Names
Fantasy Name Generator
Elven, dwarven, orcish, dark, fae and more, built from original syllable rules.
Free writing tools for creative writers
Name generators, writing prompts and word calculators that feel like a well-made notebook. 16 tools are on the way, built in the open, one phase at a time.
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Name Generators
Names for characters, villains and pen names.
Fantasy Name Generator
Elven, dwarven, orcish, dark, fae and more, built from original syllable rules.
Last Name Generator
Real surnames from public US Census data, filtered by letter and length.
Character Name Generator
First and last names for any cast, from public-domain name data.
Villain Name Generator
Menacing names with the right amount of shadow.
Pen Name Generator
Pen names that sit well on a book spine.
Writing Prompts
Prompts, plots and titles for the blank page.
Book Title Generator
Title patterns by genre, to spark the real one.
Writing Prompts
A library of original prompts tagged by genre.
Journal Prompts
Prompts for gratitude, reflection, goals and mindfulness.
Writing Prompt Generator
One fresh prompt at a time, filtered by genre.
Plot Generator
A character, a goal, an obstacle and a twist.
Writing Calculators
Page counts, syllables, reading level and reading time.
Words to Pages Converter
How many pages is 1,000 words? Change font and spacing to see.
Novel Word Count Guide
Typical novel lengths by genre, with sources.
Syllable Counter
Count syllables line by line, for poems and songs.
Haiku Checker
Check your 5-7-5, line by line.
Readability Checker
Flesch, Fog, SMOG and more, explained in plain language.
Reading Time Calculator
How long a text or a whole book takes to read.
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Three things we hold ourselves to on every tool.
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Original data, credited sources
Names and prompts are written for this site or come from public-domain datasets, which we credit. Estimates show their assumptions.
Writing tools without the clutter
Writers search for the same small set of things again and again: a name for a character who hasn't got one, a prompt to break a dry spell, a quick answer to how many pages a thousand words makes. Most sites that answer them are slow, cluttered or hide the useful part.
Writer by Nature is a different kind of toolbox. Name generators are built from original syllable rules and public data. Prompts are written by hand. Calculators show the formula and let you change the assumptions, so you know what you are looking at.
Guides
Plain-spoken answers to the questions writers ask most, with the tools built in.
How to write a book
From first idea to finished draft in steps you can follow, with an outline template and a finish date calculator.
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Format, structure and length, with an annotated example scene and a script length calculator.
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