Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous


Is Collaborative Writing on the rise? And Making the Most of It: @msheatherwebb @WriterUnboxed


5 Freelance Writing Tips: @robertleebrewer @WritersDigest


Two Vital Questions to Ask Yourself About Writing: by Diane Tibert


For Indie Publishers: When and Why to Work with a Trade Book Distributor: @joebiel_ @JaneFriedman


How to understand readability stats: @pubcoach


Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous


Sharjah Book Fair Opens With Spectacle, Ceremony: @Porter_Anderson


The UK’s Sunday Times/PFD Award for Younger Writers Shortlists Four Debuts: @girlhermes @LauraSFreeman @FJMoz @adamweymouth by @Porter_Anderson @YoungWriterYear


Hay Festival Announces New Events in Peru and Chile: @Porter_Anderson


Canada’s 2018 Cundill History Prize Finalists: Authors and Climate in Context: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


At Sharjah, London Book Fair Plans Market Focus Indonesia: @Porter_Anderson @BritishCouncil


Conferences and Events / NaNoWriMo


3 Ways to Reach Your Writing Goals: @AlyssaColeLit @NaNoWriMo


How to Use Scrivener for NaNoWriMo: @Gwen_Hernandez @JamiGold


16.67 Ways to Juice Your Daily NaNoWriMo Word Count: @theladygreer @WriterUnboxed @NaNoWriMo


6 Ways to Balance NaNoWriMo and Your Life: by Gianna Maria @NaNoWriMo


The Spouse’s Guide to NaNoWriMo: Juggling Life and Writing in November: by Thomas Hardy @Janice_Hardy


30 Tips for Conquering Your 30-Day Writing Challenge: by @JessZafarris @WritersDigest @PiSquare @Metal_and_Earth @ganymeder


How to Break the Rules for the Best NaNoWriMo Ever: @weems503


National Novel Writing Month — 4 Tips to Help You Laser-Focus on Your Writing: @_TJ_Rigg @NaNoWriMo


How to Write More Words: Winning at NaNo: @MegLaTorre @AngelaAckerman @NaNoWriMo


Write Your NaNoWriMo in a Flash: @Lindasclare


“My body is conspiring against me winning NaNo”: @Vampyr14 @OpAwesome6


11 Tips to Beat Procrastination and Get that Novel Drafted: @AnnieNeugebauer @LitReactor

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration


10 Fun Story Starters and Idea-Generating Activities for Writers: by Erika Hoffman @WritersDigest


Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers


Problematic Classics: Four Questions to Ask When Beloved Books Haven’t Aged Well: @mattmikalatos @tordotcom


5 Books That Explore the Monstrous: @fran_wilde @tordotcom


8 Books about Alien Invasions that Take Place Outside the U.S.: @tadethompson @ElectricLit


Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation


How to Maintain Your Motivation on a Large Writing Project: @AHuelsenbeck


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing


6 Strategies to Commit to Writing a Book—and Stick With It: @LisaTener


Adapting Writing Routines:


Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block


10 Tips for Writer’s Block: @schreiltalk @WriteToSell


Creativity and Inspiration / Success


“How I Sold 7000 Kindle Books”: @KarenBanes


11 Steps to Writing a Bestselling Novel (Infographic): by Brendan Brown


Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life


5 Practical Goals for Writers to Avoid Overwhelm: @LiveWriteThrive


Post-Publication Blues: @zooshka


How to Handle Criticism: 3 Strategies to Make Criticism Work for You: @joslynchase_


How to Make Peace with 5 Common Writing Struggles: @colleen_m_story


Why Writing is Like Drinking Tea: @victoria_grif7


Maybe There Are Two Separate Muses? Writing Fiction And Non-Fiction From The Heart: @thecreativepenn


Working In a New Series (When You’re Already Writing One or Two):


12 Authors Who Are Actually Making Twitter Good: @erinkbart @ElectricLit


Overcoming Self Doubt: @StoryADayMay @WriterUnboxed


Writing and the Creative Life: Three Types of Creators: @GoIntoTheStory


You might be a writer if… @amabaie


Five Steps to an Improved Writing Process: @MelanieMarttila @DIYMFA


13 ways to prevent overwork from affecting your writing: @pubcoach


Genres / Horror


Horror books scarier than their movie adaptations: by Elliot Hopper @TMB_Tweets


How To Scare Your Reader: 11 Tips From 11 Horror Writers: @WilsonTheWriter


Genres / Humor


5 Techniques to Make Your Readers Laugh: @lisawellsauthor


Genres / Literary Fiction


Literary fiction – do we need a new term? @Roz_Morris


Genres / Mystery


‘The mysterious stranger’ as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg


Tips for Writing Small Town Police Departments…Correctly: @LeeLofland


Siblings as an Element in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg


Genres / Picture Books


Resources for Writers: Write for Kids and Writing Blueprints: @PStoltey


Genres / Poetry


Communicating with Poetry: The Search for Deeper Meaning: @WritingForward


Rhyming Poems: Types of Rhymes: @WritingForward


Genres / Screenwriting


Script To Screen: “Heathers”: @GoIntoTheStory


Great Scene: “Good Will Hunting”: @GoIntoTheStory


Screenwriting: the best way to approach pitching: @GoIntoTheStory


Genres / Short Stories


Why Write a Short Story? @rxena77


What is flash fiction and what can it teach us? @LouiseHarnby


Promo / Ads


How To Advertise And Sell More Books: by Nicholas Erik @DavidGaughran


Promo / Blogging


How to Market Your Books with a Specialist Blog: @crimewriter1 @IndieAuthorALLI


3 Sure Fire Ways To Find Your Audience as a Blogger: @evy_mann


Promo / Book Reviews


How to Review a Book: 9 Tips: @TCKPublishing


Promo / Miscellaneous


5 Tips on Making Memes: @AneMulligan @EdieMelson


Promo / Newsletters


Email Newsletter Tips (Podcast): @cksyme @tammilily


Publishing / Miscellaneous


Peter Rabbit to Come to Life in Augmented Reality Via Inception’s Bookful App : @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


6 Things You Should Know About When To Self-Publish: by Rebecca Langley @standoutbooks


Publishing / News / International Publishing


Rights Roundup: From Global Population Issues to Fascism–and Some Welcome ‘Finesse’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


China Bestsellers for September: Classics Reign, Adjacent to Cinematic Tie-Ins: @Porter_Anderson @trajectory


Industry Notes: Jon Fine Leaving Open Road; Baker & Taylor’s Devasar Leads Publishers: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Italy in China: Bologna Children’s Book Fair Co-Organizes Shanghai’s Fair: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Rights Roundup: ‘Properties from Sweden, Cuba, Argentina, Spain, France, Italy, and Brazil’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives


Publishers Discuss Brazil’s Endangered Bookstore Companies: Livraria Cultura and Saraiva: @Porter_Anderson


Words Without Borders November: Listening Out for Vietnam: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @wwborders

‘Blogging is Not a Crime’: International Organizations Issue Unified Demand for Mohamed Mkhaitir’s Release: @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers @pubperspectives
 

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing


9 Tips to Successfully Self-Publish: @annerallen


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Pitches


How to Write A Great Logline/Elevator Pitch: @EricaVetsch


Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying


Agent Myth Busters: 5 Common Misconceptions About Literary Agents: @CariLamba @marielamba @WritersDigest


How to Write a Query: Specific vs. Vague Conflict (Video): @MegLaTorre


Writing Craft / Beginnings


8 Ways Not to Start Your Novel: @LauraDiSilverio @CareerAuthors


Writing Craft / Characters / Arc


How to Write a Compelling Character Arc – With Examples: @ReedsyHQ


Writing Craft / Characters / Development


Character Development: Character Death and the Ultimate Sacrifice: @carlyn_at @FantasyFaction


Top 10 Links To Help You With Characterization: @Bang2write


Five Tips for Characters That Go Against the Flow: by Faith Okamoto @mythcreants


Your Character’s Unmet Need: @AngelaAckerman


Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists


5 Conversations You Should Have With Your Protagonist(s): @jcwalton24 @DIYMFA


How Do You Decide Who Your Protagonist Is? @SnowflakeGuy


Writing Craft / Common Mistakes


3 Tips for Improving Show, Don’t Tell: @KMWeiland


Writing Craft / Dialogue


Dialogue tags and how to use them: @LouiseHarnby


Formatting Dialogue in Fiction: @Janice_Hardy


Use Speaker Tags and Beats Correctly: @AndreaMerrell


Writing Craft / Drafts


Writers Take Heart: First Drafts Don’t Always Suck: @Janice_Hardy


Writing Craft / Endings


Tips for Writing the Last Chapter: @writingandsuch


Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film


7 Writing Lessons Learned from Stranger Things: @_HannahHeath


Writing Craft / Miscellaneous


Delivering Scares in Cozy Mysteries and Other Genres:


Is Your Writing As Good As You Think It Is? @Bang2write


Breaking Writing Rules Right: “Don’t Use Passive Voice”: @SeptCFawkes


Seven Deadly Fight Scene Sins: from How to Fight Write


4 Essential Ingredients in Every Powerful Story: @writingthrulife


Writing Craft / POV


POV Basics and Head-Hopping: @TessaShapcott @RomanceUniv


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Naming


5 Things to Consider When Naming Your Characters: @EricaVetsch @EdieMelson


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting


Signpost Scenes — Doorway of No Return #1: @A_K_Perry @DIYMFA


Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research


The Science of Aging and Its Fictional Cures: @PhilipKramer9 @DanKoboldt


Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar


‘In Regard To’ vs. ‘In Regards To’: @GrammarGirl


Writing Craft / Revision


10 Modern Proofreading Tips for Content Marketers: by Stefanie Flaxman @copyblogger


How Much Editing Does a Book Really Need? @JodyHedlund


5 Things Re-Editing Your Older Work Can Teach You: @joannaslan


Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques


Critique Partners vs. Beta Readers: @AmrenOrtega


Lessons Learned from a Writing Critique: by Sylvie Soule @LiveWriteThrive


Writing Craft / Scenes


How to Analyze a Scene: @valerie_francis @StoryGrid


Organic Coherence: Enhancing A Scene’s Effectiveness: by Barbara Linn Probst @WomenWriters


Writing Craft / Series


The Pesky Second Novel in the Series: @LisaLisax31


Writing Craft / Settings and Description


4 Ways To Write Dynamic Character Descriptions: @LisaHallWilson


How To Describe Settings – and Why It Matters: @BrynDonovan


Writing Craft / Synopses


Why Synopses are Helpful: by Laurie Schnebly Campbell @RomanceUniv


Writing Craft / Tension


How to Build Suspense: @themaltesetiger


Writing tense dialogue: 5 ways to add arresting tension: @nownovel


Writing Craft / Voice


What is Voice and Tone? (And Why Should You Care)? @KristinaAuthor


Writing Craft / Word Crafting


How to write the perfect sentence: @joemoransblog @GuardianBooks


Writing Craft / World-Building


Fantasy Worldbuilding: From the Bottom Up: by Cameron Johnston @FantasyFaction


Writing Tools / Apps


Writing Tools: Speech to Text Software – Is It Right for You? @writingthrulife


24 Must-Have Writing Tech Tools: @TheLeighShulman


How to Streamline Your Writing With The Scrivener Inspector: @kristen_kieffer

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