Becca and I are pleased to bring you another resource from Writers Helping Writers®
One Stop For Writers® is a web app packed with unique tools and resources to save you time as you plan, research, and write.
A powerhouse of writing information, One Stop is the permanent home for our iconic Descriptive Thesaurus Collection, which has been expanded and enhanced into a massive database, putting everything you need in one place. Fully searchable and cross-linked for easy navigation, you can look up what you need and then slip right back into the writing flow.
Our unique description database includes:
You will also find unique Templates and Worksheets to help you build deep, realistic characters, settings that resonate with symbolic and emotional meanings, and much more.
We also feature a one-of-a-kind Idea Generator that will help you puzzle out interesting details about your character and explore ideas for plot complications and story stakes.
One Stop For Writers also contains amazing structure tools, such as the innovative Story Map which helps writers master character arc and story structure. Users can plan their novels to align with one of 3 arcs (change, static, or failed) step-by-step, and then view the stages and turning points of all 3 Acts in an easy-to-follow visual map!
And if you are a real planner, try taking Scene Maps for a spin. Or, if you are more of a pantser, Timelines allows you total flexibility to collect as much or as little detail about your novel as you like. (All our scene and timeline tools are drag-and-reorder so they make terrific story-boarding tools, too!)
If you are building a world from the ground up or just want to track important details, our one-of-a-kind, Worldbuilding Surveys helps with all aspects of world creation. Whether you need to plan a Solar System or a City, Town, or Realm, you can create a custom survey from relevant questions or add your own.
The Character Builder is a hyper-smart tool that draws information from our many character-focused thesauruses, generators, and psychological lists. It makes deep characterization easy, prompting you to go deeper with each choice, and providing tons of ideas as you plan a character’s backstory, motivation, personality, goals and more. It will even create a character arc blueprint based on your character–what could be easier?
Want to join us for a tour?
Our goal is to help you become stronger writers, and to that end, we have many Tutorials that will deepen your understanding of writing craft.
Our Checklist and Tip Sheets are also really popular, as each one is packed with the most important information to keep in mind on all aspects of storytelling. They can be downloaded and printed, or feel free to share them online with your writing groups.
Ready for writing to become much easier?
One Stop is the result of having a deep passion for the written word and combining it with the desire to bring our community something that will really help everyone write more powerful stories. Activate a free trial, and let’s make story magic!
See you at the library!
Angela & Becca
Hi there, I’m writing a psychological suspense thriller and am looking for a few beta readers to give me feedback. None of my family members or friends like this genre. How do I find a few good beta readers? Thank you!
Hi, Kristina. This is a common question, because finding beta readers (and the right ones) is super important. Angela’s and my favorite resource for this is Critique Circle, a website that connects writers for this purpose. It’s actually where we met and began working together as critique partners.
https://www.critiquecircle.com/landing
We also have a post containing more ideas on how to find critique partners and beta readers that you might find helpful.
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2020/02/how-to-find-critique-partners-beta-readers/
Good luck making that match!
Happy New Year to ONE STOP FOR WRITERS I am taking the time out to thank you for all the freebies and for carving and creating such dynamic books and program God Bless you all
Thank you so much! Happy New Year!! Here’s hoping it will be an amazing one for all of us 🙂
Hi Angela,
What are your suggestions for finding writing mentors/coaches for a beginning fantasy writer? Also, are there any suggestion of courses?
Please note, the tools you have created on the website and the books are helpful and appreciated.
Warm regards,
Savannah
Hi Savannah! If you are a beginning Fantasy writer I would consider a few routes. If you want a top-notch writing coach, I would go with Author Accelerator: https://www.authoraccelerator.com/They are higher in price, but if you are career-focused (as opposed to just want to get this one book out there), they are excellent and you will learn so much. You could also look into Writer Your Best Book: https://writeyourbestbook.com/. However, you might want to draw in community support and develop your skills if you are new to writing, and then seek out more formal coaching. If so, consider The Creative Academy (free): https://creativeacademyforwriters.com/ or The Critique Circle (free): https://www.critiquecircle.com/ Feel free to say we sent you!
For courses, I would check out our Resident Writing Coaches as many of them offer courses and they are all terrific teachers: https://writershelpingwriters.net/resident-writing-coaches/
I hope this helps and so glad you find our resources helpful 🙂
How does one research a controversial subject anonymously? I’m afraid to google it, as I might get weird stuff coming back at me because of cookies and all that algorithm stuff I don’t understand. Thanks.
Search up “incognito mode” in your browser. It will show you how to browse safely.
Thanks! I’ll try that.
I’m trying to figure out the setting- place- for one of my stories that I am working on. The only problem is… I don’t know exactly how to describe it because it lies on another plane of existence.
The good news there is that you can do anything with it. So start by thinking about what will happen in the scene and what the character is supposed to feel, and then think about what you can weave into the setting to reinforce that feeling (mood), or to create symbolism for something meaningful that will happen or what the character wants in the scene, or foreshadow something that is coming. Good luck! 🙂
This is so awesome! I have all your books. Thank you!!!!!
Thank you, Tricia! I hope you find the site really helpful!
How would I come up with a town name for a book I’m writing. I want it to be something like river dale. But I can’t think of a good name.
Think of the characteristics of the town–what is it near, what type of town is it (in the woods, artsy, redneck, etc.?) or a mood you want to bring out (if it’s a mystery, you might want something that seems foreboding or isolating, that sort of thing.)
Love this. It seems so simple that one could pass by such an invaluable consideration. Someone once said, “Write about the town you live in…” To which my response was, “There’s nothing here.” How could I have been so blind and ignorant – but, I was. There’s a story in every rock, stone and grain of sand, every aspect of place and in the space of the when I read your post, I thought, “This is gold. We just need to open our eyes to see the beauty and the richness of a town (or other place) to write! It just takes a powerful little prompt – thanks. The impact of your post is huge. (Don’t get sunburnt!)
Where can I find the listing of all Conflict Thesaurus postings? And, is a Conflict Thesaurus in the works for being published?
Hi Joe, just go here: https://writershelpingwriters.net/conflict-thesaurus/
And what we do is see how people react to a thesaurus we build here on the blog first, and if it seems that they would find the thesaurus helpful, then we consider making it into a book. This one already seems pretty popular, so I can definitely see us turning it into a book. Either way, we will also upload it to One stop for Writers for our subscribers to make full use of there. 😉
Happy writing!
Thank you for the link, and for all the work you have done that is helping me finish my first novel.
happy to help!
Question?
I have all your published thesauruses. I am an aspiring writer. Would this subscription help me with the editing process of a novel I’ve already tried to polish, but isn’t quite there yet?
Thanks.
Hi Tammy,
Without knowing what you need most, it’s hard to know how helpful the resources at One Stop for Writers will be. We are focused on showing writers how to craft stronger stories and improve their skills, and we have extensive tutorials, tools, and resources to help them do it. Certain editing help you’ll only get from critique partners and editors, though. So what I recommend is signing up and trying out the 2-week free trial. This will give you a lot of time to explore the site and see if it can help you get your story where you want it to be. If you visit https://onestopforwriters.com/ you’ll see the link for the free trial. 🙂
Happy to answer any questions you have!
Angela
I believe I belong to your group please confirm Patricia G. Venn.
I can’t find a One Stop for Writers user with your name, if that is what you are asking?
Thanks so very much. I saw Becca’s interview on Creative Penn and I know Ill be using the resources. thank you very much
I’m so glad you were able to see the interview. That was definitely a fun one :).
Is there anything on habits for characters? I love this site, it helps me, as a writer and roleplayer!
Hi, Jul. We do have a Character Trait Thesaurus, but it doesn’t cover what you’re asking about. However, I believe you can find what you’re looking for at One Stop for Writers. In the Positive Trait and Negative Trait Thesauruses there, you’ll find lists of character traits. Each entry discusses how that trait might manifest in a character, including behaviors and attitudes. You can register for free and see a sampling of entries, so you can see if a subscription might be worthwhile for you. Best of luck!
Thanks for the great resources and ideas.
Gods morning. I would love to be able to access your writers theasaurus.
Can you please send me info on how I can go that. Thank you. My email is Zenon.dumyn@peelsb.com
Hi Zenon, I sent you a note. 😉
Hi Angela,
I may have a few thoughts for the Occupational Thesaurus. Prosthetist (designs and makes prosthetics) Robotics Engineer or implementer. My son was responsible for putting in the Robotic Surgical room. Software designer.
I was doing some research on future jobs. End of Life Counselor. Helping patients nearing the end to get their affairs in order.
I am a subscriber to One Stop for Writers. I use it all the time.
What is the URL for the Occupation Thesaurus. The couple of occupations I’ve seen described are terrific.
Hi, John. I’m so glad you’re liking our newest thesaurus! It’s just getting started, so there’s not much there yet, but here is the current list of entries. New ones go up on (most) Saturdays. Enjoy!
Hi,
Great video. I am looking for a video animator myself and I would really appreciated if you could let know the name of the company/ person you have used to create your video.
Many thanks,
Dana
I sent you a PM, Dana. 🙂
It went down briefly, but is up now. 🙂
Great Idea. Keep me posted.
Great idea. Looking forward to the completed project, but your sign up link for updates does not work for me. Says server cannot be found. Would you please add me to the update list? Thank you!
You bet Louise, consider yourself added! The site is actually down right now for some maintenance and will be up soon. 🙂
I’m really looking forward to it, great work!!
Signed up! BTW, the signup link does not work in Firefox.
Thank you for pointing this out. We’ll see if there’s something we can do.
Hi Kimagine,
Becca let me know you were having problems, so I tested a sign up with another of my accounts using FireFox and had no issues. I am thinking maybe it was a momentary glitch that fixed itself? Thanks for signing up!
thanks
Can’t wait. It’ll be a terrific resource for writers.
Thanks so much! We are excited 🙂
What a fantastic idea!
I am thrilled to hear about this One-Stop for Writers software! I have been thinking about how much more efficient and economical my research might be with the right tools at hand…if only…
Now the next thing is to create an AI (Artificial Intelligent) system that will mak suggestions to a persons lame rough-draft writing to offer others ways to express the same idea…*grin*
Haha, if you figure that out, send your AI my way! 🙂
Nice work! Editing and marketing are my difficulties. Writing a moving yarnhas always been my heart’s desire.
Thanks so much–we are looking forward to helping writers through a new medium. 🙂