A Must-Read for Storytellers: Save the Cat
This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases. “It’s the scene where we meet the hero, and the hero does something — like saving a cat — that defines who he is and makes us, the audience, like him.” — Blake Snyder, Save the Cat Save the Cat has…Read More
A Handy Book for Poets – Poetry: Tools & Techniques: A Practical Guide to Writing Engaging Poetry
This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases. I have found it quite challenging to find good books on the craft of poetry writing. My favorite resource, which is also the most comprehensive, is Perrine’s Sound and Sense. But that’s a costly book because it’s used in college-level poetry…Read More
Writing Resources: No Plot? No Problem!
This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases. There are a million ways to approach writing a novel. You can outline your plot. You can create a series of scenes and use note cards to organize them. You can use a tried and proven formula from any number of…Read More
Writing Resources: Grammar Girl
This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases. As a writer, it’s only natural that I pay attention to the mechanics of my craft, which is why I’m always on the lookout for new and useful writing resources. When I discovered the Grammar Girl podcast, my interest in grammar…Read More
A Few Favorite Journal Writing Tools and Resources
This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases. We usually understand a journal to be a place for writing about ourselves, but journals can be used for plenty of other purposes, many of which are especially useful to writers. I’ve had my share of adventures in journal writing. As…Read More
Screenplay by Syd Field
This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases. Studying the craft of writing from a variety of angles will benefit any writer. If you write short stories, you’ll learn something from studying a little poetry. If you write poetry, you can learn something useful from playwrights. And if you’re…Read More
Writing Resources: The Elements of Style
This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases. Writing resources are easy to come by. But good writing resources, ones that will truly help you improve your writing, can be difficult to scout out among the many books on writing that are available. Originally published in 1959, The Elements…Read More
Writing Resources: Telling True Stories
This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases. Human beings are built for story. Story is how we perceive the world around us and how we understand ourselves and other people. Through story, we learn and make connections. We use stories to map the future and study the past….Read More
Style Guides: Essential Writing Resources for Professionals
This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases. When we’re writing, we run into a lot of technical issues. Where do the quotation marks go? When is it correct to use a comma? How should titles be formatted? Some of these questions are answered by the rules of grammar,…Read More
Writing Resources: Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones
This post contains affiliate links that earn commissions for this website from qualifying purchases. “I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply doing it.” — Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones Ah, words of…Read More
