This is a running list of resources my writers have found useful.
Books and Articles
Lynda Barry, What It Is and Syllabus
Robin Behn, The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises From Poets Who Teach
Wendy Laura Belcher, Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks
Elizabeth Benedict, Mentors, Muses & Monsters
Anne Bernays and Pamela Painter, What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
Nathan Bransford, How to Write a Novel
Italo Calvino, Six Memos for the Next Millenium
Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way
Hallie Cantor, “The Writer’s Process,” The New Yorker: May 29, 2017 Issue.
Peter Elbow, Writing Without Teachers
Sherry Ellis, Now Write! Fiction Writing Exercises from Today’s Best Writers and Teachers
Melissa Febos, “Do You Want to Be Known For Your Writing, or For Your Swift Email Responses?“, catapult.co
E.M. Forster, Aspects of the Novel
Joan Frank, Because You Have to: A Writing Life
Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic
Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones
Vivian Gornick, The Situation and the Story
Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Stardust and Salt: Daily Creative Practice
Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Kim Liao, “Why You Should Aim for 100 Rejections a Year”
Betsy Lerner, The Forest for the Trees
Stephen King, On Writing
Theresa MacPhail, “A Realistic Summer Writing Schedule,” chroniclevitae.com
Hugh MacLeod, Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
Bernadette Mayer, “Writing Experiments”
Deena Metzger, Writing For Your Life
Orhan Pamuk, The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist: Understanding What Happens When We Write and Read Novels
Maria Popova, “Famous Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of Great Writers,” brainpickings.org
Linda Seger, Making a Good Writer Great
Dani Shapiro, Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
Susan Shaughnessy, Walking on Alligators: A Book of Meditations for Writers
John Trimble, Writing with Style
Brenda Ueland, If You Want to Write
Workshops, Conferences, and Retreats
Blue Mountain Center, a working community of artists, writers, and activists in Blue Mountain Lake, New York
Bindercon, a conference and community for women and gender non-conforming writers
Cave Canem, committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets
Kundiman, dedicated to the creation, cultivation, and promotion of Asian American literature
Vona Voices, writing workshops for writers of color
Apps