Interviews
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Books in BizzellA link to OU Libraries' catalog of books containing author interviews.
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Goodreads interviewsAuthor interviews on the social media site Goodreads.
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The Paris Review InterviewsAn amazing resource for in-depth interviews with novelists, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, and critics from the 1950s to the present.
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Writers WriteInterviews with best-selling authors. Contains ads.
Blogs and Podcasts
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Writer UnboxedA forum for writers to discuss ideas, edited by Kathleen Bolton and Therese Walsh, with many contributors.
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NaNoWriMoThe website of National Novel Writing Month, which occurs each November.
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Teachers & Writers MagazineOnline publication of the Teachers & Writers Collaborative, aimed chiefly at teachers, but with content of interest to writers as well.
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New PagesNews, information, and guides to literary magazines, independent publishers, creative writing programs, alternative periodicals, indie bookstores, writing contests, and more.
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Poets & WritersOnline presence of Poets & Writers, the magazine of the nation's largest nonprofit organization serving creative writers. Recent issues are on the 4th floor of Bizzell in Current Periodicals. Call number PS 128 .C63.
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The WriterThe online presence of The Writer magazine. Recent issues are on the 4th floor of Bizzell in Current Periodicals. Call number PN 101 .W7.
Books on Creativity and Craft
The library has several books on the craft of writing and on honing creativity. This is just a selection. Browse the stacks in Bizzell around the call number:
- PN 3365 for work on writing fiction
- PN 1059 for work on writing poetry
- PN 1996 .Fxx, PN 1996.Gxx for work on writing screenplays.
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Bird by Bird
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Call Number: PN 147 .L315 1995Publication Date: 1995 -
What It Is
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Call Number: PN 6733 .B36 W43 2008Publication Date: 2008 -
On Becoming a Novelist
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Call Number: PN 3365 .G37 1983Publication Date: 1983 -
Writing down the Bones
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Call Number: PN 145 .G64 2006Publication Date: 2006 -
The Book of Dialogue
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Call Number: PN 1551 .T85 2004Publication Date: 2004 -
The Stuff of Fiction
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Call Number: PN 3355 .B29 2006Publication Date: 2006 -
The Ode Less Travelled
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Call Number: PN 1059 .A9 F79 2006Publication Date: 2006 -
A Poet's Craft by
Call Number: PN 1059 .A9 F56 2012Publication Date: 2012 -
Screenplay
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Call Number: PN 1996 .F43 2005Publication Date: 2005 -
Fast, Cheap, and Written That Way
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Call Number: PN 1996 .G36 2007Publication Date: 2007
