Creative Writing Resources

Reference & ‘how to do it’ books:
  • Anderson, Linda (2006) Creative Writing, Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge
    Amazon link: Creative Writing: A Workbook with Readings
  • Bingham, Harry (2010) Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook Guide to Getting Published, London: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
  • Browne, Renni & King, Dave (2004) Self-editing for Fiction Writers, New York: Harper Collins Publishers Inc.
  • Dyer, Geoff (?) How to Write Fiction: a Guardian masterclass, The Guardian (Kindle edition)
  • Fry, Stephen ((2007)[2005]) The Ode Less Travelled, London: Arrow Books
  • George, Don ((2009)[2005]) Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Writing, London: Lonely Planet Publications
    Amazon link: (Lonely Planet Guide to Travel Writing) By George, Don (Author) Paperback on 01-Aug-2009
  • Green, Jonathon ((1999)[1986]) The Penguin Slang Thesauras, London: Penguin Books
  • Morris, Roz (2014) Nail Your Novel – Why Writers Abandon Books and How You Can Draft, Fix and Finish With Confidence, Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Neale, Derek (2009) A Creative Writing Handbook, Milton Keynes: The Open University
  • Novakovich, Josip (1998) Writing Fiction Step by Step, Cincinnati: Story Press
    Amazon link: Writing Fiction Step by Step
  • Novakovich, Josip ((2008)[1956]) Fiction Writer’s Workshop, Cincinnati: Writer’s Digest Books
  • Oltermann, Philip (2009) How to Write, London: Guardian Books
  • Padel, Ruth ((2004)[2002]) 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem, London: Vintage Books
  • Salisbury, Martin (2004) Illustrating Children’s Books, London: Quarto Publishing plc
  • Sommer, Robin Langley (1996) Nota Bene, USA: Dove Tail books
  • Wallin, Luke & Sage Gordon, Eva (2003) The Everything Guide to Writing Children’s Books, Avon MA: Adams Media
  • Weatherly, Lee & Corner, Helen ((2010)[2006]) Write a Blockbuster and get it Published, London: Hachette UK
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These randomly listed writing blogs are maintained by writers at various levels of success (and otherwise). Please contact us if you find ‘extinct’ or inappropriate blogs in the list. Abandoned blogs are often ‘appropriated’ by spammers for different uses other than those for which they were originally intended.

We do not necessarily endorse the content of these sites which have been ‘collected’ over time as examples of writers’ blogs for our Writers’ Resources. The list is a ‘work in progress’ and will be updated occasionally with new sites.

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