Outlines and Synopses
- Outline Your Novel in 30 minutes - Alicia Rasley
- Synopsis Creation and Plot Revision - Alicia Rasley
- Synopsis - Stella Cameron
- That Dreaded Synopsis - Anne Gracie
- Writing a Selling Synopsis - Mia Crews
- Writing the synopsis using cue cards - Karen Harbaugh
- How To Write a Synopsis - Rebecca Sinclair
- Writing the Tight (Bare Bones) Synopsis - Beth Anderson
- The Synopsis Worksheet - Linda Needham
Query Letters
- Charlotte Dillon
- Writing World article
Show Don't Tell
- Show Don’t Tell - Robert J Sawyer
- Show Don’t Tell
- Show Don’t Tell The Story - Tara K Harper
- Show Don’t Tell - Terescia Harvey
Sexual Tension and Emotion
- Push me, pull you: creating sexual tension in romance novels - Kim Louise
- Sexual Tension - Gabriella Anderson
- Sexual Tension: want to but can't - Cher Gorman
- Emotional Punch - Barbara Hannay
- The Joy of Sensuality - Barbara Hannay
- Crank up the Tension - Bronwyn Jameson
Plot, Theme and Story Development
- Explaining Too Much - Caro Clarke
- Idea Generators - The 37 Dramatic Situations
- The Top Ten Plotting Problems - Alicia Rasley
- The Three act structure - Lecture by Stephen J Cannell (many writers swear by this method!)
- Finding Your Themes - Holly Lisle
Women's Fiction-focused Writing Communities and Blogs
Articles and Links to More
- 10 Easy Steps to Publication - Karena Fox
- Alicia Rasley's articles
- Articles on Writing - from Heart of Denver RW
- Charlotte Dillon
- Cindi Myers
- Connie Flynn
- eHarlequin.com's How to Writer the Perfect Romance
- Gabrielle's links to articles
- Holly Lisle's articles
- Joanne Rock’s writing articles
- Kathy Carmichael’s articles
- Keri Arthur's "for writers" page
- Robyn deHart’s articles
- Shirley Jump
- Stephanie Bond's writers pages (has heaps of business-related articles)
- Tami Cowden’s articles
- Vicki Hinze has scads of stuff, including a resource library
- Eclectics articles
- The Business of Writing - articles from Writing World
Contracts
- The Publishing Law Center (legal info for the publishing community)
- Contracts: Top Ten Things to Negotiate and What's Not Worth Your Time - Laura Resnick
- Articles on contracts - Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
- Tara K Harper's articles on negotiating contracts
Writing Articles, Help and Resources
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More Writer's Resources
- A - Z of Australian Government Sites
- Australian Libraries Gateway
- Fiction database
- Happily Ever After Writers Resources
- Hollywood Online
- Insects on the Web
- Internet Movie Database
- National Library of Australia
- NSW (Australia) Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
- Passionate Pen Links
- Washington University Libraries
