Writing Resources

Kathryn gave a presentation at the Canadian Positive Psychology Association biennial conference on June 17, 2016 titled Opening Up the Door to Positive Writing. The script to the talk is accessible via this link.  The script benefited from a review from a writers' workshop.  The description of writers' workshops starts on page 6.

Update May 2018:  Kathryn gave an hour long workshop at the Canadian Positive Psychology Association biennial conference on May 24, 2018.  Here are two resources for those who were not there.  The description of writers' workshops starts on page 19 of the script.

• Handout:  7 Experiments to Liberate Your Voice
  
• Script:  2018 CPPA Workshop

Here are some resources that Kathryn is collecting for a book she is writing about experiments to build writing skill and confidence.  At this point (January 2021), her list of experiments has grown to 32.

• Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way
• Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird.  This book includes a wonderful description of shitty first drafts extracted here.
• Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic
• Stephen Pressfield, The War of Art.
• Sharlene Martin and Anthony Flacco, Publish Your Nonfiction Book
• Stephen Pinker, The Sense of Style
• Howard S. Becker, Writing for social scientists: How to start and finish your thesis, book, or article
• Jane Friedman’s web site, How to find a literary agent. 
• Writing techniques of the scholars that get the most published
• Tim Urban on Procrastination
• Quote Investigator.  If you're going to quote people, make sure that they really said/wrote the words you're attributing to them.
• Transcription services:  Rev.com and Otter
• How to pitch a journal or magazine article:  Harvard Kennedy School of Communication
• Media Bistro