Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous


7 Signs You Should Keep Writing as a Side Hustle: @RealWorldMagic


Never Give Up on Getting Back Your Rights: @joannaslan


Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


Hay Festival Opens Early Bird Access to Public for 2018 Events in Wales: @Porter_Anderson


Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting


How to set (and achieve) your creative goals: @DanBlank

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


10 Ways to Goose the Muse: @jamesscottbell


A.A. Milne (Born Today in 1882) on Happiness and How Winnie-the-Pooh Was Born: @brainpicker


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


25 Reasons Why Books Beat Real Life: @LisaLisax31


Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation


A Free 7 Day Creative Writing Challenge: @write_practice


How to write when you’re not motivated: @jasonbougger


5 Tragic Losses Caused by ‘Someday Syndrome’: @RayEdwards


Getting Your Writing Down: @Lindasclare


What Motivates You to Finish? @Julie_Glover


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly


Creating a Writing Habit — 6 Simple Tips: by Nils Odlund @mythicscribes


5 Must-Haves for the Writer Struggling to Focus: @tessaemilyhall


6 steps to improve productivity and creativity: from Cathy Pickens by Allison Futterman


The 6 Best Writer Productivity Tools: @timgrahl


Is a Daily Writing Routine Right for You? @kristen_kieffer


Creativity and Inspiration / Success


5 Characteristics of a Bestseller Every Indie Author Must Nail: @Bookgal


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


10 Tips for Authors to Avoid Book Promotion Burnout: @StephPostAuthor


“What if I Stopped Being a Writer?”: @LisaLisax31


Writing Through Catastrophe: @cleemckenzie @TheIWSG


10 Ways to Survive Your Day Job: @_phoebe_quinn


The artistic recluse? @austinkleon


No, You DON’T have to Write Every Day: @KDean_writer @RomanceUniv


Top 5 Tips for Finding Author Friends: @writerdeanna @JAHuss


Genres / Fantasy


A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Urban Fantasy: by Georgina Roy @writingtipsoasi


Genres / Memoir


How to Write a Memoir: Top Tips from Bestselling Writers: @ReedsyHQ


Discover Your Memoir’s Underlying Themes: @writingthrulife


Genres / Miscellaneous


Genre in Writing: It is the Most Important Question for Your Book: @valerie_francis


Genres / Mystery


Plagiarism as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg


Thrillers: Plotting And Pacing: @KevinPaulTracy @RMFWriters


Writing a Cozy Mystery: Setting: @LauraDiSilverio


Clubs as elements in crime fiction: @mkinberg


Genres / Poetry


Poet teaches immigrants English through expressive writing: By Lynda J. Edwards @timesunion


Genres / Science Fiction


31 Essential Science Fiction Terms And Where They Came From: by Lauren Davis


Genres / Screenwriting


Top 5 Tips Writing for TV and Film: @MisterJMcClain @JAHuss


Script To Screen: “Braveheart”: @GoIntoTheStory


Promo / Blogging


Tools to help you plan your blogging year: @KarenBanes


Easy Author Blogging:10 tips for a Successful Author Blog: @annerallen


Blogging as a Writer:


How To Create A Blog Post From Nothing In 5 Steps: by Jonathan Vars


Promo / Connecting with Readers


11 Creative Ways to Boost Reader Engagement: @DianaUrban


Top 5 Tips Finding Your Fans: @JAHuss


Promo / Miscellaneous


5 Things for Indie Authors to Revamp in 2018: @Bookgal


8 Ways to Find Your Readers With Collaboration: @LPOBryan


Promo / Platforms


Top 5 Tips Build a Strong Brand: @CoraSeton


Promo / Social Media Tips


The Writer’s Guide to Social Media Organization: @diannmills


5 Principles of a Perfect Instagram Caption to Boost Sales: @HughBeaulac @ProWritingAid


55 Social Media Hashtags For Authors (And How To Use Them): @WritersRelief


Promo / Websites


9 Tips for Your Website Due Diligence: @JudithBriles


Publishing / Miscellaneous


How to Create Artwork to Foil, Stamp, and Emboss Your Books: @JFbookman


8 criteria for evaluating writing competitions: @raimeygallant


Trends and Challenges Consultants See in Scholarly Publishing: @kanderson @scholarlykitchn


What 1 writer learned from being rejected by Amazon’s Kindle Scout: @DeannaCabinian


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Fire and Fury: International Publishers ‘Throw Full Support Behind’ Macmillan: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


UK Publishers Association Launches Data Protection Toolkit for EU Regs: @Porter_Anderson @stevelotinga


Prix Voltaire 2018 Shortlist Honors Figures from Asia, Europe, and Africa: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


The TA First Translation Prize’s Debuts Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @danielhahn02


BookNet Canada: Print Sales Down in 2017, Backlist 60 Percent: @Porter_Anderson @BookNet_Canada


Austrian-American Writer Frederic Morton Honored in New York City: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Wattpad Announces $51 Million in New Funding: @wattpad @Porter_Anderson @allenlau


What’s Popular in Children’s Books? Insights from Insiders from Canada, Finland, Germany, Spain: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


The International Prize for Arabic Fiction Announces Its 2018 Longlist: ‘Arab Reality’: @Porter_Anderson


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing


Publishing: “If your first book tanks, it’s really hard to get back in the game”: @hankjearly


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


Wounded: Why Pain & Wounds are Vital for Fiction: @KristenLambTX


Challenge your characters: @jasonbougger


Method Writing: Getting Into Your Characters’ Heads: @jules_writes


Things 1 Writer Asks Her Characters: by Samantha Fenton


4 Keys To Creating A Likable Character: @AlpertMark


Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists


The word of doom for female characters: @Bang2write


Writing Craft / Conflict


Does Your Novel Need More Internal Conflict? @HankPRyan


Writing Craft / Drafts


How to Know When Your Creative Work is Finished: @JeffGoins


What to Do When You Finish a First Draft: by Sandra Scofield @SignatureReads


Writing Craft / Humor


How to Write Humor: @KMWeiland


Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film


4 Things Every Thriller Writer Can Learn From Charlotte’s Web: @Brad_Parks


5 Things Jennifer Egan Can Teach You About Writing: @FredBobJohn @standoutbooks


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


6 Habits That Sabotage Audio Stories: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants


Character intros: from Just a Writing Aid


5 Top Writing Hacks For Quick, Effective Storytelling: @Bang2write


5 Tips for Writing About an Established Relationship: @re_stearns @WritersDigest


Vary Sentence Lengths to Give Your Paragraphs a Pleasing Rhythm: @ZoeMMcCarthy


How to Fight in a Victorian Dress: @swan_tower @tordotcom


Writing Craft / Plot Holes


Six Stories That Covered Up Major Plot Holes: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting


Story Structure: Is It Formulaic? @storyfix


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research


How To Write Characters With PTSD: @LisaHallWilson @beccapuglisi


Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar


3 Cases of Intrusive Punctuation Before a Quotation: @writing_tips


5 Types of Usage Errors: @writing_tips


3 Cases of Erroneous Punctuation: @writing_tips


Writing Craft / Revision


Rewriting: Fixing It Up: @Lindasclare


The Myth of One and Done: Why you need to edit multiple times: by Kate Sullivan @ProWritingAid


Writing Craft / Series


7 Rules for Strong, Successful Sequels: @brenthartinger @writersdigest


Writing Craft / Special Needs


8 Books That Move Disability From the Margins to the Center: by Kenny Fries @lithub


Writing Craft / Tension


5 Tips For Building Tension Into Your Scenes: by Jonathan Vars @DIYMFA


Writing Craft / World-Building


Top 5 Tips Building Worlds: @JAHuss


Writing Tools / Books


Why Books on the Craft of Writing Are Worth a Read: @TobiasCarroll @SignatureReads


Writing Tools / Thesauri


Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Librarian: @AngelaAckerman


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Info About the #IWSGPit Twitter Pitch Tomorrow: @TheIWSG

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