LINKS AND RESOURCES

WEBSITES

• Writer’s Digest. Known by their A5 monthly booklets, they have one of the most comprehensive source of materials for aspiring writers.
• NaNoWriMo. Acronym for National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo is a non-profit organization and a community where writers join to share their projects. Once a year, they encourage writers to create a novel within the timespan of a month.

VIDEOS

• Short story. In this hour-long video, you will learn how to write your first short story of 300 words. Acclaimed writer Mary Robinette Kowal teaches at BYU University.

• Poetry. This is a Ted talk, and therefore an 18-minute-long crash course about how to write a poem. Daniel Tysdal debunks poetry.

PODCASTS

• Writing Excuses: While they focus mostly on novel and fantasy writing, I would recommend this podcast to any writer out there. They run 15 minutes nuggets of information "because you are in a hurry, and we are not that smart." I recommend cherry-picking the episode depending on what you want to learn and do the exercise/writing prompt that they propose at the end of each chapter. If you want to learn how to write your own novel from idea to end, tune in to Season 10. It is hosted by New York Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson and by acclaimed writers Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tyler.
• The Story Grid PodCast: How to write a novel from the perspective of an experienced professional editor. This podcast will give you an insight into what goes on behind the scenes of a publishing company and why manuscripts get rejected. Experienced editor Shawn Coyne helps amateur writer wannabe Tim Grahl in every step of writing his adventure novel. Very insightful episodes of an hour of length where we learn alongside with Tim the knowledge accumulated by Shawn over 30 years of experience.

LITERARY MAGAZINES

• The New Yorker. One of the most well-known literary magazines, with more than a million readers a day.
• Ploughshares. Published by Emerson College and based in Boston, Massachusetts. Not only they publish short story fiction, but also poetry and essays.