Best Tweets for Writers (week ending 4/22/11)

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I watch Twitter, so you don't have to. Visit each Sunday for the week's best Tweets.
If I missed a great Tweet, leave it in the comments.





















Best of Best

My letter to beginning
science-fiction writers; 2,000 words of advice


@RobertJSawyer



Read this and work out whether you should rewrite that
scene by @internspills


@dirtywhitecandy

Getting Published + Agents/Editors

Anne R. Allen's Blog: 12 Signs Your Novel
isn't Ready to Publish


@Writeitsideways

Craft + Technique

How To Create A Plot Outline In 8 Easy
Steps


@BubbleCow



10 Tips for Writing Excellence From Top Writing Bloggers


@KMWeiland



How To Write A Better Novel By Using An Inciting Incident


@BubbleCow



The 12 Stages of the Hero's Journey by Christopher
Vogler

@Quotes4Writers



Use a character web to track your characters


@elizabethscraig



How to make your most ordinary scene interesting


@dirtywhitecandy



A Free 30-Minute Video Workshop with Larry Brooks


@Writeitsideways

Publishing News + Trends

What Books Will Become by Kevin Kelly


@jafurtado



Mike Shatzkin predicts which aspects of digital
change will be most important over coming year


@victoriastrauss

Marketing + Self-Promotion

26
Ways to Engage With Customers Using Video


@smexaminer



Cory Doctorow on how to persuade people to pay
for authorized edition when pirated copies are free


@victoriastrauss



27 ways to promote your book—before writing it, before
launching it, & after publishing it


@elizabethscraig

Blogs + Websites

Don't You Dare Start A Blog Without
Reading This


@copyblogger

Social Media

Sound social media advice from @luxlotus:
"start by doing one thing really well"


@GalleyCat



Exploring
the difference between having readers and having FANS


@justinemusk



5 Scientifically Proven Ways to Get More Twitter Followers


@ducttape

Self-Publishing + E-Publishing

17 Great Information Sources for e-Book Authors


@JFbookman



"Is Lightning Source the Self-Publishing Answer?" As
with so many questions, the answer is...it depends.


@slipdown



99 Cent E-Books and the Tragedy of the Commons


@NathanBransford

Writing Life + Fun

Literary coverage has grown, but reaching
readers is as difficult as ever


@theatlantic

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