CRAFT BOOKS
Story Genius by Lisa Cron
Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody
On Writing by Stephen King
Writing Your Novel from the Middle by James Scott Bell
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Pity the Reader by Kurth Vonnegut
Wonderbook (Revised and Expanded): The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction by Jeff VanderMeer
The Emotion Thesaurus by Becca Puglisi and Angela Ackerman
Self Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King
Plot and Structure by John Scott Bell
The Anatomy of Story by John Trub
The Forest for the Trees by Betsy Lerner
The Lie That Tells a Truth by John Dufresne
Plotting Your Novel by Janice Hardy
The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman
The Nutshell Technique by Jill Chamberlain
WORKSHOPS
Cat Rambo’s Academy for Wayward Authors – Live | On Demand
Clarion West – Online Only
Wesleyan University – The Craft of Plot (Free course)
Michigan State University – Write Your First Novel (Free Course)
Free Resources
There is so much information available to beginning and intermediate writers, likely more so than there ever has been, and in the past twenty years, I’ve accumulated a large collection of source material that has helped me become a better writer. I’ve also found several workshops and items that have made the writing process easier, or that have helped me to hone my skill set.
This is an ever-growing list and I hope you find it useful and the resources in it as invaluable as I have.
There is so much information available to beginning and intermediate writers, likely more so than there ever has been, and in the past twenty years, I’ve accumulated a large collection of source material that has helped me become a better writer. I’ve also found several workshops and items that have made the writing process easier, or that have helped me to hone my skill set.
This is an ever-growing list and I hope you find it useful and the resources in it as invaluable as I have.
CRAFT BOOKS
Story Genius by Lisa CronStory Genius
Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody
On Writing by Stephen King
Writing Your Novel From the Middle by James Scott Bell
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Pity the Reader by Kurt Vonnegut
Wonderbook
The Emotion Thesaurus by Becca Puglisi and Angela Ackerman
Self Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King
Plot and Structure by John Scott Bell
The Anatomy of Story by John Truby
The Forest for the Trees by Betsy Lerner
The Lie That Tells a Truth by John Dufresne
Plotting Your Novel by Janice Hardy
The First Five Pages by Noah Lukeman
The Nutshell Technique by Jill Chamberlain
WORKSHOPS
Cat Rambo’s Academy for Wayward Authors – Live | On Demand
Clarion West – Online Only
Wesleyan University – The Craft of Plot (Free course)
Michigan State University – Write Your First Novel (Free course)
GIFTS FOR AUTHORS
