Every writer has a list of books and sites that she prefers. Here are mine. I’m always discovering new ones, so if you want an up-to-date list in the future, just contact me.
Check your libraries for these titles and have fun checking the websites, but be warned. Some, like Submittable, are addictive (and helpful). Plus if you haven’t reads Chris Vogler’s amazing book on story arc and plotting (The Writer’s Journey) you really do need to read the summary in the website section below.
Books:
- Browne, Rennie and Dave King, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
- Cameron, Julia, The Artist’s Way
- Chiarella, Tom. Writing Dialogue
- Dillard, Ann. The Writing Life
- Gilbert, Elizabeth. Big Magic
- Keyes, Ralph. The Courage to Write; The Writer’s Book of Hope
- Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird
- Shaw, Eva. Writeriffic 2: Creativity Training for Writers
- Vogler, Christopher. The Writer’s Journey
- Writer’s Market, annual book
- Woods, Geraldine. Basic English Grammar for Dummies
- Zinsser, William. On Writing Well
Websites:
- Eva Shaw’s Write Your Book in 20 Minutes, YouTube, also linked to my site
- Education to Go, www.ed2go.com, Gale Courses
- Paperrater, www.paperrater.com, for spelling and grammar
- Submittable, https://discover.submittable.com/
- Chris Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey, a summary, https://chrisjonesblog.com/2017/05/christopher-vogler-and-the-heros-journey-the-outline-archetypes-and-mythical-memo.html
- Capitalize My Title, www.capitalizemytitle.com
- Shaw Guides to Writing Conferences, writing.shawguides.com
Thank you for this!
My sister took one of your conrinuing education classes and I would do the reading and some of the assignments with her just for fun and we really appreciate you.
On your reccomendation I’ve already read Big Magic, The Artist’s Way, and Writerriffic II (still working my way through all the exercises and redoing some for fun!)
Those three have changed the way I look at and approach creativity and have really affected my life. Thank you for these recommendations and for this blog, and for your vibes of positive and encouraging creativity which I find sustaining and inspiring.
I was drawn to the image (hearts are my favorite geometric shape…as are bookshelves loaded with potential reading material); I love your listing of book favorites. Great choices, many of those titles are perched in my personal collection as well.