Tips and Essentials

• 100 Useful Web Tools for Writers by CollegeDegrees.com
• A Guide to Writing Well by Joshua Sowin
• Better Writing by AskOxford.com
• Copywriting 101: An Introduction to Copywriting by Copyblogger
• Do You Recognize These 10 Mental Blocks to Creative Thinking? by Brian Clark
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
• Elmore Leonard’s Rules of Writing
• Ernest Hemingway’s Top 5 Tips for Writing Well by Brian Clark
• Infoplease: General Writing Skills
• Tips for Writing a Short Story by Jennifer Stewart
• Wikipedia—Short Story
• Wikipedia—Book
• The Ultimate Writing Productivity Resource by Dustin Wax

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Research

• The Fiction Writer’s Guide to Psychology by Carolyn Kaufman
• Google Power: Finding Anything on the Web by Carolyn Kaufman
• Historical Research List by Flow of History.com
• How to Structure a Story—The Eight Point Arc by Ali Hale
• Naming of Names by Tim Waggoner

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Dialogue

• Dialogue Helps to Tell Your Story by Daily Writing Tips
• Dialogue Writing Tips by Ali Hale
• Effective Dialogue—Rules of Thumb by Therthdimension
• How Dialogue Reveals Character by Bonnie Way
• How to Write Good Dialogue by Racheal Shoemaker
• How to Write Dialogue by John August
• Keeping it Simple by Geist Writer’s Toolbox
• On Writing Dialogue by Robert J. Sawyer
• Six Principles of Good Narrative by Geist Writer’s Toolbox
• Top 10 Tips for Writing Dialogue by Ginny Wierhardt
• Writing Compelling Dialogue in Fiction by Nicholas Morine

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Plot

• Creating a Compelling Plot by Debbie Lee Wesselmann
• Develop Fiction Character and Plot by Ken Brosky
• Develop a Killer Plot by Lynette Rees
• Tips on Developing Character and Plot by Ken Brosky
• What is a Plot? by Rachel Simon
• Wikipedia—Writing a Plot Summary

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Character Development

• Body Language Cheat Sheet by Carolyn Kaufman
• Capturing Characters by Karen Elizabeth Rigley
• Developing Memorable Characters by Anita Riggio
• How to Develop a Character by WikiHow
• Tips on Developing Character and Plot by Ken Brosky
• Male POV by Keri Arthur
• Steps for Creating a Compelling Character
• Strong Female Protagonists by Carolyn Kaufman

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Revising/Editing

• Retracing Your Steps by Hugh Ashton
• Critical Analysis of Your Own Writing by Daily Writing Tips
• The Truth of Writing by Shelley Dupont

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Publishing

• Career Plan for Fiction Writers
• Self-Publishing Companies Short-Guide by Victory Crayne
• You’ll Never Get Published by Keri Arthur
• The Business of Publishing by Booksquare
• Back To Basics
• Marketing For Introverts
• Non-Traditional Publishing
• Our Continuing Fascination With Copyright
• Reviewing Reviewing
• The Future of Publishing

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Opinions

• Common Sense Principles on Dealing with the Publishing Industry by Rachel Simon
• Why Can’t a Woman (Writer) Be More Like a Man? by Jennifer Weiner
• How Twitter Makes You a Better Writer by Jennifer Blanchard
• Getting To Know Your Characters—Part 1 by Gary A. Braunbeck
• Getting To Know Your Characters—Part 2 by Gary A. Braunbeck
• Using Profanity in Fiction by Gary A. Braunbeck
• Mark Twain’s Rules of Writing by Lucy A. Snyder
• Tools for Wandering Writers by Lucy A. Snyder
• Forget Genre by Gary Braunbeck

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Articles on the Critiquing Process

• Article Critique by The Allyn and Bacon Handbook
• Critique Etiquette by Vance H. White
  An excellent read providing critics with etiquette advice, showing and telling how to provide constructive feedback.
• Critiquing is Not Editing by Maeve Maddox
• Hardcore Critique Advice by Amy Sterling Casil
  How to write an effective critique.
• How to Critique Bad Writing by Jacob at Review Fuse
  A shorter blurb on how to critique writing that isn’t the best.
• How to Critique Fiction by Victory Crayne
  The reference to review before undertaking a critique, as well as to help interpret critiques of your own work.
• Is it Better to Give or Receive a Review? by Jacob at Review Fuse
  A question that is answered by an experienced reviewer.

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Articles for Writers on Critiquing

• Bill’s List of Literary Agents, Literary Agencies and their Author’s Books
• How to Cope with Critiquing by Rich Hamper
• Responding to a Negative Critique by Jacob at Review Fuse
• Shy Writing and Crunchy Numbers: An Author’s Introduction to Advertising by Lucy A. Snyder
• To Self-Publish or Not Self-Publish by Steve Fortosis
• Treading the Line Between Blind Acceptance and Knee-Jerk Rejection by Steward B. at Review Fuse
• How to Succeed in an Online Writers Workshop by Victory Crayne

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Articles from Derivative Fiction Communities

• Before You Leave a Review by JustMallory
• M=Minor by JustMallory
• Twilight Character Explorations by Various Authors at The Lazy and Yet Discerning Ficster

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