Writers' Companion - 30 Incredibly Useful Websites

 1. No Stupid Questions – Another subreddit where you can ask questions. Here you can ask any question and no one will be rude to you for not knowing the answer.

2. Getcoldturkey.com – Block out distractions on your computer.

3. Hemingwayapp.com – Make your writing bold and clear.

4. Paraphrasing-tool.com Free Text Rewriting Tool Online – No Sign-Up, No Captcha, No Hassle!

5. Laverna.cc – A free note taking application.

6. Visuwords.com – A visual dictionary, visual thesaurus, and interactive

7. XKCD Simple Writer – A web app that tells you when the words you use aren’t listed in the top 1000 most common words.

8. Sterling Editing provides interesting publishing trends, editing tips and other writing advice from around the web.

9. Wordcounttools.com – A simple word counting tool.

10. Askreddit – Subreddit for questions to the reddit community.

11. Writers Helping Writers serves fiction writers of all types and offers tools to help with plot planning, self-editing and promoting your book. You’ll be especially excited about the collection of thesauruses for emotions, talents, skills, physical attributes and other important character traits.

12. Warrior Writers Tips for writing craft, building a following on social media, navigating the publishing process and making a living as a writer.

13. Men with Pens Fantastic articles on copywriting and freelancing.

14. FakeNameGenerator.com – Generate fake names for your characters.

15. IWL.me – A tool that analyzes your writing and tells you which famous authors you most write like.

16. Vocabulary.com – The quickest, most intelligent way to improve your vocabulary.

17. She Writes She Writes is a essential, trusted resource and community for women who write.

18. Procrastiwriter The Procrastiwriter will help you find the motivation you need to write more, hone your craft, and most importantly, make room for consistent writing

19. The Write Practice offers daily writing prompts, creative writing lessons and a wealth of articles to help you overcome writer’s block.

20. The Writer and the Critic for ideas for blog posts, novels, characters and random stories.

21. Readability-Score.com Readability Score is a great tool that will help to make your writing style clearer.

22. Ask Allison Writing and publishing Q&A by novelist Allison Winn Scotch.

23. A Writer’s Bucket List
A Writer’s Bucket List is a place for writers who think outside the box, have a sense of humor and enjoy connecting with quirky, like-minded peers.

24. Copyblogger The ultimate in copywriting advice.

25. Grammar Girl :: Quick and Dirty Tips "Your friendly guide to the world of grammar, punctuation, usage, and fun developments in the English language." Mignon Fogarty. Connect with ...

26. Procrastinating Writers A blog that helps you get started and keep on task.

27. Writer’s Digest The ultimate writer’s resource website.

28. Kidlit.com Wonderful advice for writers of children’s literature (but applicable to all writers, in many cases.)

29. The Writer and the Critic is devoted to speculative fiction books, reviews and occasional gossip you’ll find a little bit of everything for your writing.

30. litro.co.uk – All you need to know about the wonderful world of books and writing.