Best Resources for Improving your craft?
The number one reason I unsubscribe from writer's newsletters is negative email headlines like Stop Procrastinating and Finally, You Can Finish Your Novel and 10 tips to focus better and finish in 2016 Why are there so many negative assumptions all the time?
I get it that there are a lot of people who live in a world where they can't seem to finish something but what about those of us who are finishing but still need to learn more?
So what are your favorite resources for writers that assume we're actually writing?
I usually sign up for marketing, formatting and plotting tips, not to be shamed as if I were unproductive. I just hit publish on my third book this month (they weren't all started this month) and I'm looking for resources for active writers. I write about 5000 words per day.
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Once you get past the ra ra enthusiasm of the forums, you need genuine criticism, both of your own work and of literature and the writing process in general. That is hard to find online, in part because of the sheer volume of ra ra out there, and also because there is less of an outlet for mature critical thought online compared to more traditional venues like writing classes, writing conferences, and books.
There are some classic works on writing that are well worth your attention. Some of my favorites are
- Aspects of the Novel, E.M. Forster
- Reading like a Writer, Francine Prose
- Story, Robert McKee
- On Fairy Stories, JRR Tolkien
- The Art of Fiction, John Gardner
- The Writer's Journey, Christopher Vogler
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The Writing Excuses podcast offers a lot of tips and discussion on specific aspects of the writing craft. It's mainly geared towards writers of sci-fi/fantasy, but includes plenty of advice that is general enough to be useful to writers of any genre.
There are 11 (and counting) seasons' worth of podcasts at this point, so if you hunt around you will almost definitely find some great pointers on craft.
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