Writing Links

Books

Breathing Life into Your Character by Rachel Ballon, PhD

45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters by Victoria Lynn Schmidt

The Joy of Writing Sex: A Guide for Fiction Writers by Elizabeth Benedict

The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing by Evan Marshall

Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass

Writing the Breakout Novel: Workbook by Donald Maass

The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler

Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, & Literary Agents by Jeff Herman

Building Believable Characters by Marc McCutcheon

The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile by Noah Lukeman

The Writer's Guide to Character Traits: Includes Profiles of Human Behaviors and Personality Types by Linda Edelstein

20 Master Plots by Ronald Tobias

Dynamic Characters by Nancy Kress

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Science Fiction by Cory Doctorow and Karl Schroeder

2005 Guide to Literary Agents Writer's Digest Books

2005 Writer's Market Writer's Digest Books

 

Conferences, Organizations, and Workshops

Surrey International Writers Conference

Pacific Northwest Writers Association

Writing the Breakout Novel with Donald Maass

Writer's Weekend

 

Other:

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