Writing Resources by Genre
Academic & Educational Writing | Children's Literature | Christian | Horror | Journalism & Freelance | Mystery & Crime | Mythology & Legend | Poetry | Romance | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Screenwriters & Playwrights | Songwriting | Storytelling | Technical Writing
Academic & Educational Writing
- Teachers & Writers Collaborative will interest teachers that are writers.
Children's Literature
- Children's Literature Web Guide (
) hasn't been maintained recently, but is a great resource. - The Canadian Children's Literature (
) collection contains more than 140,000 books of fiction and non-fiction published in English and French, as well as other languages. - Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature.
- Page by Page: Creating a Children's Book (
) (archived by Library and Archives Canada). - The Children's Book Centre (
) helps the writers and illustrators reach the readers. - The Children's Book Council.
- write4kids.com The Children's Writing SuperSite.
Christian
- The Word Guild (
) connecting, supporting, and developing Canadian writers and editors who are Christian. - Utmost Christian Writers (
) where Christian poets find encouragement and support.
Horror
Journalism & Freelance
- Canadian Association of Journalists. (
) - Canadian Association of Journalists List (
) Non-CAJ members are welcome as guests on this list. - Center for Environmental Journalism.
- Columbia Journalism Review.
- Fame and Fortune (
) lists journalism and communication awards, prizes, fellowships, grants and exchange programs available to Canadians.
- JournalismNet.com (
) is a working journalist's guide to the Net including such resources as a listing of Canadian journalism pages. - Kidon's Media Links.
- Peter's Place Of Freelance Journalism. (
) - Ryerson Review of Journalism. (
) - The Reporters Network for freelance writers and reporters.
Mystery & Crime
- Crime Writers of Canada. (
) - Mystery Writers of America.
- The Mystery Writers' Forum includes some excellent mystery writing links.
- Mystery Writing Lessons by P.D. James.
- Mystery Writing Resources include links to information about forensics, the law, crime scene investigation and weapons.
Mythology & Legend
- Classical Myth: The Ancient Sources (
) by Laurel Bowman at the Department of Greek and Roman Studies, University of Victoria. - Folklore, Myth and Legend (
) by David K. Brown (now retired) at the University of Calgary. - Gods, Heroes, and Myth includes Greek, Roman, Celtic, Egyptian, Japanese, Native American, Chinese and Babylonian mythologies.
- John Adcox's Mythology & Folklore.
- The British Columbia Folklore Society (
) has a series of folklore links.
Poetry
- Canadian Poetry Archive (
) features selected poems from over 100 early English- and French-language Canadian poets. - Canadian Poetry Online (
) University of Toronto library. - Poets' Encyclopedia focuses on contemporary human poetics; particularly that of independent and small press poets born after 1935.
- The League of Canadian Poets. (
) - The Stroll of Poets Society. (
)
Romance
- Bookbug on the Web has resources for romance writers.
- Canadian Romance Authors Network (CRAN). (
) - Vanessa Grant Online (
) has links to books for writers, software, manuscript evaluation services and more.
Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Canadian Science Fiction Index (
) hosted by Robert J. Sawyer. - Locus Online: News, reviews, resources and perspectives of the science fiction world.
- Science & Science Fiction — an inquirer's guide to the universe.
- SciFan helping readers discover new science fiction and fantasy books and authors.
- The Ultimate Science Fiction Web Guide.
Screenwriters & Playwrights
- Canadian Screenwriter (
) is published quarterly by the Writers Guild of Canada. - doollee.com the playwrights database of modern plays since 1956.
- Playwrights Union of Canada. (
) - Playwriting Basics by Charles Deemer (archived link).
- Screenwriting Basics by Charles Deemer (archived link).
- Screenwright: the craft of screenwriting — Charles Deemer's self-guided course in writing the Hollywood screenplay.
Songwriting
- Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) (
) is the Canadian copyright collective that administers the performing rights of its members and those of affiliated international societies by licensing the use of their music in Canada. - Songwriters Association of Canada (
) is a national organization dedicated to Canadian composers, lyricists and songwriters.
Storytelling
Storytelling is perhaps not really a writing genre but it complements children's writing and can sharpen a writer's skills. There may be storytelling guild members in your area that can provide you with ideas and a venue to practice this art. Storytelling brings out the child in all of us! See also the Mythology & Legend listings.
- Children's Literature | Resources for Storytellers. (
) - Storytellers of Canada/Conteurs du Canada. (
) - The Storytelling FAQ.
- The Storytelling Ring includes links to Storytellers, Organizations, Guilds & Festivals, and Resources.
Technical Writing
- Technical Writing — the Writers Write specialty section for technical writing.
- TECHWR-L is a newsletter format that includes tips and leads for technical writers.
- Technical Writing Resources.
- The Tech Writer's Assistant provides a good overview on tech writing.
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Updated: February 16, 2013
