Writing and Creativity Resources
When I sent an early copy of Write Your Novel One Day at a Time (link) to a friend of mine, part of her feedback was to ask whether I could provide a list of resources for books and podcasts that had been instrumental to me in tackling the tremendous learning curve that is writing and publishing.
The writing and creativity resources below have been helpful to me, and I hope they can help flatten the curve for you.
Books about Writing and Creativity
- Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (link)
- Stephen King’s On Writing (link)
- Diana Glyer’s Bandersnatch (link)
- Jeff Goins’ The Art of Work (link)
- James Scott Bell’s Write Your Novel from the Middle (link)
- Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile’s The Road Back to You (link)
- Donald Miller’s Building a Story Brand (link)
- Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning (link)
- Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (link)
- Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point (link)
- Joanna Penn’s Successful Self-Publishing (link)
- Shawn Coyne’s The Story Grid (link)
- Austin Kleon’s Steal Like an Artist (link)
- Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art (link)
- Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (link)
- Honoree Corder and Ben Hale’s Write, Publish, and Market Like a Boss (link)
- Jeff Goins’ Real Artists Don’t Starve (link)
- James Scott Bell’s How to Make a Living as a Writer (link)
- Joanna Penn’s The Successful Author Mindset (link)
- L. M. Lilly’s Super Simple Story Structure (link)
- Shawn Coyne’s Action Story (link)
- James Scott Bell’s How to Write Dazzling Dialogue (link)
- Matthew McConaughey’s Greenlights (link)
- Steven Pressfield's Turning Pro (link)
Podcasts about Writing and Creativity
In addition to listening to the podcasts below (many of them for years), I also host my own podcast on the craft and business of writing, The Write Approach, which you can find on any podcast app or watch on YouTube.
- Story Nerds
- Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast
- The Creative Penn Podcast
- Writer's Ink
- Writing Excuses
- The Mythcreant Podcast
- Intentionally Blank
