WRITER'S RULES
RESOURCES
FOR
WRITERS
Breaking Into the YA Market --
Breaking Into the YA Market -- For Adults
Terms of the trade -- A Creative Writing Glossary (referred by Jaymee! Thank you!)
Money-saving Guide for Authors and Writers (referred by Marisa! Thank you!)
How to Make Your Writing More Sensitive and Why It Matters by Melissa Haun (referred by Emma! Thank you!!)
A Whole List of Tools and Editing Software for Writers (referred by Willow! Thank you!)
BOOKS I RECOMMEND TO HELP WITH DESCRIPTION
- MASTER LISTS FOR WRITERS by Bryn Donovan
- THE EMOTION THESAURUS by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi
BOOKS FOR PLOTTING A KILLER STORY
- MY STORY CAN BEAT UP YOUR STORYby Jeffrey Alan Schechter
- WRITING THE BREAKOUT NOVEL by Donald Maass
- TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS! OUTLINE YOUR BOOKS FOR FASTER, BETTER WRITING by Libbie Hawker
LINKS TO HELP MAKE WRITING MORE DESCRIPTIVE
- Free online bookDIMENSIONS OF BODY LANGUAGE
- List of Character Quirks from THE WRITER'S CIRCLE
- Touchy Feely Words from THE WRITER'S CIRCLE
- Ways to describe someone's voice from THE WRITER'S CIRCLE
- Thesaurus.com or your favorite thesaurus
WAYS TO GET YOUR WORK IN FRONT OF AGENTS AND EDITORS
- Check out the WRITER'S DIGEST GUIDE TO LITERARY AGENTS BLOG
- Attend conferences through WRITER'S DIGEST, SCBWI, or RWA
- Enter contests like the ones through WRITER'S DIGEST or HUNGER MOUNTAIN
- Take online Classes or Webinars like those at WRITER'S DIGEST, HIGHLIGHTS, RWA, or WOMEN ON WRITING
WRITING FOR THEATER AND FILM (referred by Anna! Thank you!!)
WRITING HISTORICAL FICTION (referred by Eli! Thank you!!)