Writing Research

Here is a collection of some of the Writing Research we have complied. If there is anything special you would like us to blog about next, just send us a message.

• One Way to Start Writing Your Novel

Writing Principles: 

• Bechdel Test - a method for evaluating the portrayal of women in fiction
• Chekhov's Gun - every element in your story should have a purpose. Irrelevant elements should be removed. 
• 5 Finger Test - a method of testing whether a book is an appropriate reading level for a child 

Genres: 
We will be adding new genres to this list when we review a book in that genre.

• Fiction 
• Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Myths 
• Historical
• Mystery
• Cozy Mystery
• Romance
• Non-Fiction
• Biography
• Essays
• Children's Books (Ages are approximate)
• Board Books (Age 0-3)
• Picture Books (Age 0-5)
• Early Readers (Age 5-7)
• Beginner Chapter Books (Age 6-10)
• Middle Grade (MG) (Age 8-12)
• Young Adult (YA) (Age 12-18)

Worksheets:

• Character Development

Resources:

• Writer's Digest - Writers Digest is an American writing magazine with 8 issues a year. They also have an online website with articles, writing competitions, writing prompts, classes, etc. 
• Articles - You can search their articles by Writing Goal, Writing Genre/Category, or Writing Level
• Purdue OWL - The Purdue Owl is a great resource on general writing and grammar. The Purdue OWL is run by Purdue University, mainly as a resource for its students, so it gives a lot of information for writing university papers. But it does have a lot of general information that applies to all kinds of writing.  
• Many of you probably used the OWL before, but they just redesigned their website, so it looks very, very different. 
• Literary Terms