Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

8 Tips to Create Your Writer’s Resume: by Jennifer Scott @RomanceUniv

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

At Frankfurt’s Rights Meeting This Year: ‘Change Is the New Constant’: @Porter_Anderson

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

How Madeleine L’Engle’s Most Popular Book Almost Didn’t Get Published: @DebraEve
How Long Did Famous Novels Take to Write? @printerinks @ElectricLit
How to Use the 5 Senses for Inspiration in Your Writing: @DIYMFA

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

5 Books Set in the Remains of a Dead Civilization: @danielwilsonpdx
13 Fantasies Inspired by Legends from the British Isles: @tordotcom
5 Things Dumbledore Should Have Told Harry Potter for the Sake of Basic Human Decency: @use_theforce_em

Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation

How To Stay Motivated To Achieve Your Goals: @SukhiJutla

Creativity and Inspiration / Perfectionism

The Perils of Perfection: @RLLaFevers

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

10 Tactics to Help You Write a Book and Change the World: @NinaAmir
Be Ready When Creativity Strikes: @EdieMelson

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

How to Get Your Writing Groove Back: @ChristaAllan
How to Create an “Idea Bank” to block that Writer’s Block: @annerallen

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

How to develop a rock-solid writing habit: @pubcoach

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

Your Writing Health Personality Type Secrets Revealed: @colleen_m_story
Stop Obsessing Over Criticism: 3 Steps to Emotional Resilience for Writers: @Ivy_S_Writer
Is Your Novel Actually Fiction or Non? @RTMcDonell
How to stop yourself from being bored when writing: @pubcoach
Do Writers Get Better the Longer They Write? @JodyHedlund
How to Keep Stress From Stealing Your Accomplishments: @jamieraintree
When writers marry writers: @DavidBellNovels
Filling the Gap After a Big Project Ends: @enhughesiasm
Writers, Protect Your Inner Life: by Lan Samantha Chang @lithub

Genres / Fantasy

How to Create Immersive Worlds for Science-Fiction and Fantasy: by Oliver Thiermann @thecreativepenn
6 Tips for Taking Inspiration From History: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

Genres / Horror

Horror Leads the Way in On-screen Gender Equality: @foxphires @bloodydisgusting

Genres / Mystery

The Birth of American Noir: @meganeabbott @parisreview
Taking in the scenery isn’t always safe in crime fiction: @mkinberg
Places to unwind as elements in crime fiction: @mkinberg

Genres / Non-Fiction

Non-fiction Conventions and Obligatory Scenes: by Tim Grahl
Can You Write a Biography With Limited Sources? by Johanna Luthman @WomenWriters
10 Key Elements to Writing a Winning Nonfiction Book Proposal: @mcorvisiero
How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal: @ChadRAllen

Genres / Science Fiction

The Pros and Cons of a Macro Timescale: @NicolaAlter

Genres / Screenwriting

2 Important Lessons the film ‘LIfe’ (2017) Can Teach Screenwriters: @Bang2write

Genres / Short Stories

4 Ways Writing Short Stories Makes You a Better Novelist: by Raymond Esposito @WritersAfterDrk
4 Profitable Ways To Use Short Stories: @angee

Promo / Ads

Using Amazon Ads to Sell a YA Novel: A Detailed Analysis: @DeannaCabinian @JaneFriedman

Promo / Blogging

6 simple ways to keep readers on your blog: @KarenBanes

Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting

Tips for a better author bio: @AuthorsInk

Promo / Book Reviews

The Fine art of Asking for Reviews: @FrugalBookPromo

Promo / Miscellaneous

Thoughts on teaser chapters:
Book Marketing Woes: @AuthorSAT
How Time Zone Differences Affect Your Book Marketing: @cksyme
6 Smart Ways Indie Authors Can Collaborate When Marketing: @AngelaAckerman
7 Author Promotion Strategies to Learn From: @vickyecommerce
Contacting influencers and other promo activities: @ZoeMMcCarthy

Promo / Newsletters

5 Steps to Building a Winning Email List: @huntershea1
“What I Learned From Hosting My First Instafreebie Giveaway”: @jay_lemming @instafreebie
How to Setup Group Promos and 10 Reasons to Use @instafreebie: @LincolnjCole
Behind the Scenes of an Author Newsletter: @EmilyWenstrom

Promo / Platforms

Mobile, Multimedia, And An Audience Of Voracious Readers: Wattpad: @AshleighGardner @thecreativepenn

Promo / Social Media Tips

How YouTube Helps Your Social Media Marketing: @sabsky

Promo / Websites

What Belongs on an Author Website Homepage? 4 Key Elements: @JaneFriedman

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Freedom To Publish: IPA’s 2018 Prix Voltaire Award Nominations Are Open: @Porter_Anderson
Ingram’s Aerio and Invention Arits Mount ‘Books Against the Storm’: @Porter_Anderson @ronmartinez
34 Steps to Take Before Getting a Book Published: @MeganNSharma

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Peru’s Hay Festival Arequipa Adds a Day of Programming at Cusco: @Porter_Anderson @sergiodelmolino

Publishing / Process / Formatting

Professional book formatting. Designing your interior: @LouiseHarnby

Publishing / Process / Legalities

Avoiding Defamation and Libel When Writing About Real People: @HelenSedwick
Is That Photo Copyrighted? @PTBradley1

Writing Craft / Beginnings

5 Essentials of a First Chapter: @SusanMayWarren

Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists

5 ways to find inspiration for the next great villain: @raimeygallant

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

Tips for getting to know your characters: from Caffeine Book Warrior
How to Actually Listen to Your Protagonist: by Sarah Bradley
25 Questions To Ask Your Characters: by Beth Bacon @theverbs
Write Great Characters With These 12 Jungian Archetypes: @EbooksAndKids

Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists

How to Create an Anti-Hero Like Homer Simpson: @KathyEdens1

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

Top 10 Things to Avoid as A New Writer: @Bang2write
5 Stories That Undermine Their Own Message: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Dialogue

The Finer Points of Great Dialogue: @C_Herringshaw
Writer Hyu-Wai Loucks with tips for meaningful dialogue:

Writing Craft / Drafts

5 Ways to Write a Perfect First Draft (or Nearly): @KMWeiland
How Layering Your Novel Brings Order out of Chaos: @CSLakin
7 Things Not To Worry About During Your First Draft: @ClaireABradshaw

Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story

How the backstory explains your protagonist’s traits and flaws: @SHalvatzis

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

Discovering Your Theme Through Genre: by Cory Milles @savethecat

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

7 Ways to Use Acronyms in Writing: by Fae Rowen
What Parents Can Do to Nurture Good Writers: @DanaGoldstein @NYTimes
Fixing the Mary Sue Character in Your Story: @SeptCFawkes
Plot Twist Ideas: 7 Examples and Tips for Twists: @nownovel

Writing Craft / POV

Hannah Baker; a masterclass in unreliable narration: @TheMerryWriter

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Outlining

Hate to outline? “Date-line” instead: by Barbara J. Petoskey @TheWriterMag

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Birth of a Book: Figuring Out the Plot: @Janice_Hardy
Why you should add colour to your mind maps: @pubcoach
Stealing from Aesop: @DonMaass
3 Ways to Save Your Series and Your Sanity via Excel Spreadsheets: @NicoleLockeNews
3 Important Questions Your Story Should Answer: @dougeboch
How to Plot a Complex Novel in One Day: by Lizard is Writing

Writing Craft / Revision

How to copy edit like a pro: @maryhorner @womenonwriting
5 Techniques to Revise Your Novel and ‘See Again’: @KnightoftheLion

Writing Craft / Word Crafting

7 Words That Often Tell, Not Show: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / World-Building

World Building Tips: Writing Engaging Settings: @nownovel

Writing Tools / Apps

Storyboarding with Scrivener (or, A Love Affair with Virtual Index Cards): @Gwen_Hernandez
4 To-Do List Apps for Freelance Writers: @aliventures

Writing Tools / Resources

People Watching Worksheet: @EvaDeverell

Writing Tools / Thesauri

Character Motivation: Helping A Loved One See They Are Hurting Themselves (and Others): @AngelaAckerman

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