Anatomy of a Hero

Beginning to Understand Great Dialogue

Character 101

Creating Honest Characters - Dorian Scott Cole. Based on Writers Workshop Script Doctor

Creating Compelling Heroines - The Voice or one’s female lead must be consistent, just as your choice of words, control of weak qualifiers, control on adverbs and adjectives, down to your grammatical skill all impact on VOICE, the final product, your lead character’s VOICE controls the novel and reassures the reader even as it lulls him or her into "becoming" the leading lady.

Easy Way to Write Articles

Fiction Factor - The online magazine for fiction writers.

First Draft in 30 Days

How to Write a Novel in 100 Days of Less - John Coyne. You can do it and here are daily tips to keep you going to your goal.

Kathy Carmichael - Articles.

Learn to Write - eHarlequin.

NaNoWriMo Excel Spreadsheet - Keep track of your word count for your WIP.

Plagarism - How to avoid it.

Proper Manuscript Format - For a short story, novel or poem. Plus WP templates.

Ten Quality Screenwriting Tips - From Nick Dunning.

Robert J. Sawyer's "On Writing Columns" and other advice to new writers.

Setting Builds the Stage for Romance

Show, Don't Tell, the Story - Tara K. Harper's Writer's Workshop.

Tara K. Harper's Writer's Workshop

The Basics - Writing articles at SFWA.

The Write Stuff - eHarlequin's tools for the learning writer.

Ticket2Write - The Structure of the Novel.

Tips to Perfect Your Story - Before you ship your query to an agent or publisher, take a long look at your manuscript and see if there are last minute changes to be made. This checklist will save you a lot of rejections!

Uncle Orson's Writing Class - Orson Scott Card's Free Writing Lessons.

Using Body Language to Create Believable Characters

What Makes A Great Hero? Material based on a Laura Renken presentation.

Writers On Writing

Writing Tips

Writing-World.com

 

Books:

Word Painting by Rebecca McClanahan - helps you write more descriptively.