Whether you are using writing as a creative outlet, looking to find a path toward traditional publication, make a career as a freelancer, or start your own independent publishing business, the websites on this list can help make those goals a reality.
While some things about this list remain the same (like our goal of including sites that offer free or affordable content, free trials, or tiered memberships for services that are of high quality), this year’s list includes 28 new websites we’ve found particularly enjoyable or helpful. Plus, you’ll also find a new subsection in the Genre/Niche category: Short Fiction.
As always, we hope this list provides a springboard for all of your writing endeavors.
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1. Author Magazine
AuthorMagazine.org
Featuring writing instruction and editor and author blogs, Author magazine is an uplifting and educational online magazine dedicated to inspiring and instructing writers of all types. Check out the "Author2Author" podcast hosted by Editor-in-Chief William Kenower.
2. Electric Literature
ElectricLiterature.com
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What Is Your Story Question?
Revision and editing advice to take your first draft to the next level.
Writing for the People We Hope to Become
Elisa Stone Leahy's new middle-grade novel, Mallory in Full Color, tackles the in-between moments of adolescence, when who we are and who we want to become collide.
Creating Community
Whether hot off the presses or on the shelves for years, a good book is worth talking about.
Pat Barker
The Booker Prize-winning author of Regeneration shares the role characters play in developing novel ideas and explains what appeals to her about reimagining mythology.
How to Write in Different Genres
Emiko Jean and Yulin Kuang share tips and strategies for how they successfully write in different genres and mediums.
The Shortest Distance Between Two Points
Ten tips for writing a novel with 100-word stories.
Mayfly Marketing
How to sell your novel in a short-attention-span world.
"You'll be a great essay".
How to write six types of personal essays by finding the funny in your life.
The Idea Factory
Tired of staring at an empty screen? Unlock your inner fiction generator with these surprising inspiration techniques.
Seinfeld Was Right: That's a Story
Use mundane moments from everyday life to create stories that pack a punch.
