Writing Up Wednesday is a writing link-up created by Lizzy @ The Bent Bookworm. This week’s topic is “The craft of writing,” or more specifically, “How do you learn the craft of writing?”

I honestly don’t make a conscious effort to study the writing craft unless I need to research a specific aspect of it for my story. I don’t plan to take professional writing classes, and I usually don’t go out of my way to read writerly text books. Studying the craft is just something that comes naturally to me through reading a wide range of books, writing book reviews, and connecting with other writers via blogging, youTube, and Twitter. I feel like this is more beneficial than making a conscious effort to study the craft because it allows me to take the advice I like and discard the rest without being boxed in by “professional” rules. Also, by filling my social media feeds with writerly stuff, I can actually justify opening Twitter and youTube! 😉
Here’s a quick list of some people that I’ve learned from:

My Favorite Writerly youTubers

■Shaelin Bishop
■Emma Lederman
■The Y.A. Word Nerds
■Vivien Reis
■Jenna Moreci
■Natalia Leigh
■Burgess Taylor
■Kim Chance
■Coffee Reading Writing

Awesome Writerly Bloggers

■Shaelin Bishop
■Emma Lederman
■A Writer’s Path
■National Novel Writing Month
■Fiction University
■Better Novel Project