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Recommended Resources

Tools

• OneNote: https://onenote.com

• Scrivener: https://literatureandlatte.com/scrivener

• Notion: https://notion.so

Asana: https://asana.com

Marketing & Publishing

• Starting from Zero (David Gaughran’s free course): https://courses.davidgaughran.com/courses/starting-from-zero

• K-lytics Market Reports: https://k-lytics.com

• Reedsy: https://reedsy.com

• Mark Dawson’s Self Publishing Formula 101 Course: https://learn.selfpublishingformula.com/p/101\

• Your Author Business Plan: Take Your Author Career to the Next Level by Joanna Penn

Story Templates/Formula/Outlining

• Derek Murphy’s One-Page Novel Plot Outline (based on the three-act structure): https://creativindie.com/plot-outline 

• Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody (has templates for a variety of genres)

• Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels by Gwen Hayes

• Plottr: https://plottr.com 

Worldbuilding

• Brandson Sanderson’s Laws of Magic: https://brandonsanderson.com/sandersons-first-law 

• Fantasy worldbuilding questions: https://sfwa.org/2009/08/04/fantasy-worldbuilding-questions 

• WorldAnvil: https://worldanvil.com 

• Hiveword: https://hiveword.com 

• Inkarnate (map designing tool): https://inkarnate.com 

Favourite Writing Craft Resources

• Jenna Moreci’s YouTube Channel

• The Emotional Craft of Fiction: How to Write the Story Beneath the Surface by Donald Maass

• Better Writers Series by Sacha Black

• 2k to 10k: Writing Faster, Writing Better, and Writing More of What You Love by Rachel Aaron

• Now Novel blog: https://nownovel.com/blog 

• Well Storied blog: https://well-storied.com/archive