Helpful Writing Tools

Want to write a story or already writing one? These are resources I wish I knew about when writing my first novel.

Books

 Save the Cat! Writes a Novel – Jessica Brody (Link)

On Writing – Stephen King (Link)

The Element of Style – Shrunk and White (Link)

Understanding Conflict – Hardy (Link)

Understanding Show Don’t Tell – Hardy (Link)

The Emotion Thesaurus – Ackerman & Puglisi (Link)

YouTubers

Brandon Sanderson (Link)

ShaelinWrites (Link)

Jed Herne (Link)

Alexa Donne (Link)

Ellen Brock (Link)

Diana Callahan (Link)

Abbie Emmons (Link)

Specific YouTube videos

10 Writing Tips from Stephen King for Writers and Screenwriters (Link)

Margaret Atwood's Top 5 Writing Tips (Link)

If You Can't Answer These 6 Questions You Don't Have A Story - Glenn Gers (Link)

10 Writing Tips from George R. R. Martin on how he wrote Game of Thrones (Link)

Podcasts

Good Writing Podcast (Link)

The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience (Link)

More Podcasts (Link)

Writing & Editing Tools/Software

Microsoft Word (Link)

• Google Docs. It has a cool word count feature. (Downside: they have access to your writing and use it to train AIs]

Scrivener (Link)

Vellum - Mac only (Link)

EndNote (Link)

Hemingway Editor (Link)

Grammarly (Link)

Index cards, paper, and pen

These are writing tools I use regularly or daily when writing or plotting. I hope you find them as useful as I have. Finding your writing process is important, but it doesn't hurt to use tools that can help along the way.