Resourcesbooks to learn -
To learn to write, here’s a list of important and helpful books
On Writing - Stephen King
642 Writing Prompts
How to Tell a Story - The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
books to read -
Here’s an important list of books to read to learn description and other important techniques as writers! These are great examples of quality writing (some of my personal favorites!)
The Five Star Weekend - Elin Hilderbrand
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder - Holly Jackson
Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela
Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson
Gossip Girl - Cecily Von Ziegesar
Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
apps to use -
Google Docs - good for writing out your stories
Pages - If you want to publish to Apple Books, it’s very easy to do that through Pages
Notion - will help you stay organized while writing
Grammarly - gives good feedback on your tone, vocabulary, and more
Hemingway Editor - helps make writing more concise
publishing 101 -
Publish to literary magazines (The Literary Magazine at typewrite, Stone Soup, and the bigger magazines for the New York Times, the New Yorker, etc)
Get multiple opinions (The Community Page on typewrite, peers and teachers in your life)
Use easy publishing formats for small writers (Kindle Direct Publishing, Pages —> Apple Books)
Make your book cover and title short, sweet, and captivating to the audience
Research!