Political aspect of worldbuilding. [Image]
  • SPLITE Locational -  focuses on the Locational aspect of worldbuilding. [Image]
  • SPLITE Intellectual - coming soon
  • SPLITE Technological - coming soon
  • SPLITE Economic - coming soon
  • While I didn't create a SPLITE poster that deals with religion, I answered a Q about that here.
I'm also working on a huge SPLITE Worldbuilding Guide right now! Scroll down to learn more!

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I also have a range of articles and blog posts that you might find helpful:

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And, of course, there's Scrittorio Magazine, my free digital magazine that focuses on the fiction writing craft with the goal of giving you practical, actionable lessons and tips to improve your writing. You'll find a wealth of great stuff there!

  1. Nodal Storytelling: Exploration as Narrative (Scrittorio Magazine, Fall 2022)
  2. Character Development Worksheets (Scrittorio Magazine, Winter 2023)
  3. Interactive Fiction (Scrittorio Magazine, Winter 2023)


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You can find more resources on my Payhip.
Check them out!
They're well worth your time, and I'd appreciate your support!

These include:

Character Development Worksheet - a digital worksheet for simple and quick character development. (This is actually offered for free up above, but if you'd like to have it in different colors and just want to support me, grab it from the store, too! 😉)

Write a story that... - thousands of possible fiction writing prompts in this workbook - generate, combine, and write, write, write!

That Writer State of Mind - a digital journal which helps you re-align yourself with your goals. 

But even if you can't grab them, there are just as many free resources (if not more) above,
so you're not missing out. 😁


UPCOMING RESOURCES:

SPLITE Worldbuilding Guide: A huge guide which covers all of the elements of SPLITE from the posters and much, much more, allowing you to pick and choose what you'd like to work on, and to build your world with confidence. This guide will have worksheets as well as articles explaining how to approach each element of worldbuilding.

Currently, it's got 169 planned entries! To learn more and keep updated on the SPLITE Worldbuilding Guide, check out this page dedicated to it.

One Spark, Many Fires - a set of digital mini-workbooks for getting the most out of your writing prompts. Coming up: Context, Plot, Character, Audience, Mood/Tone. 

How to Deal with Burnout for Writers - a digital mini-workbook guide to identifying, preventing, and handling burnout for writers.

Applying Dan Harmon's Plot Embryo Plotting Method - a digital mini-workbook focusing on the Plot Embryo plot structure.

 


 

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