Some of my favorite writing sites and books:
- I like this site (I keep going back to it for its wealth of information) : This Itch of Writing https://emmadarwin.typepad.com/thisitchofwriting/
- Writer Unboxed (they’ll send you articles or you can go to the site) https://writerunboxed.com/
- Grammar Girl https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl
- If you like the “visual” writing approach (al la screen-play) “Save the Cat” https://savethecat.com/
Writing Groups:
Favorite Writing Books:
- Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers https://rmfw.org/
- Women Writing the West https://www.womenwritingthewest.org/ Here is my book, Murder at Heartbreak Ranch on Women Writing the West. https://www.womenwritingthewest.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ThillerSuspense.pdf
- Sisters in Crime (brothers welcome too & they have local chapters) https://www.sistersincrime.org
- Bird by Bird by Ann Lamott (a personal “very” favorite), largely essay-like (her strong suit)
- On Writing by Stephen King (a personal favorite and biographical)
- The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
- The Art of Character by David Corbett
- Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint by Nancy Kress
- Joseph Campbell: A Hero With a Thousand Faces. A must read, but it is tough to get through–very weighty, but his “Heroes Journey” is used by fiction writers and script writers https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BFBXOM8/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_DGuXEbR0QVEA9 via @amazon
- The War of Art by Steven Pressfield https://www.amazon.comThe War of Art by Stephen Pressfield
- Chuck Palahniuk: Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life after Which Everything Was Different (note: a decidedly “male” approach to writing for us women who need to better our plot/dialogue technique)
- Anything by Donald Maass (brace yourself to feel inadequate however)
- Manuscript Makeover by Elizabeth Lyon