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| ideas4writers is all about ideas. When you
become a member you get immediate access to over
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Our story engine randomly generates
a story situation together with a complete set of characters,
motivations, locations and objects. Great fun, simple to
use, and an incredibly inspiring way of finding new stories
to write. You'll never run out of ideas if you use this
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a sample
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| The face engine lets
you design faces for your characters. Choose from a wide
variety of head shapes, hairstyles and facial features, then
position and resize them as you wish. Save your finished
characters for later, share them with your friends, or print
them out and pin them above your writing desk! |
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| Ever have trouble coming up with names for
your characters? We have the solution - it's the name
engine. Now includes six nationalities: UK, USA, French,
German, Italian and Spanish. More coming soon! See
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| The biorhythm engine charts
the ups and downs of life and lets you see how well (or badly)
your characters will perform on a given day. Will the attempted
bank robbery succeed or end in miserable failure? If you
don't know which way to take the story, this engine will
help you decide. And just like the astrology engine, you
can use the biorhythm engine on yourself and your friends! See
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| The astrology
engine works in two ways. If you know your character's
date of birth it produces a detailed personality profile
based on Western and Chinese astrology. If you don't know
their date of birth then it allows you to calculate it
based on their main personality traits. It doesn't matter
whether or not you believe in astrology - you'll get plenty
of ideas for great characters and stories. And you can
get your own personal profile too - simply enter your own
date of birth. Once you know your character's date of birth
you can also use the biorhythm engine. See
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Tarot is a wonderful tool for writers, combining
character and plot in one simple tool. It doesn't matter whether
you believe in it or not - just look upon it as an idea generator.
One tarot reading will give you all the material you need
to start planning a great story. Interpreting the cards is
normally no easy task, but our tarot engine
does all the hard work for you.
See a sample |
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| critique forum |
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| Send in your writing and get
feedback and useful advice from other members. If you want
an honest, unbiased opinion of your work and advice on how
to fix any problems and make it even better then this is the
place to come. The atmosphere is always friendly and relaxed.
Everyone helps each other and we all become better writers. |
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Stuck for answers or desperate for
a bit of chat with someone who understands what a writer's
life is like? Our caring, sharing, friendly forums are just
the place for you. Whether you're giving advice or receiving
it, asking for help or just nattering about your favourite
Word templates, you're always sure of a warm welcome and
plenty of friendly support when you're feeling down.
We have several discussion forums including: writing
(general writing matters), technology
(word processors, computers, printers and the Internet),
getting published (ideas, hints
and tips and experiences with publishers, editors and agents),
the expert is in (for all those
difficult research questions), chat
(talk about anything you like) and ideas4writers
(discussion about the website itself, plus news announcements
and the latest changes).
As a significant number of members are studying with the
Writers Bureau, we also have a writers
bureau forum where you can chat to fellow students,
discuss the course and assignments and review each other's
work.
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| help, advice, hints, tips,
your questions answered |
| Members get the benefit
of an interactive service. Send in your writing, computing
and word processing problems and we do our best to find the
answers and report back to you. We also have regular writing
technology columns from our resident IT guru, Dr Dave. |
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| We're running out of space on
our tour, and we can't tell you about everything. So we'll
keep a few things secret for you to discover when you become
a member. Take our Extras section, for example - stuffed with
useful information, inside knowledge, and tons of inspiration. |
