This page has a list of relevant resources I’ve used, investigated, or have been recommended to me. Over time I intend to write reviews and expand on this, but primarily this is for personal use and to share with writing friends.
Websites and Podcasts
Jane Friedman (writing business)
Helping Writers Become Authors (craft resource)
Writer unboxed (craft resource)
Anne Janzer (craft and writing practice)
How to Write a Book Now (craft resource, synopsis, and archetypes)
Women Fiction Writing Association (WFWA)
Creative Law Center
Savanah Gilbo (editing/beginning writers podcast – especially like first chapter reviews)
Writing excuses (podcast on craft and business from multiple viewpoints)
Creative Penn (podcast and website focusing on the business; recently covers a lot of AI)
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing (podcast covering query letter reviews)
Story Grid & Story Grid Editors
Ryan Holiday – I like his newsletter and some of his marketing
JJ Jonas – the 12 archetypes based on research
Books
Craft books I read but didn’t buy as reference
These may be good books, but they didn’t make the cut for one reason or another. It could be the book didn’t add much new insight or was similar to something I’d already purchased. Maybe I didn’t prefer the style, or it wasn’t relevant to me. Some were unique and relevant, but the information was absorbed in one reading (funds are limited after all and the library is free).
The Art of Writing, Yang
On Writing Well, Zinger
The Writer’s Process, Janzer (Reading)
The Craft of Scene Writing, Mercurio
Comic Book Lettering, Piekos
Show Don’t Tell, Gert
Coursera
Write your First Novel, MSU; Good with Words: Writing and Editing, UofM
Tried Writing Coach and The First Draft Club
Also looked at Pressfield’s site
Craft books I own
Scene & Structure, Bickham
Story Genius, Cron
Wired for Story, Cron
Techniques of the selling writer, Swain
Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook
Storywheel, Kucera
Understanding Show, Don’t Tell and really getting it, Hardy
Intuitive Editing, Yates Martin
Fiction Blurbs, the best page forward way, Ravencraft and Cohen
Dialog, McKee (on my to-be-read pile)
Story, McKee
The Emotion Thesaurus, McKerman & Pugilist
The Conflict Thesaurus, McKerman & Pugilist
The Emotional Wound Thesaurus, McKerman & Pugilist
The Negative Train Thesaurus, McKerman & Pugilist
Scrivener for Dummies
Save the Cat Writes a Novel
The Anatomy of Genre, Truby
Books to be read or researched
Story Engineering and Story Physics, Brooks
Reference books on business and marketing
The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Wiliams
Website related tools
The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Williams
Unsplash
WPBeginner – WordPress website help
Chatgpt and ChatAI – used for button verbiage on my website, SEO, and marketing aid
Other
Grammarly (free to pick up typing mistakes)
Pro Writing Aid
Sudowrite
Scrivener
Plottr
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