Resources . . . the writer's playground. Within our links you will find specialized dictionaries, style sheets, an article archive to help writers achieve tighter prose and more!

CSFWG STYLE SHEET - A critiquing style sheet used by the the Colorado Springs Fiction Writer's Group.

GRAMMAR AND CONSTRUCTION - Definitions for parts of speech and other articles to help tighten the writer's prose.

CSFWG ARTICLE ARCHIVES - View "How-To" writing articles (from Talking Head Syndrome to Creating Believable Characters), interviews, reviews and more!

CHARACTER WORKBOOK - Having a hard time defining your character? Fill out this twelve page workbook and you'll know more about your character than you do about yourself!

DICTIONARIES, DICTIONARIES, DICTIONARIES - The CSFWG scours the web in order to offer a single location for specialized dictionaries writers need. From biblical definitions to gay slang, it's all here!

RESEARCH LINKS - Links to websites containing information of use to writers. Categorized for ease of use.

COLORADO SPRINGS AREA BOOKSTORES - Information for finding bookstores in the Colorado Springs, Colorado and surrounding areas.

COLORADO SPRINGS AREA LIBRARIES - Locations, hours and directions to Colorado Springs, Colorado area libraries (includes Manitou Springs, Woodland Park and Cripple Creek).

NETWORKING - Links to other Colorado-based writing groups.

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