Story Grid Spreadsheet (My Version)
Check out Shawn Coyne’s Story Grid (www.storygrid.com)
I have a spiffed out Excel version and a slightly less cool Google Sheets version. Check them out!
Story Grid Foolscap (My Version)
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Story Grid Scrivener Template (My Version)
Check out Shawn Coyne’s Story Grid (www.storygrid.com)
Scene breakdown calculator (My Version)
Tools I’ve Used
Pro Writing Aid (affiliate link) – Use for grammar checking (among other things)
The Grinder – Market database/Search engine for fiction and poetry markets
Scrivener – Structured Word Processing
Scapple – Brain Mapping
Onenote – Keep all my notes here
OneDrive – Store writing files
Dropbox – Use to sync Scrivener with iPad version
Gimp – Open source photo editing
Dragon – Use for dictation
Web Services I use
Canva – Use for making covers
Pexels – Free stock photos
Mailchimp – Mailing lists
Bluehost – Web Hosting
Online Writing Resources
Story Grid Blog and Podcast https://www.storygrid.com/
Brandon Sanderson’s blog on writing https://brandonsanderson.com/writing-advice/
Brandon Sanderson’s BYU Lectures Brandon Sanderson – 318R
Brandon Sanderson’s laws of magic:
Jim Butcher’s blog on writing – http://jimbutcher.livejournal.com/
Writing Books I’ve Read
*Some of these are affiliate links so if you buy the book I will get a few pennies. Doesn’t cost you any extra.
The War of Art – Steven Pressfield
Story Grid: What Good Editors Know – Shawn Coyne
2,000 to 10,000: How to write faster, write better, and write more of what you love – Rachel Aaron
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Second Edition: How to Edit Yourself Into Print – Rennit Browne
Rock Your Revisions: A Simple System for Revising Your Novel – Cathy Yardley
Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your Book – Tim Grahl
Running Down a Dream: Your Road Map to Winning Creative Battles – Tim Grahl
Other Helpful Books I’ve Read
Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done – John Acuff
Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business – Charles Duhigg
Books I’m “Reading” – Really books I have started
Plot Perfect – Paula Munier (stalled)
Bird by Bird – Anne Lamott (stalled)
Structuring Your Novel – K.M. Weiland (stalled)
Story Engineering – Larry Brooks (stalled)
Writing the Breakout Novel – Donald Maass (stalled)
Books on my list to read (not necessarily in this order)
On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft – Stephen King
Do the Work – Steven Pressfield, Shawn Coyne
Turning Pro – Steven Pressfield, Shawn Coyne
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It – Steven Pressfield, Shawn Coyne
Story: Style, Structure, Substance, and the Principles of Screenwriting – Robert McKee
Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen
How to Write Science Finction & Fantasy – Orson Scott Card
Book Launch Blueprint: The Step-by-Step Guide to a Bestselling Launch – Tim Grahl
A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within – Natalie Goldberg, Julia Cameron
The Writing Life – Annie Dillard
Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World – Michael Hyatt
Content Rules – Anne Handley, C.C. Chapman