Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Thanks to Dan Blank for our conversation on fitting in writing, writing as a parent, and my publication journey.

Business / Miscellaneous

What Does a Publisher Do? @SpunkOnAStick @DancingLemurPre
How to Tell Good Editing from Bad Editing: @pbsmith12

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

5 Tips for Rocking Your Next Open Mic Reading: @Sara_HeartStory @diymfa
At Singapore’s StoryDrive Asia, Content: Selling It and Protecting It: @Porter_Anderson @katong @MJHealy
Salon du Livre in Montreal: Common Goals Across a Linguistic Divide: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
IPA Prix Voltaire: 2019 Nominations Open, Recognizing Valor in Publishing and Free Press: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
In Québec, a Literary Prize Is Suspended Over Objections to Amazon Sponsorship: @hanahsjohnson @pubperspectives
Lebanon’s Dar Onboz: An Arabic Publisher at a Francophone Book Fair: @oliviasnaije @daronboz @pubperspectives
An Agent on Writers’ Conferences: @RachelleGardner

Conferences and Events / NaNoWriMo

What Makes a Successful NaNoWriMo? by Jill Shirley @NaNoWriMo
The 3 Ds of Your Mid-NaNo Slump: @KelsieEngen

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

How to Get Story Ideas From Unexpected Headlines: @weems503 @write_practice
Establishing Your Artistic Genealogy: @austinkleon
3 Writing Techniques Adapted from the Visual Arts: @TessCallahan @WritersDigest
8 Tips to Recall Dreams: @SueColetta1
48 Writing Prompts for Middle School Kids: @writing_tips

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Your Favorite Children’s Book Heroes: Where Are They Now? @erinkbart @ElectricLit
Horror novels are having a renaissance. Here’s what to read. by Bill Sheehan  @washingtonpost
The Godmother of Flash Fiction: by Bradley Babendir @parisreview
How to Have an Opinion: The Criticism of Martin Seymour-Smith: @eadavison_ @The_Millions
A Spine-Tingling Reading List of Haunted House Novels: @ClaireFuller2 @ElectricLit

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

Write *Something* Every Day: by Josh Langston
Write Tomorrow: @PatHatt24 @TheIWSG
Thanks to @DanBlank for our conversation on fitting in writing, writing with kids, and my publishing journey:
The 9-Minute Novelist: How to Write a Novel in Just Minutes a Day: @jeffreysomers @WritersDigest

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

How To Find The Muse When It’s Nowhere In Sight: @Frank_McKinley
Writer’s Block: What to Do When You Get Stuck: by Rachel Meyer @mythicscribes

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

4 Tips for Pushing to the End of Your Book: by Rose Andrews @mythicscribes

Creativity and Inspiration / Success

4 Foolproof Methods to Become a Prolific and Successful Writer: @SarahCyWrites

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

10 Questions Answered by Writers on their Writing Life: by Darren Devitt
Writing and the Creative Life: “Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking”: @GoIntoTheStory @PsychToday
One Writer’s Challenges With Anxiety: @LisaLisax31
Bucket List for Writers: by Keith Cronin @WriterUnboxed
3 Myths About Meditation: @PEKavanaugh @JamiGold
Should You Trust Your Gut as a Writer? @cathyyardley @WriterUnboxed
It’s Never Too Late to Write a Novel: by Joanie Solinger Walker @ZoeMMcCarthy
What Shirley Jackson has to say about writing: @mjseidlinger @melvillehouse

Genres / Fan Fiction

The Benefits of Fan Fiction: @JoEberhardt
The Surprising Things I Learned Writing Fan Fiction: by Brian DeLeonard @mythicscribes

Genres / Historical

Switching From Literary To Historical Fiction: @MilreeL @WomenWriters
Six Key Elements of Historical Narrative: @PJTAuthor

Genres / Mystery

Dutiful Characters as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
Does Your DNA Contain Your Image? @DPLyleMD

Genres / Picture Books

Seven Tips for Writing a Children’s Picture Book: by David O’Connell @CurtisBrown

Genres / Screenwriting

Screenwriting Help: Movie Script Scene-By-Scene Breakdowns: @GoIntoTheStory

Promo / Blogging

71 Terrific Templates For Blog Post Title Ideas: @Writers_Write

Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting

Optimizing Your Online Bios For Discovery (Podcast): @cksyme
How to Write Better Marketing Copy for Your Books: @JaneFriedman

Promo / Miscellaneous

5 Book Marketing Myths To Explode Now: @SmartAuthors @BadRedheadMedia
20 Tips for Writers & Radio Interviews: @PeggySueWells @EdieMelson

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Book Production: How to Work with Map Artists: by J.L. Gilliland @IndieAuthorALLI

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Jerusalem’s Zev Birger Editorial Fellowship Names 2019 Participants: @Porter_Anderson
US Beta for ‘Wattpad Next’; Cengage Subscriptions for Missouri: @Porter_Anderson @wattpad

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

Real Life Diagnostics: Is This Query Working? @Janice_Hardy
Query Letter Format: @Kid_Lit



The Case for Pseudonyms: @SophieMasson1 @WriterUnboxed

Publishing / Process / Services to Avoid

How Can You Tell Legitimate Publishers from the Bad Guys? @annerallen

Writing Craft / Beginnings

Mastering the Four Modes of Fiction: @jamesscottbell
Can You Start With a Disaster? @SnowflakeGuy

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

Make the Reader Feel Emotion: @Wordstrumpet

Writing Craft / Dialogue

6 Dialogue Tips That Will Make Your Characters More Real: @LauraDiSilverio @CareerAuthors
Top 5 Dialogue Mistakes Writers Make: @Bang2write
Realistic Dialogue: Writing Conversations Involving Setting: @nownovel

Writing Craft / Diversity

Can diverse children’s books tackle prejudice? @Katy_Kates @cnni

Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story

Non-Verbal Communication and Backstory: by Jeanne Kisacky @WriterUnboxed

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Writing Women With Sharp Edges: by S.L. Huang @tordotcom
Boost All 7 Traits of Great Writing: @annkroeker
9 Stupid Writing Rules That Aren’t Worth Following: @_HannahHeath
Surprise vs. Suspense and How to Pair Them in Your Writing: @janekcleland @WritersDigest
Playwriting Tips, Tricks, Prompts, Inspiration: @jpgoldfinger
How to tackle a difficult second novel: @TraceyJEmerson @scottishbktrust
Writing Your Story as a Spiritual Discipline: @marciamoston @EdieMelson

Writing Craft / Pacing

How to Control Your Story’s Pace: @writingthrulife

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Outlining

Back to School: Why Great Papers, Essays, and Blogs Need Outlines: @caitreynolds @KristenLambTX
Outline Your Novel the Incredibly Easy Way: @LMacNaughton
Using paper to plan a novel: @jasonbougger

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

To Plot, or Not to Plot: @davidfarland

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

A Reading List on the Complexities and Nuance of Mental Illness: @SF_Montgomery @ElectricLit
Researching Novels in an Age of Information Overload: @BethCastrodale @LiveWriteThrive
Simplifying Writer Research: @diannmills

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Concept

Developing a Story Idea: @AJHumpage
How 1 Writer Brainstorms: @jamesagard

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

A Quick and Dirty Comma Guide: by T.L. Bodine
Abbreviations: Tips on Using Them the Right Way: @KathyEdens1 @ProWritingAid

Writing Craft / Revision

On Revision as a Form of Reimagining: @NataliaSylv @WriterUnboxed
The “Why Do I Need This?” Check: by Dawn Field @BookBaby

Writing Craft / Scenes

Three Ways to Edit Scenes: @Lindasclare

Writing Craft / Scenes / Conflict

Six Sources of Conflict for Your World: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Series

How to Grow A Series from a Standalone Book: @Kactus77 @IndieAuthorALLI

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

How to Turn Your Writing World Around: Setting and Detail: @EJRunyon @WritersDigest

Writing Craft / World-Building

How to Use Fictional Languages in Your Story: @AshMitrano

Writing Tools / Apps

Book Writing Software to Help You Create, Organize, and Edit: @JerryBJenkins

Writing Tools / Miscellaneous

Ten PC Shortkeys: @WordDreams

Writing Tools / Resources

Using Kindle Create to Create your Manuscript: @Nicholas_Rossis

 

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