Resources

Tools & Resources – Big List

Industry News

https://insights.bookbub.com/self-publishing-news-sources-for-authors/

Beat Sheets for Plotting - and more

https://jamigold.com/for-writers/worksheets-for-writers/

Save the Cat Explainer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rUI0vZUvsM

Story Grid - variety, mainly focusing on genre conventions

https://storygrid.com/resources/

Character Building

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2019/04/5-character-tools-you-absolutely-need-to-know/

Big Lists of Different Plot Structures

https://www.campfirewriting.com/learn/narrative-structure

https://kindlepreneur.com/story-structure/

https://www.storyplanner.com/story/category/story-structure

Dialogue

https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/how-to-write-dialogue/dialogue-rules-punctuation/

How to Structure Scenes in Your Story (Complete Series)

https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/how-to-structure-scenes/

Recommended Books on Writing Craft

Scene & Structure (Elements of Fiction Writing) by Jack M. Bickham, Jack Heffron

How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy by Orson Scott Card

Million Dollar Outlines (Million Dollar Writing Series) by David Farland

The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr

Emotional Structure: Creating the Story Beneath the Plot: A Guide for Screenwriters by Peter Dunne

Story Engineering: Character Development, Story Concept, Scene Construction by Larry Brooks

Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass

250 Things You Should Know About Writing by Chuck Wendig

Story by Robert McKee

Self-Publishing Courses & Other Educational Resources

Jane Friedman: https://janefriedman.com/online-classes/

Reedsy Learning: https://reedsy.com/learning/courses

Draft2Digital: https://www.youtube.com/@Draft2Digital

How to Self-Publish a Book: https://blog.reedsy.com/learning/courses/publishing/self-publishing-101/

Self-Publishing 101: The essential course for launching your author business: https://learn.selfpublishingformula.com/p/101

Joanna Penn: https://www.thecreativepenn.com/resources/

Miblart Academy (mostly design courses): https://miblart.com/miblacademy/

 

Finding a Critique Partner/Group or Beta Readers

https://www.scribophile.com/

http://janefriedman.com/find-the-right-critique-group/

https://insights.bookbub.com/how-to-find-beta-readers/

 

Craft and Writing Classes

https://extendedstudies.ucsd.edu/courses/writing-speculative-fiction-exploring-fantasy-fear-and-the-future-wcwp-40344

http://www.writerstudio.com/

https://www.catrambo.com/academy/

http://www.writingclasses.com/

http://www.writersonlineworkshops.com/

https://www.marybuckhamonwriting.com/

Literary fiction: http://www.storyinliteraryfiction.com/essays-on-writing/