Our prez, Pat, asked me to put together a list of general writing sites to give to new members. I thought I'd post the list here, along with a few hints of what you'll find at each site, just in case you're interested.
102 Resources for Fiction Writing (C.S. Swarts)
Alicia Rasley’s Articles of the Month
Charlotte Dillon’s Resources for Romance Writers
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You’ll find a multitude of articles divided into the following categories:
• Character, Point of View, Dialogue
• Plot, Conflict, Structure, Outline
• Setting, World Building
• Ideas, Inspiration
• Tools and Software
As of 7.24.11 Alicia had 58 archived articles on topics on ranging from scenes to POV to emotions to dialogue to plotting to conflict to characterization. She is an amazing teacher.
Her current Article of the Month can be found here.
Here you will find a ton of info separated into the following categories:
• Links for writers
• Building characters
• Manuscript preparation
• Writing a synopsis
• Writing a query letter
• Articles about writing
• Research links
• Writing prompts
• Publishers and agents
• How-to promote your work
You’ll find a plethora of articles on the following subjects:
• Writing basics
• Honing skills
• Getting started
• Worldbuilding
• Motivation
• Editors and agents
• Writing – Nuts and bolts
• Characters
• Writing fiction – Novels
• Creating conflict and sustaining suspense
• Writing short fiction
• Promotion and marketing
Holly has a great deal of info available:
• The writing life
• Professionalism
• How-to’s
• Workshops – 21 of them, on subjects ranging from conflict to characters to dialogue to plotting to wordbuilding, etc.
Gabrielle has links to numerous articles divided into categories such as:
• Agents & editors
• The career writer
• Characters
• Conflict & motivation
• Creativity & inspiration
• Dialogue
• Finding time, setting goals
• Plotting & structure
• Point of view
• Promoting your novel
• Query letter & synopsis
• Rejection
• Research
• Revising your novel
• Sensuality & erotica
• Software for writers
• Submitting to publishers
• Writer's block
• The Writer's Life
The Passionate Pen (Jenna Petersen)
• Links to publishers and agents who accept all kinds of romance
• Other resources and websites for writers of all skill levels
- Craft of writing
- Learning the industry
- Research links
- Marketing
• Articles written by Jenna on a variety of writing-related topics
Here you will find A-Z listings of agents and publishers, writer organizations and resources.
Here are a few of the categories you’ll find articles for:
• Beginner’s world
• Becoming a better writer
• The business of writing
• The writing life
• General fiction
• Romance
• Mystery
• Promoting your writing
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Have fun exploring! I hope you find something that will assist you with your writing career.
Do you have a favorite site you'd like to share with us?
8 comments:
Penny,
I am always utterly amazed at your ability to supply us with great articles and links in your blog posts. I put the right person on the job, didn't I?
Thanks, Pat! I apologize for the formatting. Blogger does not like me.
I just discovered the original link I had for Holly Lisle didn't work (she's revamping her site). I found a link that goes directly to her articles (and fixed it in the post) but I haven't found one for her workshops yet.
Penny, How do you find all of these? These are great resources. You should have been a teacher!
LOL, Reese. Actually, I'm pretty sure I'd make a lousy teacher because I absolutely suck at explaining things to other people. That's why I throw links at y'all. ;D
Wow, Penny! All that Pat said and then some. Great reprise of the sites. Thank you for some great work--as usual!
Thanks, Joan! Good to see you. :D So glad you were able to attend the retreat.
Super links, Penny!! You can always be counted on to know where to find the good stuff. :)
Thanks, Rox. I just wish they didn't go away after I find them! And I wish Blogger wouldn't mess up the formatting. Grrr.
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