Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

3 Reasons Authors Shouldn’t Worry About Piracy but How to Protect Yourself Anyway: @thecreativepenn

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

How an Event Hashtag Will Turbo Boost Your Event: @cksyme
How to find the right agent, editor, or writers conference: @StephMorrill @GoTeenWriters

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

Writing Resolutions for the ADHD Mind: @TheRyanMcRae

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

She Doesn’t Always Get Away: Goldilocks and the Three Bears: @mari_ness @tordotcom

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

6 Habits of Insanely Productive People: @KarenBanes
The Fundamental Secret to Finding Time to Write: @RuthanneReid

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

Beating Writer’s Block—by Not Writing: @crazywritinfool
What to remember when you’re nervous about writing: @Luna_Manar
3 Questions to Help You Bust Through Creative Blocks: @ChadRAllen

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

10 Ways to Maintain Writing Momentum: @LyndaRYoung @TheIWSG
Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Boost Your Productivity: @MichaelHyatt

Creativity and Inspiration / Success

Write and Market a Kindle Bestselling Book: @DaveChesson @lornafaith

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

Why We Compare Ourselves to Other Writers—and How We Can Stop: @losapala
Your Brain Can Only Take So Much Focus: @srinipillay via @PassiveVoiceBlg
Finding Balance: @iamagemcrystal
6 of the Worst Things About Being a Writer: @jameslrubart
Admitting to Writing:

Genres / Fantasy

5 Anachronisms That Fantasy Needs: by Oren Ashkenazi

Genres / Memoir

Why Your Memoir Won’t Sell: @JaneFriedman

Genres / Mystery

Writing Tips: 7 Strategies for Writing Suspense: @TonyLeeMoral @thecreativepenn
Dropping ‘bombshells’ in crime fiction without too much melodrama: @mkinberg
Crime fiction: when characters lie: @mkinberg

Genres / Poetry

Energize Your Writing by Memorizing Poems: @annkroeker

Genres / Romance

Blending Genres in Romance: We’re Not in 1980 Anymore: @CSLakin
The Endless Subgenres and Varieties of Romance: @LovettRomance

Genres / Science Fiction

From Dark to Dark: Yes, Women Have Always Written Space Opera: by Judith Tarr @tordotcom
Put the Science in Your Science Fiction: by By Lesley L. Smith
Space Opera and the Underrated Importance of Ordinary, Everyday Life: by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer @tordotcom

Genres / Screenwriting

Top 10 Scary Movie Lines And Why They Work: @Bang2write
Why Dialogue Is Killing Your Screenplay: @Bang2write
How to Create a TV Show: @CockeyedCaravan
Great Scene: “Rocky” : @GoIntoTheStory

Genres / Short Stories

A Shocking (and Fun) Short Story Writing Technique: by Noelle Sterne @WritersDigest

Genres / Western

3 Myths About Westerns and Why We Actually Love Them: @cheryllaughlin

Promo / Ads

9 Reasons a Book Was Rejected for a BookBub Featured Deal by Danielle Perreault @BookBub

Promo / Blogging

How to Launch Your Blog With Your Book in Mind: @kimdinan

Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting

Why Should I Buy Your Book? or How to Write a Book Blurb: @rxena77
How to write a better Amazon bio: @Bookgal @theverbs

Promo / Book Signings and Launch parties

7 Tips for a Successful Book Launch: @ceciliaedits

Promo / Connecting with Readers

How To Create A Reader Avatar For Your Book: @SukhiJutla

Promo / Metadata

Amazon Keywords That Pull In More Buyers: @Bookgal

Promo / Miscellaneous

The Benefits of Ebook Pre-Orders: @MarcyKennedy
You’re the best person to market your book: @mybookshepherd
How to Avoid Overwhelm This Week: @WritersCoach

Promo / Platforms

Branding for Authors—When Do We Need Marketing and Advertising? @KristenLambTX

Promo / Speaking

How to Prepare for a TED-style Author Talk in Fewer Than 10 days: @DeannaCabinian
Public Speaking Tips for Writers: 7 Keys for a Great Speech: @monicamclark

Publishing / Miscellaneous

12 Ways to Uncover Google Analytics Data: @CaballoFrances

Publishing / News / International Publishing

A Sourcebooks Title Is OverDrive’s New International Big Library Read: @Porter_Anderson @OverDriveLibs
Germany’s 2016 Market Report: ‘Stable Amid Transformation’ @Porter_Anderson
Partnership Notes: Unicorn and Royal Armouries; Reedsy and Blurb: @pubperspectives
Agent Andrew Wylie demands publishing ‘stare down the forces of nationalism’: @Porter_Anderson
Rights Updates from Agencies: Berlin, Istanbul, Cologne, London: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
‘An Experimental Space for Multilingualism’: France at Frankfurt Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson
Bookwire’s ‘Latin American expansion, building on success in Germany and Spain’: @Porter_Anderson @bookwire

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

“Why My Book is Both Traditionally and Self-Published”: @AmitaTrasi

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing

Self-Pub or Trad Pub? Riding the Fence: Indecision at Your Own Peril: @behlerpublish

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

Writing 101: The Dreaded Query Letter: @lauraeweymouth
How to personalize a query: @rachelestout

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections

5 Ways to Survive Rejection as a Writer: @Janice_Hardy

Publishing / Process / Book Design

Book Cover Design: How To Get Feedback to Create an Awesome Design: @SukhiJutla

Publishing / Process / Self-Publishing

Tips for Less-Expensive Self-Publishing:

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

5 Ways to Show Character Growth & Change: @diannmills
Creating Real Characters through Dialogue, Mannerisms, and Actions: @PollyIyer
Wonder Woman: The Essence of a Strong Female Character: @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

5 Consequences of Overpowered Characters: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
9 Tips to Improve Your Writing: @MCristianoWrite

Writing Craft / Dialogue

Don’t Be Afraid of Mixing Dialogue with Action: by T.L. Bodine

Writing Craft / Drafts

3 Reasons to Try Dictating Your Book: @beckywadewriter @NovelRocket

Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story

Early Hints of Backstory: @kcraftwriter

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

Writing great characters: 5 lessons from modern novels: @nownovel

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

Theme in Commercial Fiction:
How to Choose Good Themes for Stories: 5 Tips: @nownovel

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Narrative Techniques for Storytellers: @WritingForward
How to Write a Heart-Melting Kissing Scene: @RidethePen
Circumlocution – Bore Readers with Overkill, or Not? @ZoeMMcCarthy
What is An Unreliable Narrator? @katekrake
Tracking Throughlines in Your Novel: @Wordstrumpet
5 Simple Steps to Help You Start Writing Your First Book: by Kristen Pope
How To Write About Real-Life Adventures: by Ian Stephen
Metonymy & Synecdoche and How to Use Them: @ZoeMMcCarthy

Writing Craft / POV

How to Do Point of View: Third-Person Omniscient: @HelloTheFuture

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Outlining

What to Outline When Starting a Story: @SeptCFawkes

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Plot Twists That Defy Genre Expectations: @NicolaAlter
Write A Novel: Include A Bestseller’s Vital Ingredient: @angee

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Concept

What is a Story Concept? @WritingForward
The importance of story concept: @storyfix

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

‘In’ or ‘Among’? @GrammarGirl
Grammar questions answered: Restrictive and non-restrictive by Edittorrent
3 More Cases of Superfluous Semicolons: @writing_tips
Further vs Farther: What’s the Difference? @EPBure

Writing Craft / Revision

Grading Your Manuscript To Target Revisions: by Elizabeth Harmon @theverbs

Writing Craft / Scenes

Give Your Scenes a Purpose with Scene Goals: @ml_keller
How Do You Know When To Start and End a Scene? by Randy Ingermanson

Writing Craft / Series

“5 Reasons Why I Would Write Series Fiction (And One Reason I Wouldn’t): @10MinNovelists

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

Using Smell, Touch, and Taste in Our Writing: by S. Katherine Anthony

Writing Craft / Voice

How Writers Find Their Voice: @egabbert @ElectricLit

Writing Tools / Books

The Top 10 Craft Books on Storytelling: @ChristophPaul_

Writing Tools / Resources

6 Brilliant Pieces Of Online Media For Writers: @FredBobJohn

Writing Tools / Thesauri

Character Motivation Thesaurus Entry: Caring for An Aging Parent: @beccapuglisi

Uncategorized

UK’s Publishers Assoc. Opens Its #LoveAudio Campaign Today: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
4 Tips for Changing POV and Tense in your WIP: @AmySueNathan

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