Recommended Books, Websites & Courses
- Books
- Goal, Motivation, Conflict by Debra Dixon
- Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
- Story Genius by Lisa Cron
- Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes
- Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight Swain
- Story by Robert McKee
- How to Write a Damn Good Novel by James Frey
- The Fantasy Fiction Formula by Deb Chester
- The Writer’s Journey by Vogler
- Levels of the Game by John McPhee
- Mythology by Edith Hamilton
- Brandon Sanderson has some great short essays on worldbuilding: 1, 2,
- The David Lean Rule
- Screenwriting & Storytelling Blueprint: Hero’s Two Journeys
- On Writing by Stephen King
- Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk
- The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
- Conflict Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
- I Give You My Body: How I Write Sex Scenes by Diana Gabaldon
- 2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love
- Understanding Show, Don’t Tell by Janice Hardy
- Bird by Bird: Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
- Master Lists for Writers by Bryn Donovan
- The Kick-Ass Writer by Chuck Wendig
- Writing Fiction by Janet Burroway
- Hooked by Les Edgerton
- Manuscript Makeover by Elizabeth Lyon
- Writing a Romance Novel for Dummies by Leslie Wainger
- Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses
- Online Tools
- YouTube