RESOURCES For WRITERS
Advice from Authors
Writing Courses
Getting Published
Help for writers is available from multiple sources. Included here is a selection of links:
Chill Subs (where to get published)
Reedsy - writing tools and professionals to help you
Pro Writing Aid - software to help you craft and polish your writing (see also Paul McNamara's review in Veracity 57)
Writing With Color - diverse and inclusive writing advice blog
BBC - writing advice and opportunities
ALCS - not for profit organisation that ensures writers receive royalties
Open University - free creative writing courses
RLF - Royal Literary Fund, tips and resources
For podcast listeners, there is a wealth of material:
Learning through interviews with published authors:
National Centre for Writing: The Writing Life
Writers Online: Write Club Podcast
Kirk McElhearn: Write Now with Scrivener
Mitzi Rapkin: First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
The Offcuts Drawer (maybe what not to do…)
Learn through instruction
Savannah Gilbo’s Fiction Writing Made Easy
Joanna Penn: The Creative Penn Podcast
Gabriela Pereira: DIY MFA Radio Podcast
Night Vale: Start with This (with assignments)
Mignon Fogarty: Grammar Girl (focus on grammar)
Getting published
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
The Self Publishing Show