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Writer’s Toolbox

Resources/Reading Lists

All Genres

Below you will find Reading & Resource lists for the types of writing taught at Gotham—recommended books, publications, works, and websites. These lists will usher you deep inside the world of each of these writing types. Browse and click and lose yourself here for a while.

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  • Blog & Newsletter Writing
  • Business Writing
  • Children’s Book Writing
  • Essay & Opinion Writing
  • Feature Article Writing
  • Fiction Writing
  • Food Writing
  • Hit Send: Publishing Short Nonfiction
  • How To Get Published
  • Humor Writing
  • Memoir Writing
  • Mystery Writing
  • Nonfiction Book Proposal
  • Playwriting
  • Poetry Writing
  • Romance Writing
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Writing
  • Screenwriting
  • Songwriting
  • Stand-Up Comedy Writing
  • Travel Writing
  • True Story: Teen Creative Nonfiction
  • TV Writing
  • Unbound: Teen Creative Writing
  • Video Game Writing

Humor Writing

Books
Publications and Podcasts
Reference
General

Humor Writing - Reference

Business Books

  • Friedman, Jane E. . Publishing 101
  • Sweeney, Dennis James . How to Submit
  • Wilcox, Meg . The New Journalist's Guide to Freelancing

Craft Books

  • Dikkers, Scott. How to Write Funny
  • Goldberg, Natalie. Writing Down the Bones
  • Gotham Writers Workshop. Writing Fiction
  • Gutkind, Lee. The Art of Creative Nonfiction
  • Helitzer, Melvin. Comedy Writing Secrets
  • Kachuba, John . How to Write Funny
  • King, Stephen. On Writing
  • Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird
  • Mendrinos, Jim. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Comedy Writing
  • O'Shannon, Dan. What Are You Laughing At?
  • Prentiss, Sean and Nelson, Jessica Hendry . Advanced Creative Nonfiction
  • Sacks, Mike . And Here's the Kicker
  • Vorhaus, John. The Comic Toolbox
  • Zinsser, William. Inventing the Truth
  • Zinsser, William. On Writing Well

Databases

  • Agent Query
  • Chill Subs
  • Duotrope
  • Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents
  • Manuscript Wish List
  • Poets & Writers (small press list)
  • Publishers Marketplace
  • Writer Beware

Helpful Places

  • Submittable

Organizations

  • Association of American Literary Agents
  • Community of Literary Magazines and Presses
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