Snowflake 11

[prisca]

Challenge #11
Fandom is full of awesomely helpful references and resources! What are some of your favorites?
Tutorials? Fandom Primers? Ship Manifestos? Info Posts? How-to Guides? Writing Resources? Helpful Links?
In your own space, recommend a fannish or creative resource.

There are various recourses which help me with writing.

First of all, because English is not my native language Grammarly, a free writing assistant app (there is also a paid version if you want more help) for spell and grammar check. And Leo, not only a dictionary for various languages but also a great forum to get help, a vocabulary training program, language courses and more.

Of course the usual places like Google and Wikipedia. To find more back info for movies and series I often go to IMDB.

I do like to visit photo/picture sites like Pexels or Unsplash. The material at these sites are free to use, so you can also use them to create banner or icons.

Helpful for writing are, of course, also writing communities, which offer challenges and prompts to keep the words flowing, or which encourage you not to give up only because you are fighting with a serious writing blockade. If you are looking for some communities like this at Dreamwidth, I would recommend having a look at Snowflake, day 3 - Pimp Your Favorite Communities, Fests or Challenges!

Comments

[primwood]

Cool. Thanks for the tips. I haven't heard of Pexels or Unsplash before.

I use IMDB and Wikipedia a lot. Instead of Google, I like to use Duck-Duck-Go which is a browser and search engine that does not track data on you like Google and others do.

[prisca]

Thanks for the advice, I will check out Duck-Duck-Go.

[lilly_c]

Leo looks useful.

[prisca]

I've already tried other dictionaries but LEO is the best, IMO.

[littlelostcat]

Grammarly is amazing -- I used it in one of my writing classes recently when the instructor kept docking me points for my grammar until I told her I was using Grammarly and didn't understand why I was getting points off. Suddenly the points stopped getting taking off, LOL.

[prisca]

Lol, indeed :)