I occasionally get asked about useful resources for learning more about writing. This is a fast list of the various places I find useful, I’ll add as I find more.

YouTube Channels

https://www.youtube.com/@GrecoStoryLab – a newer channel, I like how she explains things.
https://www.youtube.com/@Bookfox – listicles
https://www.youtube.com/@BrandSanderson – Brando Sando, shares a HEAP on his channel, but here’s the specific playlist for his most recent lectures: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSH_xM-KC3ZvzkfVo_Dls0B5GiE2oMcLY
https://www.youtube.com/@WorldAnvil – it’s an app / tool where you can store world-building info and they do some great videos about various aspects of World Building
https://www.youtube.com/@EllenBrock – story structure and process from an editor, she’s not posting much at the moment as she recently had a baby but her back catalogue is well worth a look, I really like her Four Types of Writers playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eryQEZImm6Y&list=PL30t62w5RC2uJyBlpfthGYWbqcR_7QoKC
https://www.youtube.com/@Reedsy – great for quick tutorials, interviews and the website is somewhere you’re going to want to go when you’re ready to look for agents (trad) or editors and cover designers (indie)
https://www.youtube.com/@Elisabeth_Wheatley – a fantasy / romance / historical author who does the most brilliant skits, love Book Goblin and the conversations between different romance sub genres.

Also watch out for free online writing summits from companies like Pro Writing Aid (https://community.prowritingaid.com/c/free-webinars) and https://danieldavidwallace.com/mysummits/.

Podcasts

https://www.thecreativepenn.com/ – one of the longest-running writing craft podcasts around
https://www.savannahgilbo.com/ – good structural stuff
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/podcast-episodes-archive/ – another one who’s very into structure, the series she did on archetypal character arcs is awesome
https://mythcreants.com/blog/podcast-series/the-mythcreant-podcast/ – these guys tend to dive into some fairly random sets of weeds but worth bouncing through their back catalogue for topics of interest
https://writingexcuses.com/ – I’m finding this one is getting a bit too deep into the weeds but, again, back catalogue (which is HUGE) is great

Books

On Writing – Stephen King
Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott
Wired for Story – Lisa Cron
The Science of Storytelling – Will Storr
Save the Cat Writes a YA Novel – Jessica Brody (more recent than Save the Cat Writes a Novel, covers everything in the previous one plus some additional notes)
Steering the Craft – Ursula Le Guin (the exercises in this one are brilliant)
The Anatomy of Story – John Truby
Romancing the Beat – Gwen Hayes