Art and Writing Resources

Below, we have listed some useful resources for artists and authors. If you have any suggestions for other resources we could include, please contact the mods and we'll look into adding them to the list!

## Artist Resources

### Software, Extensions, and Web Apps

**Krita**

**Free**

An open source painting program compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux.

**GIMP**

**Free**

An open source raster graphics and photoshop alternative, compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux.

**Coolors**

**Free**

A color palette generator, for when you can't quite settle on which colors you want to work with.

### Art Reference Sites

**SenshiStock**

**Free** (with option to support via Patreon)

A great source for pose references -- various models in just about every pose you could need.

**Pixabay**

**Free**

Stock photo library, perfect for finding inspiring landscape and background ideas for your art.

**Pexels**

**Free**

Stock photo library, perfect for finding inspiring landscape and background ideas for your art.

**CanonSPNgifs**

**Free**

Searchable index of nearly 70,000 Supernatural gif sets. Useful for finding a specific scene, theme, situation or episode once you get a feel for the tagging system.

**Home of the Nutty**

**Free**

High quality screencaps for every season of Supernatural. No account required.

**Screencapped**

**Free** | Option to donate

High quality screencaps for every season of Supernatural. Great for finding reference images for characters and locations! A free account is needed to access and download the screencaps.

## Author Resources

### Software, Extensions, and Web Apps

**Bibisco**

**Free** for basic app | **Pay-What-You-Want** for additional features

A free, open source writing app with many story planning features. The free version allows unlimited projects, exports to pdf, docx, txt, & archive formats, and has features to assist with character building, premise, fabula, setting, narrative strands, and arranging chapters & scenes.

There's also a pay-what-you-want version of the app with additional features that assist with timeline arrangement, moving scenes between chapters, setting writing goals, and more.

**Grammarly**

**Free** for basic app | **Paid Premium** for additional features

A free extension for Google Chrome which helps to correct grammar and spelling errors in your writing.

There is also a paid premium version of the extension which can help identify use of the passive voice, frequent word repetition, and inconsistencies in spelling.

**Milanote**

**Free trial** for first 100 notes, then a **monthly subscription fee**

An app to help visual planners put together story ideas, with templates for brainstorming, character mapping, and lots more.

**Trello**

**Free**

A free online pinboard service that happens to be great for story planning. Especially helpful for those who are writing with a friend, as multiple people can collaborate. Check out this guide for writers for some examples of how Trello can be used by writers in the planning stage.

**WordKeeperAlpha**

**Free** (with the option of supporting the app via Patreon)

A handy widget to set writing goals and keep track of your word count output.

### Writing Reference Sites

**Genre, Plot, and Story Prompt Generators**

If you're having trouble getting started, one of these prompt generators might do the trick!

**List of Tropes in Fanworks**

Whether you want to write the most trope-heavy fic you can manage, find a way to subvert a popular trope to create something completely new, or just want to check to see what that one thing you've included in your fic is called, this list of commonly used tropes on Fanlore is an invaluable resource.

**Supernatural Wiki**

The Supernatural canon reference used by the show's writers. There's a handy episode guide with synopsis, references, and transcripts, as well as a character guide for most named characters from every episode if you're looking for background or side characters.

## General Resources

**Mynoise.net**

**Free**

A fully customizable soundscape generator to help you focus.

**SelfControl**

**Free**

For the easily distracted among us. SelfControl is a free app for Mac that lets you block **your own** access to certain websites, your mail servers, or anything else on the Internet. Just set a period of time to block for, add sites to your blacklist, and click "Start." Until the timer expires, you will be unable to access those sites—even if you restart your computer or delete the application.

**Freedom**

**Free trial** for first seven sessions, then a **monthly subscription fee**

Freedom is similar to SelfControl, but it works across all of your devices, and is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Android. This means you won't find yourself picking up your phone to visit that distracting website that you blocked on your laptop!