Useful Writing Resources

Here’s a list of useful writing resources that I’ve found. Hopefully you find them useful too.

1. Jim Butcher’s Writing 101 Blog series
   1. Highly recommended by me. Covers all the basics.
2. Writing fight scenes– Youtube video by Tim Hickson, aka Hello Future Me
3. Writing Fight Scenes Vol. 2– Youtube video by Tim Hickson, aka Hello Future Me
4. A Guide to Writing Fight Scenes by mikerophonyx
5. Building an Authorial Program  Blogpost by MNBrian
6. Structure: The #1 thing writers get wrong on submission– Reddit thread by Jeff Deleon
7. A collation of Reddit Writing Advice Posts By DocCannery84
8. Another collation of Redding Writing Advice Posts by DocCannery84
9. The Myth of the Three Act Structure by The Screenwriting Hulk
10. Dan Wells on Story Structure by Dan Wells
11. Structure by -queercareerlady-
12. Observations on the Practice of Writing by Voltaire the Second
13. Fundamental Skills of Writing by the Reddit Hivemind
    1. Look at the comments! Lots of useful info
14. The Common Lie Writers Tell You– by Brandon Sanderson
    1. You  can’t always do what you want to do, survivorship bias & dealing with failure
15. Writing is Not a Talent; It’s a Skill by Bryce O’Connor
16. Brandon Sanderson 2020 Lecture Series
17. The MICE Quotient by Orson Scott Card
18. Common Line Edits by Emma Darwin
19. Basic Editing Advice by Reddit
20. Dangling Modifiers by Emma Darwin
21. Anatomy of a Scene by Diane Callahan
22. Story Circle (A Variation of the Hero’s Journey) by Dan Harmon
23. 5 Act Structure by Lesson from the Screenplay
24. 5 Point Plot Structure by The Script Lab
    1. This is actually a 3 Act Structure Format
25. Shakespearean Plot Structure by Tim Nance
26. Pixars 22 Guidelines for stortytelling
27. 10 Things I learned Writing by Trace Conger
28. Characters are only as interesting as their relationships by Charlie Jane Anders
29. How to systematically improve your writing by Ben Franklin- by Redditor springceo
30. Deciding What to Cut and What to Keep: Jessica Brody
31. Limyaael’s Advice  A list of advice on how to use various tropes.
32. How To Do The Thing by Someone Who Does The Thing (This one is a bit humorous, but it has some good advice)
33. What Makes Good Prose by A_Bird_Soaring
34. David Farland’s Writing Tips
    1. Contains numerous blogs about writing. Check it out.
35. Random Writing Advice by the reddit hivemind
36. Brandon Sanderson’s Philosophy on Plot – Promises, Progress and Payoffs
37. 7 Wrong Lessons that Creators Learned from Game of Thrones by Charlie Jane Anders
    1. This is a good source if you’re looking to write a darker novel.
38. How to write a good opening scene/paragraph by Reddit user OpusTales
39. Valueable lessons- read the comments as well by the Reddit community
40. 4 Pillars of Characterization by Jeff Seymour
41. A discussion of Hamartia… aka Fatal Flaws in Tragic Hero characterization, using a Magic the Gathering character as an example by Rhystic Studies
42. How Lord of the Rings introduces characters by schnee
43. Writing Complex Characters by Jed Herne
44. Writing Efficiently, using repeated motifs by schnee