resources for writers

Free Printable:  Workshop Experience Inventory

Workshops are great—I run a longstanding one (and I'd love to have you join us!). But sometimes, writing workshops and critique groups go wrong. When that happens, what can a writer do?

Check out the Workshop Experience Inventory. The Inventory is an investigative tool designed to help evaluate your experience in a workshop or critique group. The goal is to help lead you toward real and deep reflection on what happened in your critique group so that you can move forward.

The Inventory is featured in this guest post on Jane Friedman's blog.
Free Printable: Writing Journal Guide
Want to deepen your writing practice and learn new things about your process? Need a way to track your ideas about your drafts, chart your revision plan, or keep up with your writing deadlines? A writing journal might be just what you’re looking for. 
Free Printable: Sensory Details Worksheet
Are your descriptions feeling drab? Is your prose less-than-popping, but you don’t know what to do to fix it? Consider the sensory details you’re sharing on the page (and those you aren’t). Use the Sensory Details Worksheet to help build out your descriptions and to bring your reader closer to your scenes and your story.
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​Note: this worksheet can be used during revision or drafting, depending on the needs of your piece.
Free Printable: Writing Goal Setting Worksheet
Looking for some help setting attainable goals so your writing gets done? Check out the Writing Goal Setting Worksheet to help define your goals, examine your routine and track your progress.

The Worksheet is set up for an eight-week cycle, but you can adapt it as needed. The Worksheet is especially effective for long-term projects, such as book-length works, but it is adaptable for all writers and genres,
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