Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Hope you had a good last couple of weeks!  Here is an extended Twitterific.  :)

Tweets Ending July 20th : 

Business / Miscellaneous


Make the Most of Your Local Bookstore Relationship: @AgnewRobin


Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting


5 Ways Writers Can Be Accountable: @WGTWrite @DIYMFA


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


11 Compelling Reasons Every Author Should Read: @JanalynVoigt


How Reading Better Can Help You Write Better: @rsmonterusso @StoryGrid


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


How writers can become better at self-management: @pubcoach


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


5 Sacrifices You Have to Make to be a Successful Writer: @colleen_m_story


10 Harsh Truths About Writing: @Bang2write


Summer Struggles for Parent-Writers: @aimiekrunyan


The World is Full of Rejections: Find the One That’s Right For You: @AjaMaybe @lithub


Try Something New as a Writer: @thewarriormuse @TheIWSG


Tips for a Leading a Writers Workshop: Preparation: @ZoeMMcCarthy


How to Take a One-Day Creative Retreat: @DanBlank


12 Tips for Newly Published Writers: @dihofmeyr


Genres / Historical


What’s the difference between historical fiction and creative nonfiction? by Brandi Reissenweber @TheWriterMag


Genres / Miscellaneous


How To Write About Commonplace Experiences In Creative Nonfiction: @kayladeanwrites @DIYMFA


Genres / Mystery


Perfectionism as an Element in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg


Tips for Writing a Mystery: by Joslyn Chase @write_practice


Four Things Learned While Writing Crime Fiction: @KlikaZack @ReedsyHQ


Crime Writing: 12 Facts About Interrogation: @LeeLofland


Genres / Non-Fiction


Write a Nonfiction Book People Want to Read: @TCKPublishing


Genres / Screenwriting


Screenwriting: Free Online Writer Resources: @GoIntoTheStory


Promo / Blogging


How To Start Blogging: A Guide For Authors: @VeryGoodCopy @BadRedheadMedia


Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting


10 Literary Techniques to use in Your Copywriting: @KristinaAuthor


About Page 101: Making Them Care: by Michael Pick @postaday


Promo / Miscellaneous


Hate Book Marketing? 4 Tips To Help You Change Your Mindset and Sell More Books: @SmartAuthors @thecreativepenn


Promo / Newsletters


6 Welcome Email Examples (and How to Write Yours): @ashleyhockney @teachable


Promo / Social Media Tips


How to Create a Social Media Schedule That Is Truly Effective: @DeniseWakeman


Social Media for Authors: Quick Tips to Get It Right: @KimberleyGrabas


Publishing / Miscellaneous


Authors Guild Demands Police Organization Cease Pressure on School About Reading List: @mariraz @Porter_Anderson


The Vocabulary of Publishing: By Richard Charkin @pubperspectives


5 Routes into Writing for Games: @gavininglis @scottishbktrust


Rights Roundup: Six Countries, Several Themes, Lots of Sales: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Interview: Two Lions’ Kelsey Skea on Rights, Series, Strategies, and Cadence: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Bespoke Books for Indie Authors: @creativepumpkin @IndieAuthorALLI


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Segovia Programming Opens International Hay Festival Season: ‘Global Crises’: @Porter_Anderson


The International Publishers Association at WIPO’s Standing Committee at Copyright: Drawing a Line: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Publishing / Process / Book Design


The Principles of Design: Font Pairing: by Kjell Reigstad @postaday


Writing Craft / Arc


Writing Tip & Task: Plotting a strong story arc: by Catherine Johnson @cbcreative


Writing Craft / Beginnings


Build Character Empathy in Your First Few Pages: @beccapuglisi


Looking Back: A Retrospective Narrative That Appeals to the Senses: @peterselgin @JaneFriedman


8 Tips for Writing a Solid Opening Line: @_HannahHeath


Real Life Diagnostics: Would You Keep Reading This Opening Scene? By Maria D’Marco


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


The Importance of Character Growth: @PhilAthans


5 Moral Dilemmas That Make Characters and Stories Even Better: from The Writers Society


How To Avoid Writing A Redshirt Character: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks


Writing Craft / Conflict


3 Types of Conflict to Improve Your Story: @TheRyanLanz


Writing Craft / Dialogue


How to Improve Your Dialogue: by Bucket Siler


Writing Craft / Endings


What is a Denouement? And How to Use It: @ReedsyHQ


Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film


What Writers Can Learn From the Roleplaying Concept of “Flavor”: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants


Using Charles Dickens’s Methodology for Book Writing: @JoEberhardt


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


Four Ways to Plan Showing Vs. Telling in Your Novel: @AndreaWriterlea


Making a Story Relatable: @marisadlsantos @WriterUnboxed


Five Tips for Creating an Engaging Space Battle: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants


Writers: Your Skills May Need Time to Catch Up to Your Vision: by Bucket Silar


The Wellspring of Emotion and Belief in Readers: @p2p_editor


Writing Craft / Pacing


Tips for Better Pacing: from Ellie Writes Stories


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Naming


Book Title Generator: @ReedsyHQ


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting


Four Pillars Linking Character to Plot: @realjeffseymour


Plot Your Novel: Favorite Novel Writing Tools: @angee


Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar


Know Grammar Rules to Break Them Better: @aliciarasley


7 Errors Grammar Checkers Miss: @IndieAuthorALLI @ProWritingAid


Writing Craft / Revision


Getting, Accepting, and Incorporating Feedback on Your Writing: by C.K. Bush @NinaAmir


Writing Craft / Scenes / Conflict


Writing a Character: Conflict Balance: @Lindasclare


Writing Craft / Series


“Why I No Longer Write Trilogies”: by Chris Fox


Writing Craft / Subtext


3 Ways To Ramp Up Setting And Description With Subtext: @LisaHallWilson


Writing Craft / Tension


Creating Tension in Your Fiction: @richardgthomas3 @LitReactor


Writing Craft / Word Crafting


500+ Ways to Describe Fire: A Word List for Writers: @KathySteinemann


Descriptive verb list: 30 words to replace dull actions: @nownovel


Declutter Your Prose: Three Phrases to Avoid in Your Posts: @cherilucas


How to Avoid Clichés (Like the Plague): @weems503


Writing Tools / Apps


How to Open a Quick Reference Window in Scrivener in One Step: @aprildavila


Writing Tools / Thesauri


Occupation Thesaurus: Restaurant Server (Waiter/Waitress): @AngelaAckerman


Tweets ending July 28th:

Business / Miscellaneous


Co-Writing: Why You Should Try it: @Julie_Glover


Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


Stationery Packing List for a Writer’s Conference: @Inkwellmonster


Is That Convention or Festival a Good Fit For Authors? @SpunkOnAStick


The 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction Longlist Is Announced in London: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Five Things Learned from Attending a Writer’s Conference: @MeredithSchorr @WomenWriters


Cyprus: Kevin Jared Hosein Named Global Winner of Commonwealth Short Story Prize: @Porter_Anderson @cwwriters @kevinjhosein


Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction Goes to CE Tobisman for ‘Proof’: @CETobisman_ @Porter_Anderson


Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels


Why Your First Novel Isn’t Crap: @LisaLisax31


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


Boost Your Creativity Mindset Naturally: @ChrysFey @AngelaAckerman


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


9 Things I Learned From Reading 45 Books At Once: @Gabino_Iglesias


Literary Classics Retold As Two-Panel Comics: @WrongHands1 @lithub


5 Books Set on Fantastical Islands: by Simon Sylvester @tordotcom


Five Books About Magical Apocalypses: @pengshepherd @tordotcom


9 Toxic Friendships in Literature: @NotoriousTIB @ElectricLit


Tips for Reading Longer Classical Novels: @VivGroskop @GuardianBooks


Be An Active Reader: How to Retain More of What You Read: @KarenBanes


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block


Think Small to Avoid Writer’s Block: @anne_staw @LiveWriteThrive


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


Ways to Be A Good Writer Mom: @TheKTDaxon


Writer Worries: How Do I Know If My Writing Is Good? @BrynDonovan


What It Means to Be a Writing Teacher in the Age of School Shootings: @elisejuska @ElectricLit


11 Ways to Network with Other Authors: @DonnaGalanti


How a Notebook Makes 1 Writer More Productive: @patrickrhone


5 Delusions Standing in the Way of Your Writing Success: @colleen_m_story


Giving Your Writing A Proper Place in Time and Space: @Beth_Barany


14 Famous Writers on Whether or Not to Have Kids: @knownemily @lithub


Imposter Syndrome: @victoria_grif7


3 Ways Writing Is Like Yoga: @SueBEdwards @womenonwriting


How Cooking Frees My Mind to Think About Writing: @Jenna_Blum @lithub


Battling Your Inner Critic or Making Friends with It–What Keeps You Writing the Most? @writeabook


5 TED Talks for Writers: @TCKPublishing @TEDTalks


Surviving a Winter in the Rockies in the Name of Writing: @KarenJamestown @lithub


How to Love the Work You Do: @SMExaminer @joelcomm


Rhythms of Writing and Reading: @katmagendie @WriterUnboxed


Genres / Dystopian


Discover the Plot of Your Post-Apocalyptic Novel With a Handy Chart: by Jess Zimmerman and Halimah Marcus @ElectricLit


Genres / Memoir


Why Illness Memoirs Are So Important to Chronically Sick People: @ShoshanaSays @ElectricLit


Genres / Miscellaneous


12 Rules for Writing a Biographical Novel: @sallykoslow @CareerAuthors


Genres / Mystery


The appeal of the exotic as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg


Genres / Poetry


Prepping Poetry for Self-Publication: by Kallie Falandays @WritersDigest


Genres / Romance


52 Romance Story Ideas with Built-in Conflict: @EvaDeverell


Genres / Screenwriting


Screenwriting Tips And Writing Diverse Characters with Selina Ukwuoma: @thecreativepenn


Screenwriting: Starting at the Ending: @GoIntoTheStory


Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting


The ‘Imperfect’ Author Bio: @WritetoDone


How to Name Your Crime Novel: @CrimeReads


Promo / Connecting with Readers


7 Tips to Build an Audience for Your Writing: by Bucket Siler


Promo / Images


7 Ways To Market Your Book With Visual Storytelling: @RacheleBakerDVM @thecreativepenn


Promo / Miscellaneous


What to Look for in a Book Publicist—Plus Tips for Going It Alone: @tanyahall @JaneFriedman


Ways to Promote Without Being on Social Media: @TCKPublishing


Writing, Publishing And Marketing Non-Fiction. Facebook Live With Joanna Penn: @thecreativepenn


Promo / Platforms


How To Strategically Build A Brand Experience: @Charli_Mills @BadRedheadMedia


Promo / Speaking


Why Authors Should Be Speaking on Their Books … Their Expertise: @mybookshepherd


Promo / Websites


SEO for Authors: @DaveChesson @JFbookman


Publishing / Miscellaneous


Editing: The Cozy Mystery Publishing Process: @Ellen__Jacobson


An Agent on How Book Royalties Work: @RachelleGardner


Publisher Perilous Worlds Created To Advance Sci-Fi and Fantasy Brands With Books: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Standing Out From the Crowd: Tips from a Literary Magazine Editor: by Ashley Moore @A_WritersStudio


Damsels Rescuing Princes in Distress: @Porter_Anderson @TOKYOPOP @MangaNatalia


How To Update Your Book Without Losing Your Reviews: @JFbookman


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Interview: Jade Robertson on Entering the Arabic Market: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


UK’s Growing Book Exports Could be in Danger after Brexit: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


PublishDrive Announces Partnership with Chinese Retailer Dangdang: @Porter_Anderson @publishdrive


Man Booker International Prize Jurors Named; Submissions Open: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Scrivener How-To: Using Snapshots: @Gwen_Hernandez


Germany’s De Gruyter Buys Düsseldorf Uni Press; S&S Distributes Skyhorse: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Innovations in STEM and gender equality are featured as social topics in this year’s Hay Festival Querétaro: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Annual Publisher Survey Puts 2017 Estimated US Revenue at $26.2 Billion: @Porter_Anderson @AmericanPublish


Sweden’s IKEA Wembley and the UK’s Man Booker Prize Create Reading Rooms: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Retail Pressures: Ukraine’s Open-Air Bookselling Marketplaces Appear Headed for Closure: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Canadian Publishers Issue Statement on Access Copyright Counterclaim to Lawsuit: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Timely International Publication Credited as Part of Romania’s Stronger Market: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Beijing International Book Fair 2018 Anticipates Participation From 93 Countries: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing


A Timeline for Releasing and Marketing a Self-Published Book: by Henry Quense


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Pitches


3 Things to Know Before You Pitch in an Online Pitch Event: @rosiesrambles


Publishing / Process / Book Design


Why are middle-aged women invisible on book covers? @alisonflood @GuardianBooks


Publishing / Process / Formatting


6 Keys for Book Page Layout: @TCKPublishing


Writing Craft / Beginnings


Crafting a Strong Beginning: @JulieEshbaugh


Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists


4 Ways to Write a Better Antagonist: @KMWeiland


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Model: @AngelaAckerman


Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion


Writing Emotional Meaning: @Kid_Lit


Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists


How Theme and False Theme Affect Your Protagonist: @SeptCFawkes


Giving Your Hero Sympathetic Problems: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants


Tips for Avoiding Mary Sue Characters: from @DN_Bryn


Writing Craft / Diversity


Diversity: Subtle Indicators of Native Americans: from Writing With Color


Writing Craft / Literary Devices


A Case Study on Revenge as a Literary Theme: @saral_writer @DIYMFA


Use Theme to Determine Subplots, Supporting Characters, and Tension: @amandarhill32


5 Ways to Inject Theme into Your Story (Without Being Obvious): via Ink and Grace Editing @DIYMFA


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


Write Better Sports Fiction With These Tips: @FredBobJohn


Writing Prose: 5 Steps to Better Style: @nownovel


The most intriguing characteristics of a novel: @Peter_Rey_


5 Moral Dilemmas That Make Characters and Stories Even Better: From Fix Your Writing Habits


Storyteller’s Rulebook: Humanize the Inhuman (Examples from “Beloved”): @CockeyedCaravan


The Writer’s Spice Cabinet: @jamesscottbell


The Reason to Tell a Story Inside a Box: @DonMaass


9 Character Types to Include in Your Story: @KristinaAuthor


Narrative Voices: Person and Tense: @RachFarrimond


The 8 Keys To A Good Heist Story: @helpfulsnowman


Writing Craft / Pacing


How Can I Write a Tight Story That Takes Place Over Years? by Chris Winkle @mythcreants


Writing Craft / POV


Writing in First Person: @TheMerryWriter


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Naming


How to Pick a Character’s Name: @AndreaWriterlea @TheIWSG


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting


How to Write a Novel Using The Three-Act Structure: @ReedsyHQ


The Triangle Structure for Writers: @SarahSallyHamer @EdieMelson


20 Basic Plots: from The Writer’s Handbook


The Story Comes First: Where to Start with Story Structure: @usbergo @unboundworlds


Writing Craft / Revision


7 Steps To Take Before Submitting Your Manuscript To An Editor: @InvisibleEditor @Nicholas_Rossis


Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques


Get Good Feedback on Your Writing — Asking the Right Person the Right Questions: by Nils Ödlund @mythcreants


9 factors to consider when considering critique partners: @raimeygallant


Writing Craft / Scenes


How to Write Strong Scenes: 4 Key Questions to Evaluate Your Scene: @WritersDigest


Writing Craft / Series


How to Write a Book Series Without Messing Things Up: @Jffelkins


Writing Craft / Synopses


Writing the Dreaded Novel Synopsis? These 2 Simple Hacks Will Help: @annerallen


Writing Craft / Voice


Discovering Your Unique Writing Voice: @writingthrulife


Writing Craft / Word Crafting


600+ Ways to Describe Necks: A Word List for Writers: @KathySteinemann


Are These Filter Words Weakening Your Story? from The Writers Society


Writing Tools / Apps


Grammarly Review 2018: @DaveChesson


Writing Tools / Resources


How to Create a Character Profile: the Ultimate Guide (with Template): @ReedsyHQ


For Writers Visiting Schools: Directing A Short Story Workshop for Kids: @hanque99

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