Whenever I ponder about an MFA, it always comes back to cost and how unaffordable it is. reminds me of the line that Good Will Hunting used when he told that one guy at Harvard that he could've saved himself a lot of money by paying the $1.50 in late fees at the library :)
I don't have any other resources to add here, just that reading what I enjoy and highlighting what I like about it tends to be as helpful as some of the how-to books but I will check out your suggestions.
Love Camille (of course), WFWA, and pretty much every other resource you mentioned. I'm also a fan of Save the Cat, the screenwriting version, Julia Cameron (The Artist's Way was life-changing for me many years ago), and Michael Hauge. His breakdown of story structure is brilliant but easy to understand. I did go the MFA route, and I treasure the time I spent doing that but I agree--not needed and expensive.
Whenever I ponder about an MFA, it always comes back to cost and how unaffordable it is. reminds me of the line that Good Will Hunting used when he told that one guy at Harvard that he could've saved himself a lot of money by paying the $1.50 in late fees at the library :)
I don't have any other resources to add here, just that reading what I enjoy and highlighting what I like about it tends to be as helpful as some of the how-to books but I will check out your suggestions.
Love Camille (of course), WFWA, and pretty much every other resource you mentioned. I'm also a fan of Save the Cat, the screenwriting version, Julia Cameron (The Artist's Way was life-changing for me many years ago), and Michael Hauge. His breakdown of story structure is brilliant but easy to understand. I did go the MFA route, and I treasure the time I spent doing that but I agree--not needed and expensive.