Advice for writers
This page is advice I've collected for myself, to work towards becoming a better writer (with a focus on nonfiction). As such, I haven't actually yet read any of it, and so can't vouch for it personally.
Books
- Academic Writing as if Readers Matter - Leonard Cassuto
- Steering the Craft - Ursula K. Le Guin
- Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace - Joseph Williams
- Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction - Jack Hart
- Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose - Francis-Noël Thomas and Mark Turner
- Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published - Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato
- How I Write: Writers on Their Craft - Sonia Faleiro
- If You Want to Write - A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit - Brenda Ueland
- Writing without Teachers - Peter Elbow
- On Writing Well - William Zinsser
- A Swim in a Pond in the Rain - George Saunders
Online courses and writing programs
- Building Great Sentences: Exploring the Writer's Craft - Brooks Landon
- The London School of Journalism
- Gotham Writers Workshop
- Writer’s Digest University
- Amherst Writers & Artists | Supportive, generative writing workshops
Articles
- Shitty First Drafts - Anne Lamott