Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

Affiliate Income For Authors: @thecreativepenn

Creativity and Inspiration / Careers in Writing and Day Jobs

How To Survive Your Day Job: @SarahRheaWerner

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

7 Films About Writers to Motivate You: by Amelia Dermott @theindiepubmag
How To Find The Courage To Become An Unstoppable Writer: @LauraJTong

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Five Books Celebrating Geek Culture: @mel_thegreat @RachelStuhler

Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation

Improve Your Writing with Improv: @mdilloway

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

Customize Your Productivity to Fit Your Life: @cksyme

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

How To Write A Novel In a Month: @SukhiJutla

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

How Writing Can Assist Sufferers of Mental Illness: @cjhawk93
Writer’s Block and Depression: Why Writers Need to “Fill the Well”: @annerallen
Does A Midlist Author Need Privacy? @JeffCohenwriter
9 Murderous Tyrants Who Were Also Failed Writers (and One OK Poet): @WithEdSimon @lithub
Librarians in the 21st Century: We Need to Talk About Library Security: @msmacb
Nurturing the Write Mind: @DavidCorbett_CA

Genres / Fantasy

3 Elements of a Memorable Fantasy Story: @AndreaWriterlea
How Your RPG Campaign Can Inspire Your Novel: @swan_tower @tordotcom
6 Ways Rapid Communication Changes a Fantasy Setting: by Oren Ashkenazi

Genres / Historical

Real Life Diagnostics: Does This Historical Fiction Opening Grab You? @Janice_Hardy

Genres / Horror

7 Keys to Creating Bloodcurdling Monsters: @LMacNaughton

Genres / Mystery

Mystery Cliches: Are They Boring Your Readers? @evmysterywriter
Crime Fiction: 5 Ways Officers Can Avoid the Dreaded Pucker Factor: @LeeLofland
How to Write Cozy Mystery Novels (video): @lornafaith
Crime Fiction’s Use of Spinoff Characters: @mkinberg @kbowenwriter

Genres / Romance

6 Ways to Improve Your Romantic Thriller: @KendraElliot @writersdigest

Genres / Screenwriting

Screenwriting Lessons: “The Social Network” : Narrative Framework: @gointothestory
Learning screenwriting by studying Rushmore: @cockeyedcaravan
5 things Learned From DOC MARTIN Screenwriter Julian Unthank: @bang2write
Script To Screen: “Beetlejuice”: @gointothestory
Learning Screenwriting: Sunset Boulevard: @cockeyedcaravan

Genres / Western

5 Bad-Ass Women Writing the West: @manzanitafire

Genres / Young Adult

Why 1 teen doesn’t like YA novels: by Vivian Parkin DeRosa @huffpost

Promo / Blogging

Repurposing Your Posts Without Running into Duplicate Content Issues: @DeniseWakeman @seosmarty

Promo / Book Reviews

9 Mistakes You’re Making with Book Bloggers: @JuiceTom
The Review That Sparked a Fifteen Year Literary Feud: @lithub
“Don’t Rate My Book Five Stars”: @givemeyourteeth

Promo / Connecting with Readers

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

Promo / Libraries

Invite Your Readers to Help Get Your Book Into Libraries: @HelloTheFuture

Promo / Miscellaneous

World’s Shortest Book Marketing Plan: @jfbookman
10 Tips for Getting Book Publicity: @SmithPublicity

Promo / Social Media Tips

How to Create Pre-Launch Buzz for Your Book: @BadRedheadMedia
Communicate – Never Preach – on Twitter: @caballofrances
How To Have a Top Book on Goodreads: @bookgal

Promo / Websites

How to Start an Author Website: @wilsonthewriter

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Thoughts on Ghostwriting for a Living: @WriterSean
5 Takeaways From a First Week On Wattpad: @NatePhilbrick
The 2 essential skills for writing: @pubcoach
How to make an audiobook with ACX: @roz_morris
What 15 years at Foyles taught about the future of bookselling: by Siôn Hamilton @thefuturebook
Can a teacher get work as a proofreader, even with no publishing experience? @LouiseHarnby
Publishing industry cults, Amazon reviews and cyberbullying: @annerallen

Publishing / News / Amazon

Scammers Break The Kindle Store: @davidgaughran

Publishing / News / International Publishing

US Author’s Guild: Copyright Infringement Agreement With Hungarian Magazine: @mariraz @porter_anderson
Spain’s Hay Festival Segovia Announces Its September Program: @porter_anderson @pubperspectives
China’s Fiction and Nonfiction Bestseller Lists from OpenBook, June 2017: @Porter_Anderson @trajectory
‘Man Booker Dozen’ Revealed: The Prize Announces Its 2017 Longlist: @porter_anderson
Freedom to Publish: @IntPublishers Monitors ‘Cumhuriyet’ Trial in Istanbul @porter_anderson
A New Zealand Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript: Submissions Open: @porter_anderson

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

Does It Matter How You Publish? @hopeclark

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Pitches

How to Pitch Agents at a Writers Conference: @janefriedman

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

When queries get compliments but no acceptances: @janet_reid

Publishing / Process / Formatting

Format Your Book for Amazon Kindle in 30 minutes, Using Word: @TCKPublishing



Writing Under Multiple Pen Names: @denisebarnesuk

Publishing / Process / Self-Publishing

“Things I Wish I Knew Before Self-Publishing”: @sarazalesky

Publishing / Process / Translation

Self-Publishing In French: @Cgodefroy @thecreativepenn

Writing Craft / Beginnings

Why “Start With the Action” Messes Up So Many Writers: @janice_hardy

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

8 basic lies our characters believe: @AneMulligan
30 Scene Ideas for Character Development: @evadeverell
Getting to the Heart of Your Story: The Character Brainstorming Worksheet: @martinaaboone @ayaplit

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

How to Write With Emotion and Make Your Readers Feel: @Magic_Violinist

Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists

5 Heroes With Dark Reflections: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
Why Your Protagonist Should Have a Past “Wound”: @cslakin

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

5 Mistakes First-Time Self-Published Authors Make (podcast): @writersafterdrk

Writing Craft / Dialogue

What Playwrights Can Teach Us About Dialogue: @amypoeppel

Writing Craft / Drafts

How to Ignore Your Instincts and Find the Real Story: by Emily Ruskovich @writerunboxed
Completing a First Draft: 3 Things Learned: @JenKellandPerry

Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story

Raise a Question, Earn the Backstory: @kcraftwriter

Writing Craft / Hooks

Writing a gripping hook: @plotlinehotline

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

What is the Theme of a Book? An Author’s Guide: @ReedsyHQ

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

5 Characters You Love That Are Just Terrible: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

Writing Craft / POV

How to Mix First and Third Person POV: @p2p_editor

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

To Write A Novel You Need Lots Of Bad Ideas: @angee
12 Easy Steps to Break Down Your Story: @patverducci
Cannibalizing Yourself: 9 Reasons You Should Mine Your Life for Ideas: @gabino_iglesias
The Blueprint for Writing a Novel from the First Five Pages to the End: @martinaaboone

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

What’s the deal with Passive Voice? @ml_keller
Commas with Transition Words: @grammargirl

Writing Craft / Revision

Five Editing Lessons From the Family Roadtrip: @JennyHansenCA

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

How to Work with a Freelance Editor: An Indie Author’s Experience: @tlordauthor
How to Handle Conflicting Critiques: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Series

12 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Writing A Trilogy or Series: @rogersonsm

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

The Fastest Way To Make All Your Descriptions Better: @Chris_Kokoski

Writing Tools / Thesauri

Character Motivation Thesaurus Entry: Avoiding Financial Ruin: @beccapuglisi
Character Motivation: Escaping a Dangerous Life One Doesn’t Want: @angelaackerman

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