Resources
From Category: Advice for Writers
The Art of Invisible Movement
Novelist Maggie Stiefvater's advice on making your scenes do double duty | Visit source
The Audacity of Prose
An essay against literary minimalism | Visit source
The Chapbook Review
The name of this monthly online journal is self-explanatory | Visit source
The Creative Independent
Emotional and practical advice for artists | Visit source
The Fortunes of Formalism
Poet and critic David Yezzi makes the case for mastery of verse forms and prosody as essential to the education of a poet, and gives a historical perspective on formalism's loss of status | Visit source
The Fries Test: On Disability Representation in Our Culture
Poet and editor Kenny Fries evaluates disability representation in literature | Visit source
The Handy, Uncapped Pen
Blog for neurodivergent and disabled writers | Visit source
The Maven Game
Editor David Moldawer's weekly essays on the craft and business of writing | Visit source
The Over-manipulation Problem
Novelist and editor May Peterson cautions against excessive revisions | Visit source
The Poetess in America, an essay by Annie Finch
A well-researched defense of poets who fell out of fashion with the rise of literary modernism | Visit source
The Politics of Empathy
Ethical considerations for writing about oppression as an ally | Visit source
The Rejection Survival Guide
Creative resilience for authors | Visit source
The Rest of the Iceberg
Tips for writing outside your own culture | Visit source
The Romance Novelist’s Guide to Hot Consent
How to write responsible, consensual scenes of intimacy | Visit source
The Tipping Point for Best Selling Authors
Success strategies from top-selling indie and self-published crime/thriller authors | Visit source
The Writer Magazine: Essays About Writing
Archive of articles with inspirational tips for writers | Visit source
Thoughts on Structure
Poet Weston Cutter calls for more conscious choice in the structure of free verse | Visit source
Thresholds
The University of Chichester hosts this online literary forum on the art and craft of the short story | Visit source
Tim Weed’s Storycraft Blog
Novelist's blog analyzes fiction from a craft perspective | Visit source
To Trope or Not to Trope
Stories that self-consciously subvert genre conventions | Visit source
Transcending Flesh in Fiction and Fantasy
How to write body-modification speculative fiction that is sensitive to transgender issues | Visit source
What Type of Book Editing Do You Need? And When?
Differences between copyediting, proofreading, and structural edits explained | Visit source
When Grief Becomes Surreal
Novelist Tobias Carroll on techniques for writing extreme emotional states | Visit source
Why Write Characters of Color?
Craft essay by fiction writer Lillian Li | Visit source
Write an Artist Statement People Will Want to Read
Grant application advice from the Massachusetts Cultural Council | Visit source
Writer Advice
Writers' resource site hosts contests with modest prizes | Visit source
Writing Better Trans Characters
Science fiction critic Cheryl Morgan's advice on authentic representation | Visit source
Writing Women Characters as Human Beings
Advice on avoiding stereotypes in fantasy, historical, and contemporary fiction | Visit source
