Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

5 Tips for Writing an Introduction for Another Writer’s Book: @Sara_HeartStory @DIYMFA
7 Lessons Learned from Writing for Publication: @_HannahHeath
Managing Deadlines: @EricaVetsch
The 7 Deadly Sins of Editors (According to Novelists): by Steven James and Pam Johnson @WritersDigest

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

School Visit Resources: @sarahlynnereul
The FutureBook’s Breath-Holding Conference: Waiting for Clarity: @Porter_Anderson @TheFutureBook
Frankfurter Buchmesse Announces RightsTech: Europe for April: @Porter_Anderson @themediawonk @nedsherman
The UK’s Sunday Times/PFD Award Names Adam Weymouth Young Writer of the Year: @Porter_Anderson @adamweymouth

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

1 Writer’s Year With Thoreau: @austinkleon
Writing Exercise: POV Swap: from Just a Writing Aid

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Five Books About Heroes Who Shouldn’t Babysit Your Kitten: by Weston Ochse @tordotcom
But How Much Are You Reading? @Porter_Anderson @WriterUnboxed
What Happens When Your Book Collection Goes Up In Smoke? @JeffAbbott
Auspicious Days: Musing on Childhood Readings: @SarahMMcCoy @WriterUnboxed
“How I Would’ve Died In 20 Stephen King Novels”: @helpfulsnowman

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

How to Incorporate Procrastination into Your Writing Schedule: @KathyEdens1 @WritersDigest
4 Ways to Find Time to Write When There Aren’t Enough Hours in the Day: by Warrior Writers
How To Focus On Writing Right Now: @BadRedheadMedia
Keep the Momentum Going with the Good, Better, Best Method: via Warrior Writers

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

5 Ways to Get Your Writing Unstuck: @terrywhalin
How to Smash 4 Roadblocks That Prevent You from Writing: @LiveWriteThrive

Creativity and Inspiration / Success

7 Steps to Publishing Success by an Accidental Writer: @amyshojai

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

Does Anyone Care About Your Book? @JFbookman
A Cat’s Guide to Being a Mentor: @LisaLisax31
Say Yes To Your Writing AND To Your Relationships: @sowulwords @DIYMFA
Letting Go of Kids, and Characters: @VirginiaPye @WomenWriters
Why you should spend LESS time writing: @pubcoach

Genres / Horror

33 Cool Podcasts for Horror Lovers: @AnnieNeugebauer @LitReactor
How to Write a Horror Story: 7 Tips: @ReedsyHQ
8 Great Horror Podcasts and Their Spookiest Episodes: @slidingbookcase @CrimeReads

Genres / Memoir

3 Questions to Ask Yourself When Writing a Memoir: @EliJaxonBear @WritersDigest

Genres / Middle-Grade

Is the Story Middle Grade or YA? @Jean_Hall

Genres / Miscellaneous

Writing magical realism: by Jack Smith @TheWriterMag

Genres / Mystery

The Mother Archetypes of Crime Fiction: @CatrionaMcP @CrimeReads
Unexpected Investigators in Crime Fiction: @eawright @CrimeReads
The Detective’s Opponent in Your Mystery: @ZaraAltair
Writing a Mystery With Public Domain Characters: @Matt_Ferraz
Keep the Mystery in Your Mystery: @ZaraAltair
How to Bring Action to Your Mystery: @ZaraAltair

Genres / Non-Fiction

How to Succeed with a Second Nonfiction Book Project: @theladyck @NinaAmir

Genres / Poetry

Using Tips from Poetry to Strengthen Our Prose: by Pamela Donison @JamiGold

Genres / Screenwriting

How To Read A Screenplay : Style and Language @GoIntoTheStory
Why Spec Scripts Fail: Formula vs. Structure: @stewartfarquhar @scriptmag

Genres / Short Stories

Flash Fiction: A Short Guide: by Craig Anderson @pbackwriter

Genres / Young Adult

Don’t Sugarcoat Teen Issues in Fiction: @AmySGiles @CrimeReads

Promo / Book Reviews

Pitching Book Bloggers for Reviews: @Bookgal @BookWorksNYC
Clearing up the Confusion About Launch Teams, Influencers, & Book Reviewers: @JodyHedlund

Promo / Connecting with Readers

Which Readers Would Also Read Your Books? Finding Comp Titles: @AmyAlessio @RomanceUniv
Your Target Reader: Identifying and Making the Connection: @SmartAuthors

Promo / Influencers

How to Get Book Blurbs, Endorsements, and Testimonials from Big Names: @TCKPublishing

Promo / Miscellaneous

How Writing Fiction of Different Lengths Offers a Book Marketing Advantage: @alison_morton @IndieAuthorALLI
Five Ways To Maintain Book Buzz While Writing and Managing Post-Pub Life: @LizbethMeredith @AngelaAckerman
Quick and Easy Content Creation Strategies: @KarenBanes

Promo / Newsletters

The Top 4 Pitfalls of Running a Newsletter: by Julianne Q Johnson

Promo / Platforms

Book promotion materials: think branding: @BookDesignBook

Promo / Podcasts

Writing, Marketing, and Publishing Podcasts: @thDigitalReader
Podcast Your Way to Greater Author Brand Recognition: @DaveChesson @BookWorksNYC

Publishing / Miscellaneous

An Agent on Writing, Publishing, and Coaching (Podcast): @RachelleGardner

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Rights Roundup: A Handful of Titles for the Holidays: @Porter_Anderson @malusken @GuillaumePitron @SiriPettersen
Four Agents on Rights Trading at Guadalajara: ‘Hunger and Passion’: by Adam Critchley @pubperspectives
London’s Indonesia Rights Forum: ‘Creative Economy’: @rogertagholm @christmas9 @rickypesik
PEN America Files an Amicus Brief on the Right to Literacy in the States: @Porter_Anderson @PENamerican
Olga Tokarczuk’s Widening Recognition: Switzerland’s Jan Michalski Prize: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Brexit Watch: Authors Join Calls for the UK’s Creative Industries’ Protection: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Industry Notes: Wales’ Hay Festival Tickets, Wattpad’s India Office: @Porter_Anderson @wattpad
Words Without Borders December: ‘Black Literature’ of the Afro-Brazilian Resistance @Porter_Anderson @ericmbbecker @wwborders
Croatia’s Pula Book Fair 2018: Focusing on Freedom: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

Self-Publishing 3.0 And How To Build Success As An Indie Author: @OrnaRoss @thecreativepenn

Writing Craft / Beginnings

5 Ways to Successfully Start a Book With a Dream: @KMWeiland

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

What is in Your Character’s Lifeboat? @diannmills @EdieMelson
How I Write: Going Somewhere with Characters: @jamesagard
How to Balance Character and Action: @JulieHyzy @CareerAuthors
Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Mechanical Engineer: @beccapuglisi

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

Leveraging The Emotional Spectrum in Your Writing: by Bonnie Randall

Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists

Six Ways to Bluff That Your Hero Will Die: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
How Do You Handle Protagonists Who Kill? by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Endings

Your Story’s Promise: Do You Need an Epilogue? @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story

5 Tips on Writing a Trauma Backstory: @LisaHallWilson
Holding Back Your Backstory: @writing_tips

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

4 Things Writers Can Learn From Making a Movie: @KMWeiland
5 Story Grid Lessons Learned from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: @mrushingwalker @StoryGrid

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

Time as a Literary Device: Flashbacks vs. Non-Linear Structure: @KristenLambTX

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Cause and Effect: A Clear Path to Better Stories: @TheWritership @StoryGrid
How to Use Background and Foreground: @AJHumpage

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Naming

Are you overusing character names in your novel? @lisapoisso

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

How to Deal with Plotter’s Block (Worse Than Writer’s Block): @FrancescaHornak @SignatureReads
5 Moral Dilemmas That Make Characters and Stories Better: via Writers’ Society
A three-act structure is how readers understand stories. Here’s a guide to what should be in Act One: @HankPRyan
How to Plot Your Story Using the But/Therefore: by Bucket Siler

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

How to Destroy Civilization and Not Be Boring: @jamesdnicoll

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Concept

7 Steps For Beta Testing A Story Idea: @thecreativepenn @Weifarer

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

Spellcheck Cannot Save You: 5 Author Mistakes to Avoid: @GramrgednAngel @BookWorksNYC
How to use apostrophes in fiction writing: A beginner’s guide: @LouiseHarnby

Writing Craft / Revision

6 Questions to Help You Gut Check Your Story Structure: @swatiteerdhala

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

How to Process and Filter Feedback: @AnnieNeugebauer @WriterUnboxed
5 Tips For Writing A Helpful Critique: by Manuela Williams @DIYMFA

Writing Craft / Scenes

How to Track a Scene: from Warrior Writers
Brainstorming a Scene: @davidfarland

Writing Craft / Series

Pixar and Standalones: When Sequels Work and When They Don’t: @VictoriaGHowell
Should My Novel Become a Series? @erikaliodice @WriterUnboxed

Writing Craft / Tension

Suspense Writers: Here’s How to Keep Your Readers Up All Night: @LauraDiSilverio @CareerAuthors
How to make your writing suspenseful: by Anna Davis @CurtisBrown

Writing Craft / Word Crafting

Six Wordcraft Questions Writers Fight Over: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

Writing Tools / Apps

Google Docs: An Affordable Writing Program: @WordDreams
Best Apps For Writing A Book: @writeonepub

Writing Tools / Resources

Free Online Marketing Courses: by Janet Lane @RMFWriters

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