Blog Posts - Writers' Resources
Resources for Writers

Recently, I have come across several blog posts listing resources for writers. Although I may not agree with every item on all the lists, I promise you will find some useful resources in the posts. 50 Books Every Writer Must Read 100 Free and Useful...
by A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye on Jun 22, 2010
Write Now

If you always wanted to write a novel but never quite found the time (aka motivation), you could do a lot worse than join the annual national novel writing competition at NaNoWriMo.NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month - founded ten years ago by Ch...
by Human Amusements at Hourly Rates on Apr 29, 2009
Lost for Words

Will Self claims to never suffer from it, Henry Roth took sixty years to overcome his, whilst John Fowles's particular manifestation saw him living out the last twenty years of his life as a virtual recluse in Lyme Regis. Whether it be real or imagin...
by Human Amusements at Hourly Rates on Apr 17, 2009
Scriptwriter Goes Cyber

Why are good British scriptwriting resources so scarce? I've been a subscriber to Scriptwriter magazine since its inception; read it, loved it and stashed it under the bed for future reference but the print version has now been withdrawn in favour of...
by Human Amusements at Hourly Rates on Apr 15, 2009
The Script, The Script, The Script...

So said Billy Wilder when asked what the three most important elements of any film were. I can't disagree, although as a writer, I'm probably biased. However, it never fails to amaze me how many would be authors, screen or otherwise, don't actually r...
by Human Amusements at Hourly Rates on Apr 14, 2009