Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

How to Make a Business Plan for Success as an Indie Author: @lornafaith @DeniseMSwank

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

61 Writing Conferences in June 2017: @EricaVerrillo
BookExpo Opens With Industry Data and a Focus on Consumers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

Local Heroes: Librarians Address Inequity Where They See It: @MarvaAHinton @sljournal
Mining Your Life for Your Stories: @KateMoretti1

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Literature’s Arctic Obsession: @kathrynschulz @newyorker
“What I’ve Learned About Female Desire From Reading”: by Mallory Ortberg @TheToast

Creativity and Inspiration / Miscellaneous

Finding the Quiet to Create: @sbkaufman @carolyn_greg

Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation

7 Things To Do When You Want to Give Up (Instead of Giving Up): @DanicaDavidson @WritersDigest
How to Re-motivate Your Writing Career: @AnneKnol1

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

Stuck with Your Story? Why You Keep Hitting Walls and Dead Ends: @losapala
Writer Struggles: 6 Steps to Get Unstuck: @RobinRWrites

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

How Writers Can Retrain Their Brain to Tune Out Distractions: @CSLakin

Creativity and Inspiration / Success

Want to Become a Successful Writer? Develop Your Intuition: @AngelaAckerman
9 Tips for Writers from The Outsiders Author S.E. Hinton: @se4realhinton

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

50 Things Learned about The Writing Life: @HeatherWeidner1
Transcending Worlds: How Travel Can Benefit Writers: @allisonamend
True Confessions of a Midlist Writer: by Chris Goff @RMFWriters
13 Ways to Support an Author Without Ever Spending a Dime: @StephPostAuthor
The incredible advantage of fast typing: @NathanBransford
Are you suffering from burnout? @pubcoach
Destined To Write: @VaughnRoycroft
An Hour Renting Emily Dickinson’s Bedroom Where She Wrote Her Entire Life’s Work: @AnyaJaremko
A Curse of Creativity: Writing with Anxiety and Depression: by Renee Ramsey @duelinglibs
Stop Yourself from Obsessing Over Duplicating Writing Success: by Noelle Sterne @WritersDigest
“How Embracing Minimalism Made Me a Better (And Happier) Writer”: @besscozby
10 Similarities Between Birding and Writing: @JMJauthor

Genres / Dystopian

Fitness Tips for the Apocalypse: Getting Around: @speechwriterguy

Genres / Historical

Taking the Mystery Out of Writing History: @michellecox33

Genres / Mystery

Family histories as elements of crime fiction: @mkinberg
Writing a Murder Mystery: 8 Ways to Make a Murderer: @woodwardkaren
Crime fiction: When reality differs from the myth of perfect relationships: @mkinberg
Mystery writing: the appeal of the amateur: @kbowenwriter
Self-absorption as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg
Writing a Murder Mystery: 7 Tips for Creating an Interesting Detective: @woodwardkaren
Slums as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg

Genres / Picture Books

Sell More Children’s Books With A Great Cover: @Bookgal
How to Write with a Sense of Wonder When Writing for and About Children: @DonnaGalanti

Genres / Screenwriting

Is It Done? 7 Signs You’re Ready To Sell Your Script: @ozzywood

Genres / Short Stories

4 Quick Tips for Short Story Editing: by Jeff Elkins

Promo / Blogging

A Step-by-Step Guide for Featuring Quotes in Your Blog Posts: @aliventures

Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting

Tips for Crafting a Blurb (video): @ScholarlyFox

Promo / Book Reviews

8 Tips to Keep in Your Mind When Seeking Book Reviews: @McKinneyPR

Promo / Miscellaneous

When to Start Marketing if You’re Unpublished: @NadineBrandes

Promo / Platforms

Craft vs. platform: which comes first? @DanBlank

Promo / Speaking

How to Give a Book Reading: A Bashful Author’s Guide: @MelodieCampbell

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Writing for the Star Wars Universe: @ChuckWendig @AlexanderMFreed @claudiagray
9 Reasons Audiobook Growth Is Soaring: by Sandy McDowell @DigiBookWorld
This Crucial Skill Will Help You Get on Your Book Editor’s Good Side: @batwood
Interview With Subrights & Royalties Manager Nancy Bruckman:

Publishing / News / Amazon

AmazonCrossing’s (Amazon’s translation imprint’s) 7th Anniversary: @Porter_Anderson @AmazonPub

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Germany in Poland: ‘Protection from Political Interference” @Porter_Anderson @ChefSteinmeier
Industry Notes: Foreign Rights at Diversion; Australian Teens on Reading: @Porter_Anderson
‘Soaring’ Ebook Sales in Spanish Markets: @Porter_Anderson @javiercelaya @bookwire
THE ARTS+ at Frankfurt Book Fair Issues a Call for Papers, Proposals: @Porter_Anderson @holgervolland
Industry Notes: Frankfurt’s Tiered Pricing; Sourcebooks’ Raccah Honored: @Porter_Anderson

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing

10 Things We Hate About Agents (And 10 Things They Hate About Us): @EricaVerrillo

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Pitches

An Agent on Why Authors Need to Dump the Elevator Pitch: @BookEndsJessica

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

10 Tips to Query Literary Agents—Successfully: @LisaTener

Publishing / Process / Book Design

Tips for better book covers for your fantasy novel: @RobertsonWrites

Publishing / Process / Contracts

When to Walk Away from a Contract: @SusanSpann

Writing Craft / Beginnings

How NOT to start your novel: Six First Page No-Nos: @annerallen

Writing Craft / Characters / Arc

How to Plan Your Character’s Arc: by S.H. Mastersmith

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

Developing characters through everyday situations: @mishy1727
When Good Characters Behave Despicably (and They Should): @KBullockAuthor

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

3 Tips for Writing Sad Scenes: @ceciliaedits

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

Practice Novels: 10 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Publish that 1st Novel…Yet: @annerallen

Writing Craft / Endings

How to Write a Great Last Line: @PBRWriter

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

“How Being Patient Improved My Writing”: @millie_ho
Top 10 Ways To Improve Your Writing: @10MinNovelists
Have You Written Your Story’s ‘Mirror Moment’ Yet? @ProWritingAid
Where Are You on The Writing Growth Curve? @allisonmaruska

Writing Craft / POV

Should I use 3rd Omniscient within 3rd Limited? @p2p_editor

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

3 Quick and Easy Tips That Will Make Your Novel Better: @storyfix
7 Tactics for Creative Writers to Generate New Story Ideas: @gloria_kopp

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

Punctuation Quiz: Attribution: @writing_tips
Words Ending in “-ly” Aren’t Always Adverbs: @writing_tips

Writing Craft / Revision

3 Groups of Words and Phrases to Edit in Your Novel: @lornafaith
Writing Cinematically: 10 Movie Techniques to Apply to Your Novel: @AuthorDebRaney
“10 Things I Look For When Selecting Submissions”: by Kara Cochran
The Benefits of Reading Your Work Out Loud: @Janice_Hardy
How to Shorten Longer Writing: @Lindasclare

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

How NOT to Give Up When You Get Feedback on Your Manuscript: @writeabook

Writing Craft / Synopses

A Cheat’s Guide to Writing a Synopsis: @sarahannjuckes

Writing Craft / Tension

4 Proven Ways to Build Suspense: by S.C. Sharman @mythicscribes

Writing Craft / Voice

How to Embrace Your Strengths—and Flaws—to Find Your Writing Voice: @Tallie_Charles @WritersDigest

Writing Tools / Thesauri

Character Motivation Entry: Escaping Invaders: @AngelaAckerman

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