Resources

Books

• The Art of Daring: Risk, Restlessness, Imagination by Carl Phillips
• The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction, edited by Tara Lynn Masih
• How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays by Alexander Chee
• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
• Poemcrazy: Freeing Your Life with Words by Susan G. Wooldridge
• The Practice of Poetry: Some Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach by Robin Behn and Chase Twichell
• Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
• Reading Like A Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose
• The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Greater Creativity by Julia Cameron
• Zen and the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
• If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit by Brenda Ueland
• Your Art Will Save Your Life by Beth Pickens
• On Writing by Stephen King
• This Won’t Take But A Minute Honey by Steve Almond

Courses, workshops, etc.

(Many of these are based in the Bay Area because that is where Caroline lives and writes—although many of these places also offer online classes these days, so check their websites to see if there is something that would work for you.

• The Writer’s Grotto — classes
• Sackett Street Writers — online and in-person workshops and generative writing classes in New York
• Laura Davis — online writing classes and occasional in-person retreats; particularly for self-expression/self-exploration 
• Left Margin Lit — a physical space in Berkeley where you can join as a member to write, or attend their in-person or virtual classes (which you don’t need to be a member to do)
• Lit Camp — classes, mostly online, although they are Bay Area-based
• Page Street — a physical space for co-working/co-writing, with two locations (San Francisco and Berkeley); they have various tiers of membership. Sometimes they offer a class with Lit Camp.
• Beth Pickens’ Homework Club or year-long program for writing a book called Parakeet
• Or ask around and start your own writing workshop!