SELF-PUBLISHING:  

• Editors: 

  • Developmental:

    • Hiring a Developmental Editor Q&A

• Starting A Publishing House: ​

  • How to Start A Publishing Company Part 1

• Preorders: 

  • Why Authors Do Preorders (Bethany Atazadeh YouTube)​

• Book Distributors:

  • Where I publish my books / why / how (Bethany Atazadeh YouTube)​

 

TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING: 

• Getting Traditionally Published Part 1 (Susan Dennard)

• Getting Traditionally Published Part 2: (Susan Dennard)

• Getting Traditionally Published Part 3: (Susan Dennard) 

• Hiring an Editor Before Querying Q&A 

• Querying:

  • The Complete Guide to Query Letters (Jane Friedman) 

  • ​I Queried Too Soon (YouTube)   

  • What I learned From a Panel of Literary Agents

 

WRITING: ​

• Outlining/Planning:

  • Beginning, Middle and End (YouTube) 

  • Taking Tips from Movies and TV (Susan Dennard) 

  • Unconventional Outlining (Susan Dennard)

  • Organizing Story Ideas (Susan Dennard)

• Characters:

  • Character Development: 

    • Goal, Motivation, and Conflict (Susan Dennard)

  • Villains: 

    • Villain Motivation (Susan Dennard)

  • Romance: 

    • Writing Romance (Susan Dennard)

• Worldbuilding: 

  • Fantasy Worldbuilding (SFWA)

• Subplots:

  • ​ How to Find Subplot Ideas for Your Novel (Vivien Reis YouTube)

• Getting Unstuck:  

  • Dominos (Susan Dennard) 

  • Where is Everyone? (Susan Dennard) 

  • When to Pursue an Idea and When to Move On (Susan Dennard)

  • The Comparison Game (Susan Dennard)  

• Editing:

  • How to Edit Your Novel (Sarra Cannon on YouTube)  

• Synopsis: 

  • Writing a Synopsis (Susan Dennard) 

• Series Writing: 

  • Planning a Series (Susan Dennard)  

  • How To Write A Series and 8 Mistakes to Avoid (PubCrawl) 

  • 7 Rules For Writing Second Installments (Writer's Digest)

  • What I learned writing a 4 book fantasy series (Bethany Atazadeh YouTube)

  • How To Plan and Write a Series (Sarra Cannon YouTube)

• Improving Your Craft: 

  • Taking Your Writing To The Next Level (Susan Dennard) 

  • 5 Ways to Improve Your Writing (Alexa Donne YouTube)

  • 5 Biggest Mistakes Amateur Writers Make (Ellen Brock YouTube)

  • First Chapter Mistakes and Cliches (Ellen Brock YouTube) 

  • Harsh Writing Advice (Alexa Donne YouTube)

  • 5 Reasons Most Writers Quit (Alexa Donne YouTube)  

  • How to Write a Strong First Chapter (Vivien Reis YouTube)

  • How To Eliminate Passive Voice From Your Writing (Vivien Reis YouTube)

  • 29 Words to Cut From Your Novel (Vivien Reis YouTube)

• Other Types of Writing 

  • Writing for Theater and Film ​

 

MY FAVORITE BOOKS ON WRITING: 

• Save the Cat Writes a Novel 

• The Emotion Thesaurus 

• The Positive Trait Thesaurus 

• The Negative Trait Thesaurus 

• Daemon Voices

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MY FAVORITE YOUTUBERS: 

• Bethany Atazadeh - Self Publishing Advice

• Heart Breathings - Self Publishing & Writing Advice  

• Mandi Lynn - Self Publishing Advice