Creative Writing Resources: Inspiration & Writing Tips

To access the Video(s), follow the LinkedIn Learning link on the Full Sail Library's About page on Full Sail One.

The eBooks are available through the links to EBSCOhost and O'Reilly Learning.

• All the President's Men (DVD): Investigative reporting.
• Almost Famous (DVD): Young Rolling Stone reporter on tour with band.
• Doctor Zhivago (DVD): A poet's life in revolutionary Russia.
• Genius (DVD): Thomas Wolfe and his editor.
• Gonzo: the life & work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (DVD): Documentary.
• I Am Not Your Negro (DVD): Powerful documentary on racism based on the words of James Baldwin.
• Il Postino (DVD): A postman is mentored by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.
• In Search of Shakespeare (DVD): Documentary of the life of William Shakespeare.
• Julie & Julia (DVD): A blogger takes on Julia Child's cookbook.
• Maya Angelou, And Still I Rise (DVD): Documentary.
• Midnight In Paris (DVD): Writer time travels back to '20s Paris and meets his hero.
• Shakespeare in Love (DVD); Fictional portrayal of William Shakespeare.
• Stranger Than Fiction (DVD): Comic portrayal from a character's point of view.
• Sylvia (DVD): Film based on Sylvia Plath.
• Trumbo (DVD): Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is blacklisted.
• The Whole Wide World (DVD): Film based on Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan the Barbarian.
• The World According to Garp (DVD): Robin Williams as writer T. S. Garp.

The Full Sail library subscribes to the following magazines through EBSCO's Flipster Digital Magazines. They will be useful for finding articles related to Creative Writing as well as examples of creative story telling and non-fiction. To access FLIPSTER, log into ONLINE LIBRARY RESEARCH MENU. Follow the EBSCOhost link. On the SELECT RESOURCES page, FLIPSTER can be found at the bottom of the page.

• New Yorker (from Flipster only)
• Rolling Stone (from Flipster and EBSCO Research Databases)
• Wired (from Flipster only)
• The Writer (from EBSCO Research Databases only)
• Writer's Digest (from Flipster only)

In addition, thousands of articles relating to Creative Writing can be accessed through the EBSCOhost databases.

• Billy Wilder's 10 Screenwriting Tips: A master filmmaker's comments.
• Edgar Alan Poe's 5 Essentials for the Betterment of a Story: A Satirical Approach to Writing by the Master of Horror.
• Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules for Good Writing: A bestselling writer's tips.
• George Orwell's 6 Questions/6 Rules: Pearls of Wisdom from the author of 1984.
• Henry Miller's 10 Writing Tips: Henry Miller's insights into how to survive as a writer.
• Jack Kerouac's 30 Cool Tips: The author of On the Road reveals his approach to the writing life.
• New York Times Writers On Writing: Contemporary writers exploring a variety of literary themes and writing techniques.
• Paris Review's Writer Interviews: Eight decades of interviews with some of the world's best known, and greatest, writers.
• Poets & Writers Magazine.
• Writer's Digest.