Resources

Recommendations

BOOKS

The Business of Being A Writer by Jane Friedman

The Conflict Thesaurus, Volume 1 by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi

The Conflict Thesaurus, Volume 2 by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi

Creating Character Arcs by K.M. Weiland

Editing Fiction at Sentence Level by Louise Harnby

Emotion Amplifiers by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi

The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi

The Emotional Wound Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi

5 Secrets of Story Structure by K.M Weiland

GMC: Goal, Motivation, and Conflict by Debra Dixon

How To Write Asexual Characters by Salt and Sage Books

How To Write Autistic Characters by Salt and Sage Books

How To Write Black Characters by Salt and Sage Books

How To Write Sexual Assault by Salt and Sage Books

Intuitive Editing by Tiffany Yates-Martin

Mastering Suspense, Structure, and Plot by Jane Cleland

The Negative Trait Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi

The Occupation Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi

Outlining Your Novel by K.M. Weiland

Plotting Your Novel by Janice Hardy

The Positive Trait Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi

Revising Your Novel by Janice Hardy

Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes

The Rural Setting Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi

Save the Cat! Writes A Novel by Jessica Brody

7 Figure Fiction by T. Taylor

Structuring Your Novel by K.M. Weiland

Understanding Conflict by Janice Hardy

Understanding Show, Don’t Tell by Janice Hardy

The Urban Setting Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi

Writing Fat Positivity by Salt and Sage Books

Writing Your Story’s Theme by K.M. Weiland

PODCASTS

The Creative Penn

The Editing Podcast

First Draft Fridays

Helping Writers Become Authors

The Self-Publishing Show

The Self-Publishing Authors Podcast

WEBSITES

Critique Match

The Diversity Style Guide

The Editor’s Blog

Louise Harnby

NaNoWriMo

ProWritingAid

Writers in the Storm

The Writing Gals