The Big List of Resources for Writers
Note: Please do not run out and purchase all these products or download every episode!!!
These resources are meant to be lamp posts on your writing journey and to help you out when you need it… but remember, all you ever need to write is a pen, some paper, and an open heart. Resources labeled with an asterisk (*) are personally vetted and loved by yours truly!
Where to Find Writing Prompts
*The Way of the Fearless Writer (the book) (the podcast) by Beth Kempton
*The Hadō Journal (I cannot find this anywhere on the internet so it might be super niche, but I picked up this journal at a small bookshop in London and have used it for morning pages for years!)
*The Artist’s Way, specifically the practice of Morning Pages by Julia Cameron
*Every Day is a Poem by Jacqueline Suskin
*1000 Words with Jami Attenberg
Other Excellent Books on Craft & Book Writing
*The Anti-Racist Workshop by Felicia Chavez
*How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong
*On Writing by Stephen King
*Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott (legend)
*Glitter in the Blood by Mindy Nettifee (one of the best!)
*Writing Alone and With Others by Pat Schneider
*Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses
*Meander, Spiral, Explode by Jane Alison (a novel)
*Before And After The Book Deal by Courtney Maum (10/10 recommend reading before you seek traditional publishing!)
*Refuse to be Done by Matt Bell
Write, Publish, Repeat by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant
Writing Tools by Roy Peter Clark
The 90-day Novel by Alan Watt
Characters & Viewpoint by Orson Scott Card
Story Physics by Larry Brooks
*Damn Fine Story by Chuck Wendig
The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
Smashwords Book Marketing Guide by Mark Coker
Writing Fiction by Janet Burroway
Writing for Story by Jonathan Franklin
*Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
*Writing Ourselves Whole (Using the Power of Your Own Creativity to Recover and Heal from Sexual Trauma)
*Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different by Chuck Palahniuk (a memoir)
Pity the Reader by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Podcasts
*And of course, my own podcast where I read from old diaries and talk about a writer’s life and mental health
Here’s a big list of poetry related podcasts as well!
Blogs
Find all my blogs here! <3
How To Get An Agent by Sarah Flocken
Terrible Minds - Chuck Wendig's blog
Story Fix - Larry Brooks' blog
*Lit Hub (especially their weekly Reading List)
*Rewrite, Reword, Rework - Rebecca Miller's blog
Writing Tools & Community Spaces
Scrivener (I’ve tried it and didn’t love it — you can get the same from Grammarly which is free!)
*Notion (how I keep my entire life organized!)
*Magic To-Do List Maker (I don’t use AI a lot, but this one honestly helps!)
Query Tracker (a place to start looking for agents and keep them organized)
*Enso (a very cool app that disappears your writing as you go so you focus on getting the words down rather than editing as you go)
750 Words (a cool online community where everyone sets the same goal to write 750 words per day)
*Chill Subs (everything you need to know about submitting your poems)
*Metaphor Dice (a very cool tool made by my poet pal Taylor Mali!)
Liz Lerman (Critical Response Process)
Self-Publishing Tools
Videos and Blogs
*Write About Dragons (Brandon Sanderson's writing lectures)
Advanced Fiction Writing / The Snowflake Method