Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous


How To Analyze Your Competition And Create Your Own Author Success: @DaveChesson


Editorial Encroachment: @KristineRusch


The Differences between Copyediting and Book Coaching: @AndreaWriterlea


Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


“James Patterson and his first president-collaborator Bill Clinton are to speak at BookCon in June”: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


London Book Fair’s Quantum Keynote: Tom Goodwin, ‘Digital Darwinist,’ on Surviving: @Porter_Anderson @tomfgoodwin


Internet-Generation Readers: “IPA president @michielams said reading is crucial, as are new digital storytelling tools”: @Porter_Anderson


Rights Roundup: Titles That May Rock the Rights Center at London Book Fair: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting


Building Rigor into Your Writing Process: @BJoycePatterson @DIYMFA

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


3 Stages to Creative Reciprocity: @itsnickyblue


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


10 Fictional Characters That Are Definitely Having a Worse Day Than You: @Keith_Rice1


So You Want to Read Gothic Space Opera: Here’s Where to Start: by Matt Staggs @unboundworlds


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


How to Schedule Time for an Imaginative Process, Rather Than an Exact Task: @StefanieFlaxman @copyblogger


How to End Writing Interruptions: @TheJohnSoares


10 Ways to Increase Your Writing Productivity: @AnitaFreshFaith


Multitasking is Killing Your Writing: @weems503 @write_practice


Flicking the Switch: Activate Writer Mode: by Christine Hennebury @10MinNovelists


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly


6 Tips On How To Be Prolific: @ericbeetner @LitReactor


Creativity and Inspiration / Success


Is Your Definition of Success Hurting Your Writing Progress? @heididupree @colleen_m_story


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


5 Ways to Perk up Your Writers’ Group: @SamBoyceEditor @scottishbktrust


5 Big Lies That Stopped 1 Writer from Publishing Her First Book: by Jennifer Smith @savilleneuve


Love Your Writing: a Writer’s Self-care: @Melfka @10MinNovelists


Genres / Memoir


How To Fast Draft Your Memoir: @RachaelHerron @thecreativepenn


Genres / Miscellaneous


How To Choose Your Writing Genre: by William Grigsby @WritetoDone


Genres / Mystery


Business partnerships as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg


Detectives Who Get Into the Business Because of Their Parents in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg


Genres / Romance


Fat shaming in romance: @Kris_Bock @RomanceUniv


Genres / Science Fiction


Research: How to Write About Biomedical Researchers: @DanKoboldt


Research: Writing Microbes in Outer Space: @coachhays64 @DanKoboldt


Genres / Short Stories


How to Publish a Short Story: Write Your First and Second Drafts: @sarahstypos @write_practice


Promo / Miscellaneous


5 Ways How Indie Authors Avoid Inadvertently Sabotaging Their Best Marketing Options: @Naked_Determina


50 Book Marketing Ideas Every Author Needs to Know: @ReedsyHQ


12 Book Marketing Mistakes Every Author Needs to Ban in 2018: @ReedsyHQ @RicardoFayet


How to Create Pre-Launch Buzz: @BadRedheadMedia


How Marketing Actually Works: @DanBlank


Promo / Newsletters


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Promo / Social Media Tips


Authors: Don’t Put All Your Eggs in the Facebook Basket: @Bookgal


Plan Your Next Book Giveaway with Rafflecopter: @TCKPublishing


3 Ways Authors Can Gain Visibility Using Twitter: @kathleengage @NinaAmir


Promo / Speaking


How to Build Authority and Grow Your Audience by Speaking at Events: @HelloMorganTimm @teachable


Promo / Websites


Want More Readers? Fix these Five Website Mistakes: @StoriesWithGill @annerallen


Where to Sell Books at Your Author Website: @JanalynVoigt


Publishing / Miscellaneous


The Opportunity of Kindle Scout: @wmussell


Is There a Writing Mulligan in Your Midst? @JudithBriles @JFbookman


Your Guide to Audiobook Production and Distribution: @ricwol


Collaboration: 10 Tips to Make it Work: @maryannwrites


Publishing / News / Data


A joint study with data from 35 markets sheds light on worldwide publishing and the book industry: @Porter_Anderson @WIPO @IntPublishers


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Publishing Perspectives Spring 2018 Magazine With Publishing News and Market Data (Free Download): @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives


Industry Notes: Frankfurt Has Two Wild Cards This Year; PW Star Watch Welcomes Canada: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Wattpad Studios Formalizes Asian Expansion: @Porter_Anderson @wattpad


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing


Knowing when it’s time to submit your story and where to start: @tessaemilyhall


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying


How to Submit a Book Proposal to Publishers in 3 Steps: @ReedsyHQ


Publishing / Process / Book Design


3 Signs Your Book Cover Design Misses The Mark: @lieshapetrovich @thewritelife


Publishing / Process / Contracts


When to Say No to a Contract: @PCzajak @WritersRumpus


Publishing / Process / Formatting


How To Format Your Ebook And Print Book with Vellum: @thecreativepenn


Writing Craft / Beginnings


8 Keys To Opening Your Story The Right Way: @StephMorrill


How to Make the Best Use of “Routine” Events in Your Fiction: @peterselgin @JaneFriedman


Avoid bad book beginnings: @jamesscottbell


Pro Analysis: A First Page Critique: @PBRWriter


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


How to Craft Wounded Characters: @MarchMcCarron


The True Test of Character: @KAMcCleary


Writing a Believable Character: @Lindasclare


Want Memorable Characters? Focus on the Little Things: @AngelaAckerman


Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists


8 Tips to Keep Audiences Engaged When Your Story Stars an Unlikeable Hero: @scribesworld


Give Your Hero a Hard Time: @jimdempsey @WriterUnboxed


Writing Craft / Diversity


Stereotypes & Tropes to Avoid: from Writing with Color


Writing Craft / Hooks


Developing your Opening Hook: @nownovel


The Editor’s Clinic: A Look at your Hook: by Dave King @WriterUnboxed


Writing Craft / Literary Devices


Foreshadowing examples: How to tease plot developments: @nownovel


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


The Oral Tradition of Storytelling: Curing the Contemporary Culture Crisis: @AGHackney


They Put Your Book Down, but Don’t Take it Personally: @msheatherwebb @WriterUnboxed


How to Hide Exposition Through Action: @jehunter5811 @LitReactor


Writing Craft / POV


6 Tips for Describing a First Person Point-of-View Character: @LauraDiSilverio @CareerAuthors


How to Write Fiction from Multiple Viewpoints and How a Head-Hopping Point of View Hurts Your Book: @TCKPublishing


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting


A Handy Tip for Crafting a Seamless Plot: @Janice_Hardy


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research


Is your next story research light or intensive? @raimeygallant


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Beats


Beat and Scene Index Cards Written By @emilyvgordon and @kumailn for The Big Sick: @savethecat


Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar


3 Examples of How Missing Words Cause Confusion: @writing_tips


Writing Craft / Series


Writing a Trilogy: Essential Tips for Crafting a Three-Part Series: @DanKoboldt


Writing Craft / Settings and Description


Mapping Your Story’s Setting: @SaraL_Writer


Writing Craft / Tropes


Why You Should Avoid Bigoted Heroes Who Learn Better: by Chris Winkle


Writing Craft / Word Crafting


3 Ways to Expand Your Vocabulary: @the_writing_pal


60 Words for Types of Restaurants: @writing_tips


Writing Craft / World-Building


Discovering People Groups and Backstory: @ShanDitty


Uncategorized


History for Fantasy Writers: Medieval Childhood: by E.L. Skip Knox @mythicscribes

 

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