Below, you can find a roundup of links that are *my* favorite resources when it comes to writing, revising, querying, and more. Do NOT email unsolicited suggested links. People who do not follow directions will be ignored and marked as spam. Thank you.
Note: I also contributed to the Writer’s Block Party Blog.
The First Draft
Starting a Novel From Scratch (Video)
Logline – What’s My Book About?
Three Questions to Ask When You Don’t Know Your Plot From Your Story
25 Ways to Plot, Plan & Prep Your Story
Plotting with 3×5 Cards (Video)
I Have an Idea. Kinda. Tips On Plotting Your Novel
How to Fill Plot Holes in Your Novel
Hooking Your Reader in 3 Easy Steps
5 Common Problems With Beginnings
A Trick for Keeping Your Plot (and Story) on Target
Choosing What to Put in Your Outline (and Your Plot)
It’s An Idea: Taking Your Novel From Premise to Plot
A Quick Tip for Getting to Know Your Characters–And Your Plot
Is Your Story Structure Working?
A Simple Trick to a Stronger First Person Narrative
How to Write Characters Who Don’t Sound Like You
Five Signs Your Character Is Fully Developed
No Effort Character Cheat Sheet
What’s in a (Character’s) Name?
Creating Memorable Characters: Protagonists
In the Flesh: Fleshing Out Flat Characters
9 Traits of Sympathetic Characters
Writing Good… Err… BAD Villains
10 Traits of a Strong Antagonist
There is No Bad Guy: What to do When Your Antagonist Isn’t a Villain
How to Write a Character From Start to Finish
MAC: Motivation, Action, Consequence When Creating Characters
Two Questions to Ask for Stronger Character Goals and Motivations
I Hear You: Character Voices in Non-POV Characters
On Reading to Find Friends in Characters
Character Motivations: The Key to Gaining Reader Empathy
Unlikable (Yet Compelling) Main Characters
Finding Your Character’s Weakness
Secondary/Supporting Characters
Guide to Creating Super Ultra Awesomepants Supporting Characters
In the Flesh: Fleshing Out Flat Characters
Three Lessons Supernatural Taught me about Writing Authentic Characters
Why We Don’t Italicize Spanish (Video)
Tips for Creating an Ensemble Cast of Characters
Slipping in Character Description
10 Things That Every Brand New Creator of Science Fiction Should Know
On Diversity and Character Depth
10 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Setting
Generic Settings Won’t Do: Choose Locations That Have Emotional Value
Why the Where Matters (Part I)
Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions (Can Use Even if You’re Not Writing Fantasy)
It’s Their World: World Building From the Ground Up
43 must-visit sci-fi websites for writers
25 Things You Should Know About Worldbuilding
World Building 101: The Foundation
5 Ways to Make Your Novel More Cinematic (Video)
How To Turn Your Setting Into An Obstacle Course
The Top 5 Mistakes Writers Make When It Comes To The Setting
Writing Powerful Scenes: Why Choosing the Right Setting is So Important
25 Things Writers Should Know About Theme
Inspired Openings: Special Agent Edition
Common Problems With Beginnings
12 Cliches To Avoid When Beginning Your Story
How to Find the Right Place for Your Inciting Event
The Point When Everything Changes
How to Escalate Conflict in Your Novel
Ten Techniques for Getting Tension on Every Page
How to Raise the Stakes in the First 50 Pages of Your Novel
How to Build Tension & Heighten the Stakes
The One-Two Punch: Creating Conflict and Raising the Stakes
Is Your Story Stuck? 5 Questions You Need to Ask
How Do You Cross “the Line” and Take Your Novel to the Next Level?
9 Ways To Undermine Your Characters’ Best Laid Plans
How Your Character’s Failures Can Map A Route To Self-Growth
Don’t Accidentally Give Your Characters a Time Out
How to Turn That Shiny New Idea Into a Novel
Structure: Creating the Foundation
(Write the) Query First? The Query as a Plotting Tool
Simple Tricks to Unstick Your Story: The Domino Effect
Scenes – What Are They in Novels, And How Do You Write Them?
Four Questions to Ask to Make Your Scenes Pop
4 Ways to Add Caffeine to Your Story
3 Tips for Writing Better Action Scenes
Using Emotional Discharge to Power Up Your Story
Kick it up a Notch: Top Tips on Writing a Page-Turning Novel
Expect the Unexpected: Creating Plot Twists
Is Your Description Helping Your Story or Holding it Back?
The Difference Between Showing & Telling
Show vs. Tell: Macro-, Micro-, and When to Use It
A Simple Show vs. Tell Troubleshoot
What You Need to Know About Show, Don’t Tell
7 Words That Often Tell, Not Show
The Secret to Show, Don’t Tell
Ask Questions to Find Your Story
What Are Your Characters Ashamed Of?
Narrative Tension and the Ticking Clock
6 Ways to Cultivate Urgency That Will Captivate Fiction Readers
Is a Lack of Action Really the Problem?
Overcoming False Starts on Your First Chapter
5 Common Problems With Middles
Pace Yourself! Some Thoughts, Various and Sundry, on Pacing Your Novel
Using Dialogue Tags and Punctuation Properly
Hey, Who Said That? Polishing Our Dialog Tags
Kate Hart on Dialect and Dialogue
Everything I Need to Know about Dialogue, I Learned from Aaron Sorkin
22 Maps: How Americans Speak English Differently From Each Other
Writing With Immediacy (Passive Voice)
Smells and how to use them in your writing
14 Words That Are Hurting Your Writing
Tightening Your Novel With a Preposition Patrol
Five Edits to Strengthen Your Writing, Right Now
5 Common Problems I See In Your Stories
Most Common Mistakes Series: Why Suddenly Is a Four-Letter Word
12 Mistakes Nearly Everyone Who Writes About Grammar Mistakes Makes
6 Common Punctuation Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
A Cautionary Tale: 3 Writing Rules that Can Derail Your Story
5 Ways to Tell if a Subplot is Leading You Astray
Writing Great Endings — And Not Just the Big One
5 Common Problems With Endings
Bulking Up: Fleshing Out a Too-Short Novel
How to Write 2000 Words a Day – The Ultimate Guide
Linda Goodnight On How to Finish That Novel
10 Tips For Writing Endings To Your Story
8 Promises You’re Making to Readers—and Then Breaking
What We Talk About When We Talk About Voice
The Fine Art of Story Resonance
What a First Draft Should Look Like
The Importance of Genre Specific – Part One
Lessons Learned While Writing a Trilogy
Writing Series: The Cliffhanger Dilemma
Secrets to Writing a Series with Lydia Kang
Writing Wednesday Master Post – Beth Revis
Some Writing Advice – Beth Revis
For Writers (Master List) – Susan Dennard
A Writer’s Basic Toolbox – Susan Dennard
Writing Advice in Tweet Form – Nathan Bransford
K.M. Weiland YouTube Writing Advice Series
Top Three Turn-ons…When Reading (get your mind out of the gutter!)
25 Ways to Write a Real “Page-Turner” of a Book
Dear Any-Kind-of-Author: Write As Much As You Want
Using Story Structure to Your Advantage
Brandon Sanderson Class (YouTube – 12, Hour Long Videos)
Look Up Word Count to Your Favorite Books
Revisions
The 6 Commandments of Starting the Editing Process
What You Need to Know About Your Second Draft
The Importance of Reading WIPs
Editing & Polishing – Marissa Meyer
The Massive Revision Plan – Beth Revis
Tackling Revisions – Susan Dennard
A 7-Step Guide to Big Picture Revision (With Bonus Checklists!)
From Rough to Final: A Dissection of Revision – Maggie Stiefvater
What I Talk About When I Talk About Revisions
Here’s How to Finish Your Revisions, You Filthy Animal
Revising, Revising, and How to Make it Through
7 Ways to Expertly Edit Your Own Writing
Keeping Your Characters Compelling Beyond the First Draft
What’s In Your Diaper Genie? Revisions: How to Get the Crap Out of Your Book
25 Steps To Edit The Unmerciful Suck Out Of Your Story
Scott Westerfeld: On Rewriting & Growing Up
Revision Tip (Tweet from Agent, Sarah LaPolla)
Revision 9-1-1: Writing Mechanics
Alexandra Bracken on Reconceptualizing (In The Write Stuff)
How Do You Know When Your Manuscript Is Ready?
Is Your Book Good Enough for Publication? A Cold-Blooded Assessment
Lessons I Learned From Line Editing
First Readers and Critique Partners
7 Things to Remember When Giving (or Receiving) Feedback on a Manuscript
Critique Observations: Nothing Is Happening
Writing Basics: Formatting Your Manuscript for Submission
Formatting Your Book With Scrivener
How to Get Traditionally Published, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Resources for after NaNoWriMo (or any first draft!)
All You Need to Know About Sensitivity Readers
Editing Services
Manuscript Critique Services (I’ve Used & Personally Recommend)
Katherine Locke Editorial Services (I’ve Used & Personally Recommend)
Resources
The 100 Best Websites for Writers in 2021
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Scrivener (Life Changing Alternative to Word)
Aeon Timeline (Sync with Scrivener to Track Characters, Scenes, etc…)
Final Draft (Screenwriter’s Alternative to Word)
Save the Cat (Screenwriter’s Resource But Helpful for All Writers)
Background Noise Rainy Mood
Background Noise Coffitivity
Evernote (Make & organize notes, lists, etc…)
Self Control App (Avoid Distractions While Writing)
Forest App (App to Avoid Distractions)
Freedom App (Avoid Distractions While Writing)
OneLook Dictionary Search (Find out if a word is one word or two words)
Scriptation (Script Annotation App)
Learn a Language Memrise
Vulgar Lang (Create vulgar language for your SFF world)
Absolute Write (Writer’s Forum)
Writing Insecurities (Regarding Keeping Your Work Safe)
Stuff You Should Know Podcast (Great to listen to for various research)
SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
AWP (Association of Writers & Writing Programs)
SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America)
RWA (Romance Writers of America)
Gotham Writers Workshop (Classes on Book Writing, Screenwriting – Television & Film, Comedy Writing, Songwriting, etc…)
Writers of Color Twitter (Shares Jobs & Opportunities)
Bookjobs.com (Especially great for college writers looking for internships)
BrassTaxes (For creatives who need help with their taxes)
Short Stories
5 Reasons Writing Short Stories Can Make You a Better Writer
Freelance
How to Negotiate: The Tip No One Tells Writers
Share Novel For Free Online
Wattpad (Receive Feedback From Other Readers/Writers)
Getting the Agent
Question: How good is good enough?
Putting Your Best Foot Forward
How to Get Published
AgentQuery.com
Querytracker.net
Query Shark
Publishers Marketplace
Bewares, Recommendations & Background Check
Thumbs Down Agency List
(Agent Contests) The Art of Infiltration
Mindy McGinnis Blog
Literary Agents: Full Uncensored Interview (Video)
25 Steps to Being A Traditionally Published Author: Lazy Bastard Edition
Example of a Good Query Letter
The Parts of a Good Query Letter
How To Successfully Write A Query
The Complete Guide to Query Letters That Get Manuscript Requests
Deciding What to Put in Your Query Letter
8 Query Tips No One Tells Writers
Rules and Tips for Writing Good Queries
Querying: The Do’s and Don’ts and a Worksheet
So You Realize the Error AFTER You Hit Send
Thoughts From an Editorial Intern – Queries!
Reasons for a Quick Rejection (At Query Stage)
Don’t Hate the Query Letter: Master It
How To Write A 1-Page Synopsis
How to Write a Synopsis – Nathan Bransford
First Five Frenzy (First Five Pages)
QueryTip: Subject lines are your BFFs
How to reference #MSWL in a query
Query Theory 101: The Query Letter Pitch as Story
“Rock Star” Agents, and More About Schmagents
What I’ve Learned in the Last 4 years as an Agent
10 Hidden Gifts of Rejection Letters
A Love Letter to my Rejections – Jodi Meadows
Not Abusing Your Personal Contacts For Professional Agendas
25 Steps To Being A Traditionally Published Author
Of Patience while Querying/Submitting
My Query Process – Erin Bowman
Why Publishing Pros Must Love Your Work
Query 101 Series: Handling Requests & Manuscript Formatting
Submission Tip Checklist: Double-Check These 16 Things Before Sending Your Book Out
Please tell me you didn’t pay money for this service
Preparing For The Call: How To Ace Your Agent Interviews
Agent Story – Jessica Spotswood
How I Got My Agent – Susan Dennard
How I Found My Agent – Gennifer Albin
When An Agent Requests Your Manuscript
Query Question: what the deuce is a “brief synopsis”
Query Question: I’m popular, can I tell you?
Query question: agents asking where you’re querying
Query question: should I not query during Book Fairs?
Query Question: if an agent changes agency, does the requested full go or stay?
Ask the Agent: Submitting to Agents Who May Quit the Business
My agent gave me his blessing to have a second agent, but…
#HowToAuthor: Agents & Submission
Should I wait for feedback on requested fulls before querying more?
Query Question: withdrawing a query
What does ‘not right for my list’ mean anyway?
Query question: permission? we don’t need no stinkin permissions! (Regarding song lyrics in the manuscript)
Query question: can the publisher make me change the ending?
The Request to Revise and Resubmit
R&R Advice in a Tweet from Sarah LaPolla
“Is it my query or my sample pages?” Why you are not getting full manuscript requests
In Publishing, Subjectivity is Real
Silence After the Partial Request—What is the Agent NOT Saying?
Questions an agent asks before signing
Query question: when the call isn’t The Call
Some Questions You Shouldn’t Ask
So I’ve Been Thinking… – On Waiting
All About the Offer Etiquette (And How to get a Fast Pass!)
Ask Me Anything: Pitch Sessions
When Multiple Agents Make an Offer
Query 101: Dealing with Multiple Offers
Signing With a Literary Agent? Here’s What Should Be In Your Contract
Query Question: Now that I have an agent, what mistakes can I avoid?
Inside the Secret World of Literary Scouts
Lessons from Liberty States Fiction Writers’ Conference
How to Talk With Publishers and Agents
5 Ways Small Press Publishers Offer Opportunities for New Authors
So the offer fell through…what about those other agents?
Agent Contract: The Funds Remit Clause
Signing With a More Junior Agent
What Happens When It Is You – Natalie Whipple
My agent hates my new book. Not just sorta, either. A LOT. What to do?
Question: I Think My Agent’s Dead, What To Do?
How to know when to leave your agent
On Parting Ways With Literary Agents
8 Ways to Know If You Have a Good Agent
What Agents & Publishers Want and Why
An Agent’s Role in Shaping an Author’s Career and the Second Book
Interacting with agents in the wild
The Book Deal/Debuting
The Big Five US Trade Book Publishers List
The Best Career Advice I Can Give: Read Your Contract
Non-Compete Clauses: A Live Case Study
Contract Conversations: Red Flags
Digesting the Revision Letter, A Pep Talk
After the Editorial Letter: A Peek at Revising Under Contract
7 Things I’ve Learned About Writing From My Work As An Editor And An Author
Lessons I Learned From Line Editing
The Publisher’s Editorial Process
Why Does it Take So Long for Books to Get Pub’d? (Video)
First copy of Cinder – Marissa Meyer
First copy of Something Strange & Deadly – Susan Dennard (Video)
The New World of Publishing: Publishing Reversion Clauses
Finding Big Opportunities With a Small Press
Style Sheet: A Conversation with My Copyeditor
After the Deal
Jim C. Hines Writing Income Yearly Breakdown
REAL TALK: $ix Figure Book Deal$
The Importance of Educating Yourself: Royalty Statements Part 1 and Part 2
Are You Being Taken Advantage of As A Writer?
What I wish I’d been doing from the start…
Royalty Statements & Tax Records
Essential Tax Deductions For Writers
Five Things I’ve Learned About Being a Pre-Published Debut
How & When to Catch the Elusive Publicity Department Part 1 and Part 2
The Basics of a Social Media Launch Party
How to Throw a Killer Book Launch Party
How to Run a Successful Preorder Campaign
Post “Meh” Debut – Your Options
Do sad sales figures follow you like a cloud?
Why Your Book Deal Is Just the First Step
10 Things I Learned About Publishing From My Debut Series
Self-Promo and Marketing Materials that Work
How to Plan for a Successful Book Launch
Four Ways to Prepare for a Book Launch—Even if You Aren’t Published Yet
Seven Steps to a Successful Signing
14 Tips to Surviving Your Book Signing
How to Plan Your Own Book Tour
What New Authors Need to Know About Library Systems
Promo Tip: “How’s Your Book Selling?”
How to Determine Your Author Fee
Tips for Reading Fiction Out Loud (Video)
Self-Promotion: An Author’s Perspective and Guide – Susan Dennard
How Festivals and Conferences Can Make You a Better Author – Janice Hardy
How to Sell More Books and Grow Your Fan Base at Author Events
Turning Social Media into the Grandest Writing Exercise Of All
YA Writers Reddit Discussion on Classroom & Library Visits
Authors: How to Make the Most of a School Visit
How to Be a Model Panel Moderator
Blog Highlights: National Novel Publicity Month – Marissa Meyer
The Thing About Money: How Much Should You Invest In Your Own Writing? – Jessica Khoury
Dear Soon To Be Published Author
An Unauthorized Guide to Being a Debut Author, Part I: Pre-Promo // Part II: ARCs, Swag, and Self-Promotion // Part III: In-Person Events
Four Ways to Prepare for a Book Launch—Even if You Aren’t Published Yet
How to Survive in a Bookstore as an Author
The Author’s Guide to No-Show Events
How to Run a Goodreads Giveaway
Grassroots Marketing – Gretchen McNeil
Creating Promotional Material That Works: Swag
Ask and You Shall Receive. (Or at least ask and you shall know.)
7 Things I Learned About Marketing My Own Books
Your Author Brand: What It Is & Why It’s Important
50 Ways to Build Your Platform in 5 Minutes a Day
What Writers Should Know About Panels at Cons & Conferences
Regretfully Yours: 28 Writers on Their Biggest Mistakes
25 Secrets of Publishing Revealed (Or: Inside the Bookish Shatterdome)
Tips on Developing a Newsletter
5 Guidelines for Approaching Book Review Bloggers
When It Feels Like Everyone Is Getting What You Want
When Friends and Family Read Your Book: Survival Tips
Things Getting a Book Deal Has Taught Me
The Truth About the Author Caste System
10 Truths about Publishing your First Book
Lessons From A Debut Year by Megan Shepherd
The Stock Signing Lesson by Elizabeth Wein
5 Steps To Find Your Book’s Ideal Audience
Start Here: How to Write a Book Proposal
192 Publications That Actually Pay Freelance Writers
Self-Publishing
Finding and Working With a Cover Designer
Why I Self-Published, and Why I’m Going to Keep Doing It
A Tax Cheat Sheet for Kindle eBook Self-Publishing
A Checklist for Publishing Your Book
My Formal Apology To All Self-Published Authors
Indie Publishing: The Numbers to Get You Started
14 Questions to Ask Before You Self Publish
How to Create Your Own Galley Proof With Word
Some Things That Need to Be Said
Should You Self-Publish? Ten Questions to Ask Yourself
Indie Publishing Paths: What’s Your Master Plan? Part One & Part Two
Clean Up Your Ebook Files With HTML
Self-Publishing Was Way Easier Than I Thought It Would Be
Is a Quick Release Schedule Right for Your Books?
25 Things You Should Know About Self Publishing
16 of Our Favorite Kindle-Publishing Resources for First-Time Authors
Self Publishing: Readers Are Not GateKeepers
Lessons Learned from Self-Publishing
Editorially Speaking: How to Find a Book Editor You Can Trust
Why You Should Act As Your Own Writer-Publisher (At Least Once)
Book Cover Copycats: Is It Flattery or Copyright Infringement?
Copyrights and Wrongs (Entertainment Lawyer Blog)
Traditional to Hybrid: How to Carry Readers to a New Book
Audiobooks: Finding the Best Narrator for Your Book
28 Resources, Tools and Tips for Self-Publishing Your Next Book
Kindle Unlimited: Is It Worth It?
What Writers Need To Know About Patreon
Non-Fiction
How to Write a Query Letter: Nonfiction and Memoir
How to Write a Non-Fiction Query Letter
The 7 Sections of a Nonfiction Book Proposal
The 8 Essential Elements of a Nonfiction Book Proposal
Nonfiction Book Proposal Outline
How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal
Julie Sondra on Book Proposals and How I Got My Nonfiction Agent (Video)
How to Choose the Perfect Sample Chapter for your Nonfiction Book Proposal (Video)
Your Author Platform Is Not Your Social Media Following
Building Your Writer Platform — How Much is Enough?
The Basics of Building a Writer’s Platform
Author Platform: Here’s What All the Fuss Is About
What Credentials Do Nonfiction Writers Need
Nonfiction Submission Tips — Agents Speak
Inspiration
On Finding Time to Write (Video)
We’re All Scared – Hank Green (Video)
Determination No Matter What – Susan Dennard
On Discipline, Dedication, and Devotion
Writing a Book – Jackson Pearce (Video)
On Writing: Dealing with “I Don’t Wanna” – Kristin Cashore
On Self Discipline – YouTuber, Katytastic (Video)
Don’t Give Up – Beth Revis (Video)
Getting Through Considering Giving Up – Shannon Messenger (Video)
Failure is not the Enemy – Beth Revis
Don’t Be Afraid of Change – Beth Revis
Behind the Book: Doubt – Kiera Cass (Video)
Stupid Answers to Common Writing Questions
The Habits of Highly Productive Writers
Why You Should Write What You Love
Advice to a new novelist: be hardcore
Write Unafraid, Without Fear of Failure
Be Fearless – Melissa de la Cruz
Five Storytelling Lessons From Hamilton’s America
5 Reasons You’re Experiencing Writer’s Block
Bad Reviews, An AWOL Muse, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Mindy Kaling’s Guide to Killer Confidence
To the debut authors – Natalie Whipple
Going On Five Years Now, Actually.
No One Will Care If You Stop Writing – Natalie Whipple
Think, Plan, Write, Edit, Repeat – Chuck Wendig
My Best Advice for Aspiring Writers
How to Handle Self-Doubt as a Writer (Video)
To Write Everyday or Not To Write Everyday
The things nobody tells you about being an author – Ally Carter
My Overnight Success – Rick Riordan
Letter to Baby Author Me revisited – Ally Carter
J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement (Video)
Neil Gaiman 2012 Commencement Speech “Make Good Art” (Video)
How to Overcome Writer’s Block (Video)
30 Minutes, 30 Days: This Practice Can Help You Become a Better Writer
Consistent – Jessica Spotswood
Writing and the Creative Life: Something is Better Than Nothing
This is Going to Be About Heroes – Maggie Stiefvater
NaNoWriMo Tips from Scott Westerfield and Justine Larbalestier
HOW TO PUSH PAST THE BULLSHIT AND WRITE THAT GODDAMN NOVEL
NaNoWriMo: On the Language of Losing – Chuck Wendig
The Five Haters You Meet When You Become A Writer (Video)
Yes, Virginia, Writing Is Too A Job
Elif Shafak: The Politics of Fiction (Video)
The Varied Emotional Stages Of Writing A Book
Some Thoughts on Writing and Fear
On Growing Thicker Skin (& Why You Shouldn’t)
24 Things No One Tells You About Book Publishing
25 More Hard Truths About Writing and Publishing
On Making Time and Complicating Life On Purpose
Your Elusive Creative Genius – Elizabeth Gilbert
10 Best Literary TED Talks of the Year (2014)
Paper Town Academy – John Green (Video)
Aimee Mullins: The Opportunity of Adversity (Or As I Like to Call It “The Human Will”)
Stan Lee Reflects on His Successes and Regrets: “I Should Have Been Greedier”
NaNoWriMo Pep Talk: The Pure Joy of Getting It All Wrong
On the Slow Pursuit of Overnight Success by Victoria Schwab
#GOALS and Loving Yourself! From Lindsay Cummings (Video)
Retreats, Residencies, Workshops, Etc…
Is a Writers’ Residency Right For You?
20 Incredible Writing Retreats to Attend in 2021
20 Amazing Writing Residencies You Should Apply for This Year
Get Paid to Write: 15 Fantastic Writing Fellowships for Authors, Journalists and Poets
Wordsmith Workshops & Retreats
Cave Canem Retreat (Pennsylvania, For African American Poets)
Kimbilio Retreat (New Mexico)
WellStone Redwoods Center (San Francisco)
The Artist in Residence at Headlands Center for the Arts (Sausalito, CA)
The Kerouac Project (Orlando, FL)
Anderson Center Residency (Red Wing, Minnesota)
Kweli Workshops (New York and Online)
The Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop (La Jolla, CA)
Writers Who Run (North Carolina)
Mad Cap Retreat (Tennessee)
Writing Novels For Young People Retreat (Vermont College of Fine Arts)
Breakout Novel Workshop & Two Year Story Lab (Various Locations)
Cambridge Writers Workshop (Various Locations)
Take a Class With Cheryl Strayed
Take a Class With Nova Ren Suma
Go “Back To School” With These 10 Online Writing Courses
29 Fantastic Writing Conferences for Authors, Bloggers and Freelancers
Other Stuff
Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge
A Diversity Reading List from Ellen Oh
Why Being a POC Author Sucks Sometimes
The Diversity Struggle for a POC Author
Writing About Diversity Is Harder Than I Thought
The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child’s Bookshelf | Grace Lin (Video)
In which I am told I do not understand a story because I am not a white man.
Disability in Kid lit: Warning Flags and Turn-Offs
Disability in Kid-Lit Honor Roll (Vetted Books)
Writing Deaf & Blind Characters
How to tell a story (Video)
This is Not Why YA is Important
Five Things You Need to Know About Young Adult Fiction
25 Things You Should Know About Young Adult Fiction
How to Convert a YA Doubter into a YA Believer
The Hate is Boring & the Same & Let’s Stop Listening to It
5 Complaints on YA Lit, Adult Readers, & Likability
Young Adult Literature Is Better Than You Think
Short Rant on Asking YA Characters to Act Like Adults
In Which I Answer Why Adults Read So Much Young Adult Fiction
Change is Good: Addition Over Subtraction
‘Bad People Doing Bad Things’: Justine Larbalestier On Likeability in Fiction
Peanut Butter Cups & Peer Pressure
The Girl Myth in YA Fiction (And Beyond)
No Boys Allowed: School visits as a woman writer
Why I Came Out As a Gay Children’s Book Author
The Lose-Lose Situation of Bisexual YA
What Authors Control (Video)
On Fandom, Parasocial Relationships, and What We Don’t Know – Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Dear Broke Reader: Your Sense of Entitlement is Killing Me
PSA — Authors, bookstores, and the books that are–and aren’t–in them.
How to Support an Author’s New Book: 11 Ideas For You
How to Support An Author Beyond Their Book
Five Ways to Help Your Favorite Authors
How not to ask Authors for Favors
25 Reasons Why I Stopped Reading Your Book
Epiracy: yes, it’s wrong. And yes, it hurts.
What YA Publishers and Authors Can Do to Fight E-Book Piracy
Your Local Brick & Mortar Bookstore Is A Privilege
Please Stop Pirating Books (My Follow Up Response is Here)
“Free” Ebooks Don’t Help Poor Kids
How to (Effectively) Show Support
8 Reasons Why Authors Are Assholes
Neil Gaiman: a nobody’s guide to the Oscars
What Publishing Websites Looked Like Way Back in the Day
What an Author ACTUALLY Has Control Over
When Everybody Loves a Book Except You…
4 Great Books Adapted for the Screen By Their Own Authors
The Best Students Are Teachers
A Day in the Life of a Literary Assistant…GIF Style
About (Remote) Publishing Internships (Video)
Ten Things To Never Say to a Writer
Tips for Navigating Conversations with Non-Writers
10 Things You Should Never Say to a Writer (Video)
Stuff Non-Writers Say (Video)
If Strangers Talked to Everybody like They Talk to Writers
Dear Media, Let me help you write that article on YA literature
Lending Out Books (Video)
“I sold my book for $25,000″: A debut novelist’s experiment with radical honesty”
I Just Have to Shake My Head Sometimes…
Dear Guy Who is mad Because I Wrote A Gay Character in a Book
5 Things You Could Do To Piss Me Off As A Reader
Epic Reads Explains | A Brief History of YA (Video)
Epic Reads: 6 Degrees of YA Movies
Girl Who Reads (Video)
5 Things You Could Do To Piss Me Off As A Reader
What It’s Like to Live Inside the Legendary Paris Bookstore Shakespeare & Co.
A Textual Analysis of Harry Potter, Twilight, & The Hunger Games
Sh*t Writers Say (Video)
39 Things To Do When You Are Feeling a Bit Angry With Your Novel: The Revising Edition!
A Literary Map of Paris’ Left Bank
30 Amazing Behind The Scenes Movie Moments
Spending the Stephen King Money
Putting the (Fan Art) Pieces Together
Squirl App (Discover Literary Locations)
Screenwriting
Joss Whedon’s Top 10 Writing Tips
The Necessity of Killing Off Good Characters – Glenn Mazzara (The Walking Dead)
J.J. Abrams’ Pet Peeve: When Futuristic Stories Use Present-Day Jargon
SHONDA RHIMES: A screenwriter’s advice (Comic)
Here’s What These Filmmakers Wish They Knew Before They Made Their Films
Pixar’s 22 Golden Rules of Storytelling
Writers From Girls Share Lessons They’ve Learned
How We Made $1.5 Million Self-Distributing Our Doc: The Six-Step Playbook
The Writers: Full Uncensored Interview 2012 (Video)
Featuring Judd Apatow, Mark Boal, David Magee, Chris Terrio, Michael Haneke and John Krasinski
Full Uncensored Drama Showrunners Roundtable 2012 (Video)
Featuring Terrence Winter (Boardwalk Empire), Howard Gordon (Homeland), Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy), Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad), Glen Maazara (The Walking Dead), and Veena Sud (The Killing)
Full Uncensored Drama Showrunner Emmy Roundtable 2013 (Video)
Featuring Alex Gansa, (Homeland), Aaron Sorkin (Newsroom), D.B. Weiss (Game of Thrones), Beau Willimon (House of Cards), Kevin Williamson (The Following), & Matt Weiner (Mad Men)
Full Uncensored Comedy Showrunner Emmy Roundtable 2013 (Video)
Featuring Mike Schur (Parks and Recreation), Matthew Carnahan (House of Lies), Greg Daniels (The Office), Bruce Helford (Anger Management), Liz Meriwether (New Girl), and Steve Molaro (The Big Bang Theory)
Full Uncensored Drama Showrunner Roundtable 2014 (Video)
Featuring Aaron Sorkin (The Newsroom), Matthew Weiner (Mad Men), Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad), Carlton Cuse (Bates Motel), Nic Pizzolatto (True Detective) and Ann Biderman (Ray Donovan)
Full Uncensored Comedy Showrunner Roundtable 2014 (Video)
Featuring Marc Maron (Maron), Mike Judge (Silicon Valley), Chuck Lorre (Mom), Jenni Konner (Girls), Jenji Kohan (Orange Is the New Black), Mike Schur (Parks and Recreation) and Armando Iannucci (Veep)
Full Uncensored Comedy Showrunner Roundtable 2015 (Video)
Jill Soloway (Transparent), Jay Duplass (Togetherness), Steve Levitan (Modern Family), Robert Carlock (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Kenya Barris (Black-ish), and Alec Berg (Silicon Valley)
Full Uncensored Drama Showrunner Roundtable 2015 (Video)
Lee Daniels (Empire), Damon Lindelof (The Leftovers), Alex Gansa (Homeland), Sarah Treem (The Affair), Michelle King (The Good Wife), and Beau Willimon (House of Cards)
Full Uncensored Oscars 2016 Writers Roundtable (Video)
Amy Schumer (Trainwreck), Meg LeFauve (Inside Out), Emma Donoghue (Room), Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs), Tom McCarthy (Spotlight), Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)
Full Uncensored Comedy Showrunner Roundtable 2016 (Video)
Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat), Alan Yang (Master of None), Aline Brosh McKenna (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Marta Kauffman (Grace and Frankie), Kenya Barris (Black-ish), David Mendel (Veep)
Full Uncensored Drama Showrunner Roundtable 2016 (Video)
Julian Fellowes (Downton Abbey), John Ridley (American Crime), Nina Jacobson (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story), Melissa Rosenberg (Jessica Jones), and Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot)
Issa Rae Talks w/Gina Prince-Bythewood & Lena Waithe (YouTube)
A Television Experience (ATX Panels and Q&As)
Disney Channel Storytellers (Screenwriters Program)
Film Independent Project Involve (Screenwriters Program)
NBC Writers on the Verge Fellowship Program
Sundance Documentary Film Program
Christina Hendricks, Aaron Paul, Allison Williams: The Power of Strong Supporting Roles
TV Writing 101 – How Not to Write a Boring Script
WRITERS’ ROOM 101: Taking Meetings – Know Your History
7 Important Things To Know Before Pitching Your TV Pilot to Networks
How Four Filmmakers Turned Kickstarter Into Sundance Gold
How to Get a Job in Shondaland
Comedy Writer Terminology Not Found in Books
10 Huge Sundance Film Festival Deals (and How They Paid Off)
10 Helpful Tips for Acing Your Film’s Social Media Presence at Festivals
Why Having the Right Agent Could Make or Break Your Movie
The Business of Screenwriting: The Power of “No”
The Business of Screenwriter: Get a damn good lawyer!
For the Love of Storytelling – Why I Can’t Stop Going to Film Festivals
Letter from Suzanne Collins: A Thank You to The Hunger Games Film Team
The Business of Screenwriter: Get a damn good lawyer!
Scriptd (In Beta, A Hub for Creators)
Zoetrope (Online Writing Community Created by Francis Ford Coppola)
Shonda Rhimes Master Class for Television ($90)
Aaron Sorkin Master Class for Screenwriting ($90)
Podcasts
Writing Excuses (Hosted by Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Dan Wells.)
First Draft with Sarah Enni (For authors.)
PubCrawl Podcast (For authors.)
The Manuscript Academy (For authors.)
Writer Writer Pants on Fire (Hosted by Mindy McGinnis. For authors)
This Creative Life Podcast (Hosted by Sara Zarr. For YA authors.)
Writing in Real Life (Hosted by Barry Lyga and wife, Morgan Baden. For authors & new parents.)
88 Cups of Tea (Hosted by Yin Chang. For authors & filmmakers)
Science Fiction & Fantasy Marketing Podcast (Hosted by Lindsay Buroker, Joseph Lallo, Jeffrey M. Poole, & Laura Kirwan)
Harper Audio Presents (For authors.)
Children of Tendu (Hosted by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Jose Molina. For TV writers.)
Scriptnotes Podcast (Hosted by John August and Craig Mazin. For screenwriters.)
Alias Smith and LeRoi (Hosted by Ali LeRoi and Owen Smith. For TV & screenwriters.)
Chicks Who Script (Hosted by Lauren Schacher, Maggie F. Levin, and Emily Blake. For TV & screenwriters.)
The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith (For screenwriters.)
Nerdist Writers Panel (For writers across all mediums but mainly TV writers.)