- Resources
- The Elements of Style - must have reference for writers
- Chicago Manual of Style - a classic guide used by publishers,
editors, and writers
- Writer's Digest - Magazine devoted to beginning and established writers
- Writer's Market - Online literary market reference
- Predators & Editors - Guide to publishers and publishing services
- AAR - Association of Authors’ Representatives
- FundsforWriters.com - An online resource to help writers find markets
for their work
- Storiest - story development tool for novelists and screenwriters;
designed for Mac OS
- Contour - a top-rated script-writing software for
Windows and Mac operating systems
- AutoCrit - online editing tool
- Booklogix Local book publisher with free informative workshops/webinars
- Master Writer - Creative writing software
- StartABlog123 - StartABlog123.com offers a free comprehensive tutorial on
building and growing your first blog
- Jobhero - The Ultimate Freelance Writing Career Guide
- Grammarcheck - Vocabulary, grammar, and writing techniques
- State Of Writing - Incredibly useful resource with tips and it's own
collection of writing and grammar guides
- Prowritingaid - Site that provides an exceptional novel editing tool – Just
paste in some text from your book and watch it go to work
- Jobhero - The Ultimate Freelance Writing Career Guide
- Theater Seat Store - Writing for film and theater
- Scrivener - Outlining software for your Mac-based computer
- yWriter – Outlining software for your Microsoft-based computer
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- Books
- “The Anatomy of Story” by John Truby – 22 Steps to becoming a master storyteller.
- “Self-Editing for Fiction Writers” by Renni Browne and Dave King – tips for editing your novel before you send it out
- “Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint” by Nancy Kress – developing good characters
- “Creating Character Arcs” by K. M. Wieland – help in developing strong characters
- “The Emotional Craft of Fiction” by Donald Maass – writing advice from the owner of the Donald Maass Literary Agency
- “On Writing” by Stephen King – advice and wisdom from the master storyteller
- “Bird by Bird” by Ann Lamott - Advice on writing and on life from an acclaimed best selling author
- “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” by Lynn Truss –Truss’s entertaining rant about punctuation and the intricacies of the English language
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