Resources

Some books on writing that we love

• 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

Some classes & events on writing

• Catapult
• Litreactor
• Barrelhouse
• San Francisco Writers’ Grotto
• The Writing Salon
• Writers With Drinks
• Write Club SF

Some websites and podcasts on writing

• Poets.org from the Academy of American Poets
• Poetry Foundation (more poems
• Between the Covers
• Other Ppl
• Longform
• Call Your Girlfriend (periodically has episodes on books and interviews with writers)
• Magic Lessons
• Commonplace