RESOURCES
FOR
WRITERS
WRITER'S RULES
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!)
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!!)