Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous


How to Treat Writing Like a Business: @TuesWithLaurie


Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


International Literature Festival Berlin Rolls Out 2018 Programming: @Porter_Anderson @ilb_


5 Etiquette Tips for Your Next Book Event: @wandalu64


Update From the Beijing International Book Fair’s Professional Programs: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Beijing Book Fair Director Liying Lin on China’s Book Market: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


Where do you get your ideas from? @melanippee


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


20 Reasons to Read a Book: @JodyHedlund


7 Authors Who Only Ever Published One (Fantastic) Novel: @Keith_Rice1 @SignatureReads


25 Alice Munro Stories You Can Read Online Right Now: @knownemily

Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation


Tips for Getting the Passion Back in Your Writing: @christinadelay


How to Break a Bad Habit or Start a Good One: Reward Yourself: @BrynDonovan


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


How to Use a “Time Block” to Get More Writing Done: @losapala


How to Make Time to Write With a Busy Schedule: @the_writing_pal


How to Write Your Book in Five Minutes a Day: @WriteNowCoach


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / When to write


Why 1 Writer Goes to Bed Early: @asthebirdflies


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly


6 Steps to Achieving Zen-Like Writer Efficiency: @annerallen @DaveChesson


How a Secondary Project Can Help with Productivity: from Just a Writing Aid


6 Ways to Double Your Writing Speed: @LMacNaughton


Creativity and Inspiration / Success


5 Things Successful Writers Do that Others Miss: @DanBlank


7 Things Lucky Writers Do to Succeed: @colleen_m_story


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


Silence Your Inner Editor: @victoria_grif7


3 wondrous paradoxes of a slow writing process: @Roz_Morris


Own Your Success and Your Failure: @KristineRusch


Why It’s Time to Finally Call Yourself a Writer: @BeingTheWriter @womenonwriting


10 Ways to Survive Your Debut Author Year: @WF_writerEM @WomenWriters


On (Re)Writing Real-Life Tragedy: @KimberlySBelle @WomenWriters


When family and friends aren’t interested in your writing: from Just a Writing Aid


Don’t Let Anybody Tell You How to Write (or 8 Tips for Learning Responsibly): @KMWeiland


On Falling in Love with the Language I’ve Spoken My Entire Life: @citizenofspace @lithub


Genres / Fantasy


How to Create a Magic System in Six Simple Steps: @kristen_kieffer


Creating a Magic System for Superpowers: by Chris Winkle


Creating a Fictional Economy: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants


Genres / Memoir


Writing Memoir: Owning Your Story (Podcast): @DIYMFA with Grace Kennan Warnecke


Genres / Mystery


5 things about writing a psychological thriller: @HeidiPerksBooks @CurtisBrown


3 reasons to use free indirect speech in your crime fiction: @LouiseHarnby


Crime Writing: Cops: How To Tell Who’s Who: Behind The Pins And Medals: @LeeLofland


Genres / Non-Fiction


“I Talked to 39 Women Who Write Nonfiction, and Here’s What I’ve Learned”: @eb_bartels @ElectricLit


Get Back To Writing Creative Nonfiction When You’ve Lost Your Way: @kayladeanwrites


Genres / Picture Books


How to Write a Children’s Book: an Author’s Guide: @ReedsyHQ


Genres / Science Fiction


4 Authors Share Their Best Tips for Writing Fantasy & Science-Fiction: @WritersDigest


Genres / Screenwriting


Great Scene: “Citizen Kane”: @GoIntoTheStory


Genres / Young Adult


9 Tips for Writing Good, Healthy Relationships in Your YA Novel: @_HannahHeath


Promo / Blogging


4 Ways You Can Start Writing Better Blog Posts Immediately: @karonthackston


Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting


Your Author Bio is a Powerful Tool to Build Your Brand: @DaveChesson @BookWorksNYC


Promo / Connecting with Readers


Look for deeper ways of connecting with readers: @austinkleon


Promo / Influencers


How to Get Blurbs: A Case Study on Connecting with Influencers: @timgrahl


Promo / Platforms


12 Author Platform Building Blocks to Choose From: @sandrabeckwith


Promo / Social Media Tips


How to Build a Community on Twitter: @CaballoFrances @JFbookman


Publishing / Miscellaneous


How to Use the Amazon Algorithm to Sell More Books: @AlinkaRutkowska @jfbookman


Author Richard Russo Warns of Tech Giants’ Move Into Content for Writers: @Porter_Anderson @AuthorsGuild


Kobo Ebooks and Audiobooks Arrive in America at Walmart: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


New Report: American Teens Spend Less Time Reading: @Porter_Anderson @jean_twenge


New Partnership Between @AuthorsGuild and The Hot Sheet: @Porter_Anderson @JaneFriedman


Easy listening: the rise of the audiobook: @AlexClark3 @GuardianBooks


New York Public Library Initiates Its New ‘Insta Novels’ on Instagram: @Porter_Anderson @nypl


Wattpad’s 2018 ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ Survey: Progress, and Tech Realities: @Porter_Anderson @allenlau @wattpad


Industry Notes: ‘Great American Read’ Has Its Own Read; Unicorn Driven to ‘Urban Cars’: @Porter_Anderson @UnicornPubGroup


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Australia’s online retailer Booktopia expands its distribution service: @thenewpubstd


Canada’s Fraser Valley Regional Library Has VR Partnership for Inanimate Alice: @Porter_Anderson @ReadLearnPlay


Programming for the 2018 Singapore Asian Festival of Children’s Content: @Porter_Anderson @AFCC_sg


Political Publishing: The UK’s Byline Media Festival Showcases Its New Press: @MarkPiesing @pubperspectives


Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing


The Rewards and Challenges of Self-Publishing Children’s Books: Q&A with Four Authors: @sangeeta_editor @JaneFriedman


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing


Five myths and two truths about getting published: @DanaShavin @TheWriterMag


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying


What the ‘Send 50 pages’ Agent Request Really Means: @Janet_Reid


Publishing / Process / Book Design


Top Five DIY Book Layout Mistakes: @JFbookman


Writing Craft / Beginnings


How to Write a Great First Sentence, with 22 Examples: @RuthHarrisBooks


Real Life Diagnostics: Does This Crime Fiction Opening Hook You? By Maria D’Marco


Trick the Mind, Get Creative and Opening Lines: @10MinNovelists


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


Characters development and personality traits points to consider: @Joannewriter


Different Types of Characters to Include in Your Story: @KathyEdens1 @ProWritingAid


Creating Characters That Wow: @TheMerryWriter


Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion


Writing Emotions Effectively: @repokempt


Writing Craft / Conflict


Conflict Choices for Characters: @FaeRowen


Person Vs Society: 6 Types of Story Conflict: @nownovel


Writing Craft / Dialogue


Getting Regional Dialogue Right: @JoEberhardt


Writing Craft / Literary Devices


How Do You Lead Readers to Your Theme? @sacha_black


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


Finish Writing Your Book Using This 4-Step Process: @JennHarris_ICM


Tips for writing religious devotionals: @MissyTippens


6 Ways to Manipulate Time in Fiction: @ChairmanDog @ReedsyHQ @LiveWriteThrive


Beginning or Finishing? Which is Harder? @plotwhisperer


Novels are Way More than Just Writing a Story: @CindyDevoted @EdieMelson


How to Write Stuff People Want to Read: @AnneJanzer


Writing Craft / Pacing


Good Pacing and Why It Matters: @HannahFergesen


Writing Craft / POV


Cleaning Up Those POV Breaks: @anngborn2write


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research


What Your Character Experiences While Leaving the Military: from It’s a Writer Thing


5 Things a Writer Needs to Know About a Character with a Mental Illness: @SloanTamar


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Beats


Writing Down the Story Beats: @Lindasclare


Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar


On Semicolons and the Rules of Writing: @AdamOPrice @The_Millions


Writing Craft / Revision


8 Self-editing Techniques to Cut Your Editing Time in Half: by Hayley Millman @ProWritingAid


2 Simple Tips To Spot Structural Problems In Your Writing: @Bang2write


Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques


Critique Groups – 8 Good Reasons to Love Them: @eroyalauthor


Writing Craft / Scenes


The Making of a Scene: @EddieJonesTweet


Writing Craft / Tropes


The Mentor: Trope Reboot by Brian DeLeonard @mythicscribes


Writing Tools / Miscellaneous


Writer’s Tools and the Forgotten Keyboard: @JFbookman


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7 Habits of Highly Effective Writing Critique Groups: By Ryan Van Cleave

 

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