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50 Awesome Open Source Resources for Writers and Writing Majors. With the popularity of blogging and online journals, writers working in the online realm have a growing number of opportunities all the time to practice and refine their craft, and maybe even get paid for it. And if you’re a writing major, why not take advantage of all the opportunities to get great free and open source resources that can help you to write, edit and organize your work? Here’s a list of fifty open source tools that you can use to make your writing even better.

Word Processors Why pay for expensive word processing programs when you can get high quality and open source alternatives for much less? Here are a few programs to try. yWriter: This word processor is designed especially for writers. Reference Everyone needs a little help with spelling and grammar now and again, and these programs can get you on the right track. Organization Working online isn’t always conducive to organization. Sonar: Getting published can be an uphill battle, but Sonar can make it a little easier. Www.writing.upenn.edu/library/Mayer-Bernadette_Experiments.html.

Poets & Writers | Contests, MFA Programs, Agents & Grants for Writers. Kurt Vonnegut's Tips for Writing Fiction. Resolve to Be a More Productive Writer (Happy New Year) Writerisms and other Sins: A Writer's Shortcut to Stronger Writing. National Novel Writing Month.