Are you ready for a month of literary abandon? If you have a novel in you that has been waiting to get out now is the time to get ready and write it. Because November is National Novel Writing Month and during the month you’ll find great resources and a lot of support over at www.nanowrimo.org.

You still have a week to prepare and get your things in order so that you’re able to write that novel so I thought I’d point you in the direction of some great free resources to help you write.

1. Evernote is a great way to save and keep track of all those ideas you find and all the research you do on the internet while drafting your novel.
2. yWiter is a free word processor that is designed specifically for writing a novel.
3. Imagination Prompt is a little tool you can use if you’re feeling stuck.
4. JaLingo is a free dictionary that you download and ad to your desktop. Very handy.
5. GNU aSpell is for those writers looking for a top notch spell checker.
6. Celtx is for those who are drafting a screenplay, comic, or script.
7. ASuite is for those who need to work from various computers. It allows you to easily launch applications, files, and web pages from a movable storage device like a USB memory stick or iPod.
8. FreeMind is software that maps your mind. Which is very useful at all stages of a project as large as writing a novel.
9. Word Count Plus is a simple way to keep track of your work count if you’re writing within the Firefox browser.
10. Sonar is a submission tracking program. Now that you’ve written that novel get it published!

Of course there is always the tried and true $.25 lined notepad and $.10 pencil for writing that first draft. Often the simplest solution is the best solution. And the act of transcribing it into your word processor is an automatic second draft. Bonus!

10 Free Writers Tools To Help You Get Ready For National Novel Writing Month is a post from: Art Palaver The Artist Marketing Resource.

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