Covering topics every writer should know about.
Reading Techniques
- Close Reading (bullet points)
- How To Read Like A Writer (16-page essay, 6 tips)
- Reading Like A Writer (book) – Francine Prose
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor (book) – Thomas C. Foster
- How Fiction Works (book) – James Wood
- A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (book) – George Saunders
Story Architecture
- Genres – the 5-Leaf Clover – explained
- The 7 Basic Plots
- Story focus: Milieu, Idea, Character or Event
- Archplot Structure — explained in 12 sections
- Gary’s Novel Contour Map explained
- Digital Humanities & Literary Data Science
Scene / Chapter Considerations
- Dictionary of Fiction Critique (book) — terms we need to know
- Point of View: here and here
- SCENES and SEQUELS
- Choose your words: Anglo-Saxon vs. Latinate
Industry Resources
- Fiction categories
- Writer’s Market
- ‘Book Riot’: publishing insider podcast
- NYT Book Review podcast
Top Sellers
- Weekly: Publishers’ Weekly, The New York Times
- Best-selling Fiction & Literature (Amazon)
- Best-selling Fiction Authors (all-time)
- Best-selling Books (all-time)