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We’ve surveyed our Proverbs 31 Ministries’ authors and our current COMPEL members to compile our favorites writing resources*. We hope and pray they inspire you!
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Printed Bibles:
Bible Web sites:
Archaeological Study Bible, Walter Kaiser and Duane Garrett, Editors Believers Bible Commentary by William MacDonald HCSB Study Bible The Journaling Bible Life Application Study Bible NIV Zondervan Study Bible (2015) The Reformation Study Bible, R.C. Sproul, Editor Thompson Chain Reference Bible The Woman’s Study Bible NKJV, Dorothy Patterson, General Editor
Biblegateway.com Biblehub.com blueletterbible.org e-sword.net studylight.org YouVersion.com
Bible Study Software: Logos Bible Software
online grammar help:
Dictionary.com Drgrammar.org Grammarist.com Grammarly.com (charge) Hemingwayapp.com Purdue Online Writing Help (owl.english.purdue.edu/owl) Quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl/ Thefreedictionary.com Thesaurus.com
Mobile Apps: AP Stylebook Mobile Dictionary.com (Premium Dictionary & Thesaurus) Evernote First 5 goTandem Google Drive Kindle Pages PixLR Scrivener TweetDeck Voice Record Pro WerdSmith Wikipanion
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Inspirational Writing Books:
Organizational Tools:
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace Communicating for a Change by Andy Stanley Living by the Book by Dr. Howard Hendricks Lioness Arising by Lisa Bevere Made to Stick by Chip Heath & Dan Heath On Becoming a Writer by Denise Hughes On Being a Writer: 12 Simple Habits for a Writing Life that Lasts by Ann Kroeker and Charity Singleton Craig On Writing Well by William Zinsser Platform by Michael Hyatt Poemcrazy by Susan G. Wooldridge Put Your Heart on Paper by Henriette Anne Klauser Show Your Work by Austin Kleon Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon Time to Write by Kelly L. Stone Unleash the Writer Within by Cecil Murphy With Pen in Hand by Henriette Anne Klauser Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg Your Life as Story by Tristine Rainer The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Book in a Month by Victoria Lynn Schmidt (novel writing in 30 days) Getcoldturkey.com (limits social media capabilities during writing times) Cozi.com (calendar app) LifePlanner by ErinCondren.com (personalized paper planners) Nozbe.com (productivity systems for desktop and mobile devices) PlannerPads.com (paper spiral calendars) Sticky Tabs (removable placeholders) Timeful App (time management tool) Toggl.com (time tracking software)
Miscellaneous Favorites: Bible Commentaries by Kenneth Bailey and/or Frederick Dale Bruner Canva.com (graphics) Pilot FriXion Erasable Gel Ink Pens The Pilot’s Pen (Night Writer LED Pen) thriftbooks.com Uni-ball Signo 207 medium point ink gel pens
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Reference Tools: The American Heritage Dictionary The Associated Press Stylebook The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Press The Christian Writer’s Market Guide by Jerry B. Jenkins Daily Life at the Time of Jesus by Miriam Feinberg Vamosh The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. Evangelical Dictionary of Theology by Walter A. Elwell The Expositor’s Bible Commentary The Historical Atlas of the Bible by Dr. Ian Barnes The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible: An Illustrated Encyclopedia The IVP Women’s Bible Commentary The MacArthur Bible Commentary by John MacArthur Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible by Matthew Henry Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary by Merriam-Webster Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Manners and Customs by Howard F. Vos The New Manners and Customs of Bible Times by Ralph Gower The New Strong’s Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible by James Strong Women in Scripture, Carol Meyers, General Editor Word Biblical Commentaries (Thomas Nelson) The Grammar Bible by Michael Strumpf
Writing Web Sites (aside from COMPEL): Publishinginfo.net Rachellegardner.com Redbudwritersguild.com/blog Stevelaube.com/blog Storylineblog.com Therenegadewriter.com Thewriteconversation.blogspot.com Thewritepractice.com Writersdigest.com Writingforward.com
Amylynnandrews.com Authorspublish.com Copyblogger.com Goinswriter.com/blog Grammar Girl (QuickandDirtytips.com) Jerryjenkins.com Michaelhyatt.com Positivewriter.com Problogger.com
* Please note: Products, mobile apps and web sites listed here aren’t necessarily endorsed by Proverbs 31 Ministries. Some resources are faith-based, and some aren’t. And there may be a charge for some things. We have received no financial benefit for listing any item.
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Printed Bibles:
Bible Web sites:
Archaeological Study Bible, Walter Kaiser and Duane Garrett, Editors Believers Bible Commentary by William MacDonald HCSB Study Bible The Journaling Bible Life Application Study Bible NIV Zondervan Study Bible (2015) The Reformation Study Bible, R.C. Sproul, Editor Thompson Chain Reference Bible The Woman’s Study Bible NKJV, Dorothy Patterson, General Editor
Biblegateway.com Biblehub.com blueletterbible.org e-sword.net studylight.org YouVersion.com
Bible Study Software: Logos Bible Software
online grammar help:
Dictionary.com Drgrammar.org Grammarist.com Grammarly.com (charge) Hemingwayapp.com Purdue Online Writing Help (owl.english.purdue.edu/owl) Quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl/ Thefreedictionary.com Thesaurus.com
Mobile Apps: AP Stylebook Mobile Dictionary.com (Premium Dictionary & Thesaurus) Evernote First 5 goTandem Google Drive Kindle Pages PixLR Scrivener TweetDeck Voice Record Pro WerdSmith Wikipanion
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Inspirational Writing Books:
Organizational Tools:
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace Communicating for a Change by Andy Stanley Living by the Book by Dr. Howard Hendricks Lioness Arising by Lisa Bevere Made to Stick by Chip Heath & Dan Heath On Becoming a Writer by Denise Hughes On Being a Writer: 12 Simple Habits for a Writing Life that Lasts by Ann Kroeker and Charity Singleton Craig On Writing Well by William Zinsser Platform by Michael Hyatt Poemcrazy by Susan G. Wooldridge Put Your Heart on Paper by Henriette Anne Klauser Show Your Work by Austin Kleon Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon Time to Write by Kelly L. Stone Unleash the Writer Within by Cecil Murphy With Pen in Hand by Henriette Anne Klauser Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg Your Life as Story by Tristine Rainer The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Book in a Month by Victoria Lynn Schmidt (novel writing in 30 days) Getcoldturkey.com (limits social media capabilities during writing times) Cozi.com (calendar app) LifePlanner by ErinCondren.com (personalized paper planners) Nozbe.com (productivity systems for desktop and mobile devices) PlannerPads.com (paper spiral calendars) Sticky Tabs (removable placeholders) Timeful App (time management tool) Toggl.com (time tracking software)
Miscellaneous Favorites: Bible Commentaries by Kenneth Bailey and/or Frederick Dale Bruner Canva.com (graphics) Pilot FriXion Erasable Gel Ink Pens The Pilot’s Pen (Night Writer LED Pen) thriftbooks.com Uni-ball Signo 207 medium point ink gel pens
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Reference Tools: The American Heritage Dictionary The Associated Press Stylebook The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Press The Christian Writer’s Market Guide by Jerry B. Jenkins Daily Life at the Time of Jesus by Miriam Feinberg Vamosh The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. Evangelical Dictionary of Theology by Walter A. Elwell The Expositor’s Bible Commentary The Historical Atlas of the Bible by Dr. Ian Barnes The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible: An Illustrated Encyclopedia The IVP Women’s Bible Commentary The MacArthur Bible Commentary by John MacArthur Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible by Matthew Henry Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary by Merriam-Webster Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Manners and Customs by Howard F. Vos The New Manners and Customs of Bible Times by Ralph Gower The New Strong’s Expanded Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible by James Strong Women in Scripture, Carol Meyers, General Editor Word Biblical Commentaries (Thomas Nelson) The Grammar Bible by Michael Strumpf
Writing Web Sites (aside from COMPEL): Publishinginfo.net Rachellegardner.com Redbudwritersguild.com/blog Stevelaube.com/blog Storylineblog.com Therenegadewriter.com Thewriteconversation.blogspot.com Thewritepractice.com Writersdigest.com Writingforward.com
Amylynnandrews.com Authorspublish.com Copyblogger.com Goinswriter.com/blog Grammar Girl (QuickandDirtytips.com) Jerryjenkins.com Michaelhyatt.com Positivewriter.com Problogger.com
* Please note: Products, mobile apps and web sites listed here aren’t necessarily endorsed by Proverbs 31 Ministries. Some resources are faith-based, and some aren’t. And there may be a charge for some things. We have received no financial benefit for listing any item.
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