Burkeman & Clarke are not responsible for the content of any of these sites nor do we endorse them necessarily or have any affiliations with them. We simply have collected together some sites that we think will be helpful and interesting to writers, whether book or script. In no particular order:
- Kit Whitfield's very helpful Publisher-Dating Dictionary - http://www.kitwhitfield.com/publisherdating.html - very humourous but very accurate
- How Publishing Really Works - good, honest, practical advice for new and established writers. -
http://howpublishingreallyworks.com/
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- Help! I Need A Publisher! - http://www.helpineedapublisher.blogspot.co.uk/ - No nonsense, hyper-honest publishing and writing advice from multi-published author, Nicola Morgan, whose blog and books for writers are regularly recommended by agents and publishers.
- Writers' Beware - Warnings for writers about schemes and scams in the publishing industry, from Writer Beware, a project of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. http://www.writerbeware.com/
- English PEN helping to promote literature and human rights -
http://www.englishpen.org/
- Agent Andrew Lownie offers some advice on how best to present yourself to an agent - http://www.andrewlownie.co.uk/fifteen_tips
- Agent Julian Friedman's interesting and useful blog for screenwriters -
http://blog.twelvepoint.com/
- Trigger Street for screenwriters and others to "Help others, help yourself. Feedback. Exposure. Opportunity" - http://labs.triggerstreet.com/
- The website for writers, authors, self-publishers, freelance editors, designers and agents with over 2,000 pages of resources and services for writers – www.writersservices.com/
- Isobel Creed’s The Writers' Consultancy is a literary consultancy based in Ireland which provides critical assessment and editorial advice to writers -
http://www.writersconsultancy.ie/
- Cornsterstones advisory and editorial service for authors - advice for new authors, literary agents and book publishers - www.cornerstones.co.uk
- Marjorie Braman - New York editor, (most recently as Editor-in-chief of Henry Holt), Marjorie is now a freelance editorial consultant working with writers, agents and publishers -
http://marjoriebraman.com/
- Online Home of American Zoetrope and the Zoetrope Virtual Studio - http://www.zoetrope.com
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- Jeff Rivera with some written tips for writers on getting an agent and published - http://jeffrivera.com/category/c17-for-writers/ and some of his YouTube tips - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7xROrmhjNY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ8_mALzVec and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Drhet37EuE&feature=related
- HarperCollins’ Authonomy site where writers can upload their work and “test” the market - http://authonomy.com/
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- Bush Literary - discovering and championing playwrights in the heart of London's Shepherd's Bush - http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/literary/
- Invaluable database of plays and playwrights, whose aim is to list all playwrights and their plays, written, adapted or translated into English. - http://www.doollee.com
- BBC WritersRoom - identifies and champions new writing talent and diversity across BBC Drama, Entertainment and Children's programmes - with tips, resources and opportunities -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/
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- Screenwriting info – a handy site with some useful tips on formatting and other information for US screenplays – http://www.screenwriting.info/
- Screenwriters & Playwrights resources -
http://www.onlineenglishdegree.com/resources/screenwriter-playwrights-resources/
- Birds Eye View celebrates and supports international women filmmakers. Founded as a positive response to the fact that women make up less than 10% film directors and less than 15% screenwriters - http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk
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- Undisovered Voices - helping unagented and unpublished Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) British Isles members get discovered -
http://www.undiscoveredvoices.com
- Y/A writing tips - http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2012/aug/01/top-writing-tips-sarah-mussi?CMP=twt_gu – Young adult author Sarah Mussi’s top writing tips in the Guardian
- Picture Book writing tips - author Mem Fox’s top writing tips from her own site http://www.memfox.net/so-you-want-to-write-a-picture-book.html
- Wall Street Journal article about getting plucked from the slush pile - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703414504575001271351446274.html
- Women in Film - the voice of women in creative media -
http://www.wftv.org.uk/
- Hive Network - an alternative way to buy books, eBooks, Dvds, Music Cds and stationery online while helping to support your local independent bookshops - www.hive.co.uk
- The London International Documentary Festival - LIDF is the UK’s largest independent documentary festival providing a platform for radical and groundbreaking output from around the globe - http://www.lidf.co.uk/
- Writers Guild of America, West - http://www.wga.org/
- Writers Guild of Great Britain -
http://www.writersguild.org.uk/
- Society of Authors - http://www.societyofauthors.org/
- Public Lending Right - http://www.plr.uk.com/
- Authors Licensing & Collecting Society -
http://www.alcs.co.uk/
- So You Want to Write A Novel - and last, but not least, more humourous but accurate tips on "what not to do" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9fc-crEFDw&sns=em