Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web.

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Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

7 Reasons To Attend a Writer’s Conference: @AlyciaMorales
Planning a Writer’s Conference? Here’s What’s Really Involved: @ascamacho @TheIWSG

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

3 Steps to Start Tiny Habits that Help You Reach Your Goals: @lornafaith

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

Why You Need to Invest In Yourself First: @SukhiJutla
How Free Writing Helps You Find Your True Creative Voice: @JamesPrescott77

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Addictive Sci-Fi: 5 Books with Fictional Drugs: by Chris Howard @tordotcom

Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation

Don’t wait to follow your dreams: @SiakChinYoke

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

Are You Too Nice To Say “No?” @CarolAnneMalone
5 Ways to Manage Multiple Creative Passions: by Linda Bernadette Burgess @DIYMFA

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / When to write

Writing Routines: Rethinking What Works:

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

10 Writing Prompts To Help You Unstick Your First Draft: @10MinNovelists
Sometimes Instinct Should Take Over the Story: @Margo_L_Dill @womenonwriting

Creativity and Inspiration / Success

How 1 Writer Landed a Book Contract at 16: @tessaemilyhall @authorsjournal
The Second Act Novelist: 6 Ways to Prepare: @joneslepidas @JaneFriedman

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

For writers who are recent graduates, broke, in between things, or living at home: @austinkleon
Writer Struggles: Isolation & Loneliness: @HeatherJacksonW
Stress and Burnout: Writers can suffer from both. Learn the signs and how to cope: @RuthHarrisBooks
Can Your Distractions Make You a Better Writer? @charityscraig @tspoetry
Envy, Perfection, and the Work of Writing: @JoEberhardt @WriterUnboxed
How to Create a “Writer Productivity Diet”: @CSLakin
Spectral Awareness: 8 Quotes From Authors With Autism: @TomBlunt @SignatureReads

Genres / Horror

Horror and Crime: A Writer’s Education: @Gabino_Iglesias
Surviving Horror Films Is A Breeze If You Follow These Rules: @IanFortey @cracked

Genres / Literary Fiction

When Literary Plots Get Mysterious: @TobiasCarroll @lithub

Genres / Mystery

Suburban life as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg
How to Write Suspense Like Hitchcock: @TonyLeeMoral
Writing a Murder Mystery, Character Creation: The Murderer: @woodwardkaren
Crime Writing: Behind the Scenes: What Happens After The Cuffs Go On? @LeeLofland

Genres / Poetry

15 Tips for Writing Poetry: @WordDreams
10 Short Poetic Forms: @robertleebrewer
10 Reasons Why Poetry is the Manliest of Genres: @Gabino_Iglesias

Genres / Screenwriting

Thinking of Writing a Short Film? Ask These Questions First: @scriptmag
6 Things To NOT Do When Submitting Your Script: @Bang2write

Genres / Young Adult

The Ultimate Guide to YA Fiction: by Emma Johnson @WritersEdit
How To Write Young People That Are Actually Realistic: @Bang2write

Promo / Ads

Are Facebook Collection Ads Good for Selling Books? @cksyme

Promo / Back matter

Using Back Matter to Sell More Books: @DianaUrban @BookBub

Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting

Writing the Perfect Blurb: @RayneHall
Optimizing your Online Book Description: @ml_keller
How To Chose Your Book Title: @SukhiJutla

Promo / Miscellaneous

How to Get Attention for Your Book on Amazon: @CaballoFrances
A Recipe for a Non-Traditional Marketing Plan: @mbhide
10 Myths About Marketing Your Book: @diannmills
How to Develop a Street Team for Your Book: @jenniferprobst
10 Sure-Fire Ways to Help a Writer: @CalebPirtle
5 Reasons to Submit Your Work to Anthologies: @PStoltey @RMFWriters

Promo / Podcasts

Podcasting Tips And Tricks: @JerodMorris

Promo / Social Media Tips

10 Ways First-Time Writers Can Get Noticed on Social Media: @ParkLiterary @WritersDigest
Busy Authors Should Simplify Social Media Efforts: @CeceliaMecca

Publishing / Miscellaneous

A Potentially Pivotal Case: Louisiana State University and Elsevier: @Porter_Anderson @AndrewRichard
SELF-e Indie Awards 2017 – Just another Self-e Libraries Create Sites site @libraryself_e
This is the #1 Reason an Expert Will Hire a Ghostwriter: @granthony

Publishing / News / Amazon

Warnings on Amazon’s Changed Buy-Button Book Sales Policy: @Porter_Anderson @AuthorsGuild

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Hay Festival Announces Bogotá39-2017 Anthology’s Latin American Authors: @Porter_Anderson
Industry Notes: Publishing Scotland Opens Translation Grants, Wiley’s Mark Allin Resigns: @Porter_Anderson
British Book Awards 2017: The ‘Nibbies’ Honor Literature and Industry @Porter_Anderson

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

10 Ways to Make Your Submission Stand Out in the Slush Pile: @MegLaTorre
How to Use LinkedIn and Twitter to Find an Agent: @evans_writer @RMFWriters

Publishing / Process / Contracts

How to Request A Reversion of Publishing Rights: @SusanSpann

Publishing / Process / Formatting

20 Pro Tips to Prepare Your Ebook for Conversion: @CatherineDunn8

Writing Craft / Beginnings

8 1/2 Tips for How to Write Opening and Closing Lines: @KMWeiland
Starting a Novel With Setting Description: @Kid_Lit
3 Tips From Being a Failure As An Author: @KelsieEngen
How to Introduce Characters Memorably: 6 Ways: @nownovel

Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists

Creating the Perfect Villain-Author Toolbox: @ml_keller

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

Character Motivation Entry: Protecting One’s Home or Property: @AngelaAckerman
Women Are People, Too: 6 Ways to Write Better Female Characters: @cameron_chapman @scriptmag
Character Motivation Thesaurus Entry: Escaping a Widespread Disaster: @beccapuglisi
3 Fiction Writing Tips For Beginners: Build Your Characters: @angee

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

12 Mistakes You Could Make When Creating Narrative Voice: @10MinNovelists
“Writing Career Mistakes I Made So You Don’t Have To”: @annerallen
Don’t Show, Don’t Tell — How to Leave Room for the Reader’s Imagination: by Nils Odlund @mythicscribes

Writing Craft / Dialogue

How to Write Dialogue That Works: @JerryBJenkins
Tips for better dialogue: @teaganberry

Writing Craft / Endings

An Unhappy Ending Is Just A Happy Ending That Gets Yanked Away: @CockeyedCaravan

Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story

4 Ways to Handle Backstory: @AndreaWriterlea

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

On the Accidental Origins of Beloved Books: @knownemily

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Why Literature and Pop Culture Still Can’t Get the Midwest Right: @aMandolinz @lithub
5 Tips for Creating First Dates for Your Characters: @lisajordan
Things Your Writing Teacher Never Told You: 9 Aspects of Story Promise: by Tina L. Jens @BlackGateDotCom

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

4 Part Story Structure for Fiction: @lornafaith
A Fun Way to Brainstorm Story Ideas: @Janice_Hardy
7 Ways You’re Treating Your Novel Like A Screenplay (And How To Stop): by Hannah Collins

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

How to Research and Write in a Way Your Fact-Checker Will Appreciate: by Megan Jones @maisonneuvemag
Stop Researching & Get Writing: by Lisa Lepki @ProWritingAid

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

AP Stylebook Updates: Singular ‘They’ Now Acceptable: @GrammarGirl
5 Errors in Noun-Verb Agreement: @writing_tips

Writing Craft / Revision

How to Edit Your Story Like a New York Publisher: @hodgeswriter
Editing Tips: 7 Smart Ways to Tighten Your Writing: @LisaTener

Writing Craft / Tension

How Do Authors Create Suspense in Writing? @AGHackney
5 Ways You Can Source Great Character Ideas: @Bang2write

Writing Craft / Tropes

5 Bad Tropes to Drop: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Word Crafting

10 Ways To Make Your Words More Beautiful: @10MinNovelists

Writing Tools / Apps

15 Productivity Apps to Help Keep Your Writing Goals on Track: by Wendy Dessler @ProWritingAid

Writing Tools / Resources

A tool for using the appropriate vocabulary in your novel: @GaiaBAmman
The 110 Best Apps, Tools and Resources for Writers in 2017: @geediting

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