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General Writing |
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Writelink |
Markets, newsletters, help guides, competitions - a mammoth site. |
Get Writing |
Part of the mammoth BBC site. |
greatwriting |
A site set up by fans of the BBC site when the Powers That Be decided the BBC was not allowed to support writers any more. |
Author.co.uk |
Something for everyone. |
Festival of Writing |
What it says on the tin. |
Politics & the English Language |
Brilliant essay by George Orwell |
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I especially like number 11… |
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Is your character a Mary Sue? |
Hugely entertaining reality check for your characters |
Fish Publishing |
Runs the Fish Short Story Prize, one of the largest international short story competitions. Also runs poetry, crime, and historical fiction competitions and provide a full editorial consultancy service to provide writers with one to one, constructive feedback. |
Project Gutenberg |
Stunning free resource of out of copyright books including some of the most famous and important works of literature. You can also sign up to be a volunteer editor. |
Essay Info |
Generally useful reference site, but the linked page is a fantastically clear and concise explanation of when and when not to capitalize (redundant capitalization being a Webmaster's Pet Hate) |
The Plain English Campaign |
'Nuff said. |
Other writers groups |
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Leighton Buzzard Writers |
Founded by former VWC member Kate Allan |
Watford Writers |
A thoroughly nice bunch |
Poetry |
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Ver Poets |
Our friends and rivals |
Writelink |
Also includes poetry sections/ competitions, etc. |
Screenwriting |
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Celtx |
Open source (ie free) media pre-producion software (scriptwriting etc) |
The Writers' Room |
Another part of the BBC, this time dealing with tuition and opportunities in the world of TV. |
Script Smart |
Free to use formatting gizmo for use with MS WORD - small download, big help for those who can't afford mega-expensive software packages. This is REALLY good (unless you are a Mac user). |
Writing Treatments |
How to do it, examples etc. |
Legal & Technical |
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Copyright Licensing Agency |
All you could possibly wish to know about the laws of copyright. |
BECTU(Broadcasting Entertainment |
Code of Practice for the Submission of Programme Proposals |
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BECTU's script registration service
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