Get Inspired
Looking for writing or editing resources or even both? Welcome!
Online Resources and Tools
A Progressive’s Style Guide by Hanna Thomas and Anna Hirsch
Practical Guides
Rules for Writers by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommer
The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
The Joy of Syntax by June Casagrande
Read All About It
Writers read. Check out these books about the writing process (creative and noncreative):
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Make Your Art No Matter What by Beth Pickens
The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
Some more book recommendations on Bookshop.org.
Media
Why Is Academic Writing So Bad? by No Stupid Questions
Why We Should Stop Saying Underrepresented by N. Chloé Nwangwu in HBR
The Radical Reinvention of the English Language by Steven Mintz from the Inside Higher Ed blog
It’s Super Miami: A Florida Dialect Is Getting Recognition by Raquel Coronell Uribe in the Washington Post
Where Is the Diversity in Publishing? The 2019 Diversity Baseline Survey Results by Lee & Low Books
How Hollywood Gets the Publishing Industry Wrong by Sloane Crosley in NYT
Get Outside
Writers of all types — academic, nonfiction, creative — put immense time and energy and often their whole selves into their projects. It can be easy to forget that you are an important resource too. Sometimes we all need to read it or hear it. Taking breaks not only helps us take care of ourselves but also can inspire creativity. Get outside! Remember that hobby you started! Pet your dog! A break can be rejuvenating. And inspiration can come from the most unexpected place.
Wanna get outside, but it’s too cold? Too hot? Procrastinated and now you’re on deadline? Bring the outdoors indoor with these chill National Park sounds.