Almost any writer, of any level of accomplishment, will find something useful in the following articles, some of which actually point to lists of additional articles.
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115 Noteworthy Articles and Essays on Writing
- A Definition of Author Platform by Jane Friedman
- Advice for Authors by Seth Godin
- Advice for Bloggers by Julie Powell
- Advice for Writers by Sue Grafton
- Advice on Writing by Po Bronson
- Advice to New Writers by Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Advice to Writers by Robert Benchley
- Advice to Young Writers by Gary Henderson
- The Art of Translation by Rick Kleffel
- Beautiful Words by Grant Barrett
- Belief and Technique for Modern Prose by J. Kerouac
- The Best Books On Writing Books
- The Best Writing Mistakes by John Reed
- Billy Wilder’s Tips for Writers
- Bukowski on Censorship
- Calming the Inner Critic by Allegra Goodman
- Can You Really Teach Writing? by Kurt Vonnegut
- Concerning the Interview by Mark Twain
- Confessions of a Book Reviewer by George Orwell
- The Death of the Slush Pile by Katherine Rosman
- 8 Good Writing Practices by Neil Gaiman
- Emerging Into the Light by Stephen Fry
- Essentials of Spontaneous Prose by Jack Kerouac
- Everything You Need to Know...by Stephen King
- The Evolution of Blogging by Om Malik
- Favorite Advice by Anna Elliott
- Fear of Words by Nancy Friedman
- Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses by Mark Twain
- Fifty Things a Writer Shouldn't Do
- Fifty Things I've Learned About the Literary Life
- Finding the Time to Write by Sahag Gureghian
- Finishing Your Novel by Timothy Hallinan
- Five Things to Avoid for a Pristine Query Letter
- Five Tips About Writing with Rhythm by Mark Nichol
- Formatting Scripts To Sell
- Formula for a Query Letter
- 40 Twitter Hashtags for Writers
- Freelance Magazine Writing by Laura Schaefer
- Getting the Plot Right by Andrew Taylor
- Ghost Writing by Barbara Feinman Todd
- The Golden Rule of Writing by Eric Cummings
- Great Characters Are Like Origami
- How To Become A Writer by Mark Nichol
- How to Read Your Way to Better Writing
- How to Write a Great Novel by Alexandra Alter
- How to Write a Great Work of Fiction by J. Egan
- How to Write an Opening Sentence by Kas Thomas
- How to Write With Style by Kurt Vonnegut
- How Not To Write A Story by Joe Konrath
- How to Punctuate A Sentence by Michael Leddy
- In Defense of the Adjective by Norman Corwin
- Inspiration? by Annie Proulx
- Irritating Phrases by Robert Fulford
- Jane Friedman's Writing Advice Archive
- Janet Fitch's 10 Rules for Writers
- Kurt Vonnegut Explains Drama by Derek Sivers
- Language Crimes: A Lesson in How Not to Write
- Let Us Now Praise... the Cliché by James Parker
- Life of Prose and Poetry by Marge Piercy
- Line Editing in 10 Easy Steps by David L. Edelman
- Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff
- No Really: Kill Your Cliches
- No Such Thing as Writer's Block by Andy Ihnatko
- Notes on Writing Weird Fiction by H.P. Lovecraft
- O Muse! by Diane Ackerman
- 100 Best First Lines of Novels
- 101 Tips from the World’s Most Famous Authors
- Phrases an Aspiring Writer Should Not Touch
- On Writing by Terry McMillan
- A Pseudonym Returns by Donald E. Westlake
- Pupils Glimpse an Idea by Anne Bernays
- Putting Pen to Paper by Mary Gordon
- Reading by W.H. Auden
- Redactor Agonistes by Daniel Menaker
- 7 Things Publishers Look for in Author Web Sites
- 7 Tips for Writing a Film Review by Mark Nichol
- Shakespeare Was a Teenager Too by Al Martinez
- The Shape of a Story by Ray Rhamey
- The Simple Art of Murder by Raymond Chandler
- Six Ways Twitter Can Make You A Better Writer
- 62 Writer's Digest Articles by Brian Klems
- Some Basics on Magazine Writing by W. Terry Whalin
- Starting With a Tree by William Saroyan
- 10 Obvious Truths About Fiction
- 10 Tips on Writing from David Ogilvy
- 10 Ways to Slim Down Obese Copy
- There’s More to Publishing Than Meets the Screen
- Time Lost and Found by Anne Lamott
- The Teacher Who Encouraged Me 2 Write by D. Eggers
- 13 Tips For Actually Getting Some Writing Done
- 13 Writing Tips by Chuck Palahniuk
- Together on Solitary Journeys by Hilma Wolitzer
- Top 20 book reviewer cliches by Michelle Kerns
- A Tribute to Harold Keables by Guy Kawasaki
- 12 Ways To Tell if Your Novel Is Dead
- The Use of “I” in First Person Narration
- What Book Publishers Really Want by Gary Smailes
- What Every Writer Ought to Know about Fair Use
- What Is Real Is Imagined By Colm Toibin
- When Writers Speak by Arthur Krystal
- Where Do You Get Your Ideas? by Neil Gaiman
- Why Every Writer Should Keep a Journal
- Why I Write by George Orwell
- Why I Write by Joan Didion
- Why (Some) Authors Fail Why I Reject Queries (by a literary agent)
- Why You Should Steal from Other Authors
- Words That Think for Us by Edward Skidelsky
- Write, Read, Rewrite by Susan Sontag
- Writers in Hollywood by Raymond Chandler
- Write Till You Drop by Annie Dillard
- Writing by W.H. Auden
- Writing Advice by Kristen Tsetsi
- Writing Advice From History's Most Prolific Writers
- Writing English as a Second Language by William Zinsser
