Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous


Career Development: 5 Ideas: @WriteOnOnline


When to Put Your Best Writing Forward: @kcraftwriter


Six Reasons to Revise and Re-Release Your Book: @Bookgal


How To Manage The Politics Of Your Writing: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks


Business Musings: Learned Helplessness: @KristineRusch


How to Network Better by Saying Less: @JaneFriedman


Authors Guild: Solitude and Solidarity: @Porter_Anderson @WriterUnboxed


Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels


New Novelist: 4 Tips To Help You Avoid Fiction’s Common Pitfalls: @angee


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


10 Ways to Spark Your Story Ideas: @ChrysFey @LiveWriteThrive


What Silences Your Creative Voice? @DanBlank


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


Outdoors Noir: 9 Thrillers That Tip Into the Mysteries of the Natural World: by James A. McLaughlin @CrimeReads


Creativity and Inspiration / Miscellaneous


Learn How to Unlock Your Creativity with Data: @Allen @SignatureReads


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


3 Tips for Writing When Life is Chaotic and Crazy: @JodyHedlund


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly


4 Proven Steps to Make You a More Productive Writer: @NinaAmir


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


How Secure Are You In Your Writing Identity? @sowulwords @DIYMFA


How to Get the Best Creativity-Boosting Results from Your Writing Retreat: @colleen_m_story


Stories Matter: Why Stories are Important to Our Lives and Culture: @TCKPublishing


Stephen King: Master of Almost All the Genres Except “Literary”: by Douglas E. Cowan @lithub @StephenKing


5 Things to Do When You Don’t Want to Write: @melanippee

Genres / Mystery


8 Crime Novels Of Women Starting Over: Crime Fiction as a Safe Space to Imagine Change: @JenniferHillier @CrimeReads


Developing and writing crime series: by Geoff Sanders @CurtisBrown


Crime fiction: happy endings or not? @mkinberg


Will Readings as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg


Genres / Screenwriting


Screenwriting Lessons: “The Social Network”: Narrative Framework: @GoIntoTheStory


Screenwriting Lessons: “The Social Network”: Theme: @GoIntoTheStory


Genres / Short Stories


Want to Become a Better Writer? Write Short Stories: @JennHarris_ICM


Promo / Blogging


5 Tips to Keep Your Blog Healthy: by Valentine Ferrari @DIYMFA


Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting


How to Write a Terrific Author Bio: @RachelleGardner


Promo / Connecting with Readers


How to Take Your Readers From Strangers to Superfans (podcast): @cksyme @DavidGaughran


Promo / Miscellaneous


Asking for and Delivering Book Endorsements:


Cozy Book Promotion: A Soft Sell in a Hard Business: @evmysterywriter @killzoneauthors


Promo / Platforms


In a World of Author Branding, What If You Want to Rebrand? @annkroeker


Promo / Social Media Tips


17 Ways to Lose Friends and Un-Influence People on Facebook: @KathySteinemann


How to Use Facebook Groups to Market Your Book: @Margo_L_Dill @womenonwriting


3 Ways to Get More Facebook Comments on Your Facebook Posts: @seosmarty @SMExaminer


Epic Facebook Author Pages: Everything You Need to Know: @shaylaleeraquel


Promo / Video


Adding a Little Flair to DIY Videos: by John Clinton @penguinrandom


How can I make video for my website? @pubcoach


Publishing / Miscellaneous


KDP or CreateSpace: Which Should You Use to Publish Your Paperback? @KristinaAuthor


Industry Expert Richard Charkin Asks Tough Questions About Publishing: @pubperspectives


3 Hacks to Publish Your Book on a Shoestring Budget: @EmmanuelNataf @ReedsyHQ


Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing


Is Self-Publishing Worth It? @WriteToSell


Pros and Cons to Self-Publishing: @drgradybooks


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying


How to get a literary agent: @racheljrowlands @LouiseHarnby


Advice from Literary Agents and Publishers: @LisaTener


Querying Too Soon: How to Avoid the Temptation: @writeabook


Writing Craft / Beginnings


First Page Critique: No Such Thing as Enough: @laurabenedict @killzoneauthors


Writing About Addiction: It Often Takes Two Perspectives: @peterselgin @JaneFriedman


A Common Problem with Story Openings: @davidfarland


Writing Craft / Chapter Endings


How to End Your First Chapter: @HankPRyan


Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists


How to Craft a Believable Villain: @kristen_kieffer


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


5 Truly Unusual Ways To Round Out Your Characters: @Writers_Write


Five Underused Character Archetypes: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants


Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion


Tips for Character Emotions: by Josh Langston


Determining a Character’s Emotional IQ: @beccapuglisi


Writing Craft / Drafts


Five Reasons To Handwrite Your First Draft: @LennWoolston @the_writing_pal


Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film


5 Writing Lessons from THE AMERICANS: @PiperBayard


How to Write a Book Like Stephen King: @sarahstypos


47 Meters Down: a Story Deconstruction: by Jennifer Blanchard @storyfix


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


Advanced Scene Technique: The Jump Cut: @jamesscottbell


5 Steps to Writing Great Character Chemistry: @KMWeiland


Non-Verbal Communication in Writing: by Jeanne Kisacky @WriterUnboxed


How Prologues Actually Function & 6 Types to Consider: @SeptCFawkes


Writing Craft: Whiff of Death, Meet Moment of Clarity: @DavidCorbett_CA @WriterUnboxed


Writing Craft / POV


Why Fewer Viewpoints is Usually Better: @p2p_editor


Learn Deep Point of View Using Emotional Layers: @LisaHallWilson


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research


How Too Much Research Can Ruin Your Novel: @NickDybek @lithub


Writing Venomous Creatures: @DanKoboldt


The Effects of Space and Other Worlds on the Human Body: @ripplesintime24 @clarkesworld


Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar


Oxford Comma: Yes or No? A Compilation of Opinions and Recommendations: @writing_tips


Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques


Losing a Beloved Critique Partner: @sarahrcallender @WriterUnboxed


Writing Craft / Settings and Description


The Tips You Need To Write Amazing Color: @FredBobJohn


Maximize Your Setting: Bringing Locations, Eras and Worlds to Life on the Page: @curt_eriksen @WritersDigest


Writing Craft / Special Needs


5 Tips for Writing a Rounded Disabled Character: by Andrew Pettigrew @scottishbktrust


Writing Craft / Word Crafting


5 Reasons Why Verbs Are More Effective Than Adjectives: @ESLwithEthan


Writing Craft / World-Building


6 Secrets of Science Fiction and Fantasy World Building: @LMacNaughton


Writing Tools / Apps


The Best Writing Software for Writers: 10 Tools Pros Use to Write Faster: @TCKPublishing


Getting the Most out of Microsoft Word and Office 365: by Phil Stamper-Halpin @penguinrandom


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