Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

Writing to market – Why It can backfire: @Peter_Rey_
Why & How to Build a Book Project Plan: by John Wagner-Stafford of @IngeniumBooks @IndieAuthorALLI

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize 2019 Opens at India’s Jaipur Festival: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Bart van Es’ Biography ‘The Cut Out Girl’ Named Costa Book of the Year: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Reactions as Man Booker Prize Loses Sponsorship from Man Group: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Wales’ International Dylan Thomas Prize Announces Its 2019 Longlist: @Porter_Anderson @dylanthomprize
‘Canada Reads’ 2019 Names Its Books and Their Celebrity Defenders: @Porter_Anderson @StandUpAli
London Book Fair 2019 Charity: BAFTA Kids Roadshow With Place2Be: @Porter_Anderson @BAFTA @Place2Be
British Book Awards Program Names More Than 65 Judges for 2019: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

How to Plan Your Novels for 2019: @KathyEdens1 @ProWritingAid
A Goal-Checking Trick for Plotting Your Novel: @Janice_Hardy
Easy Steps to Succeed in Book Writing Plan: by Kristen Ford @WritetoDone
February is Good for 28-day Challenges: @austinkleon

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

Don’t discard. Keep all your pieces in play. @austinkleon
Writing and the Subconscious: Summoning Your Muse: @RuthHarrisBooks

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Quotes

Five Lessons from Legendary Writers: @DaveChesson

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

5 Groundbreaking Urban Fantasies With Unusual Settings: @mercedeslackey @tordotcom
7 Books That Helped 1 Writer Survive 2018: @gaileyfrey @tordotcom
Five Classic SF Novels of Anthropogenic Climate Change: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain? @MaryanneWolf_ @lithub
7 Anthologies to Broaden Your Perspective: @bookbento @jrc2666
Writing and the Creative Life: Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling: @GoIntoTheStory
8 Modern Classics Of Rural Noir: by Keith Scribner @CrimeReads
Tips for Starting a Book Club: @MaddieDayAuthor

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

Finding Time to Write: @DeannaCabinian

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

Time to Schedule Your Writing Life Tune-up: @annkroeker
How to Practise Mindfulness in Your Writing: by Lisa Ferland @IndieAuthorALLI
How to Create a Playlist on YouTube to Listen to When Writing: @lidywilks
Tales from an Idea Hoarder: @FinishedPages @womenonwriting
Did Hemingway say “write drunk, edit sober”? Nope—he preferred writing sober: @JessZafarris @WritersDigest
10 Tips to Help You Build a Writing Tribe: @_HannahHeath
Do We Actually Know What Shakespeare Looked Like? by James Hunt @mental_floss
7 Ways to Take Advantage of the Bullet Journal Method: by Alvin Ward @mental_floss
Morality and the Modern Writer: @ClareLangleyH @killzoneauthors
A Slow and Steady Writing Pace Leads to Published Books:
Should You Write What You Know? @TheRyanLanz
Want to Write Your Life Story But Don’t Care to publish? Consider Legacy Writing: @writingthrulife

Genres / Miscellaneous

Secrets of the War Genre: by Rachelle Ramirez @StoryGrid

Genres / Mystery

Technology as a Generational Disruptor in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
Crime Writing: Details About a Cop’s Life to Make Your Novel More Realistic: @LeeLofland
The Delicate Art of Creating Misleading Crime Scenes in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg

Genres / Non-Fiction

Does Your Biography for Young People Have a Character Through-Line? @mbrockenbrough @scbwi
How Writers Use Curiosity, Creativity, and Craft to Write Good Nonfiction: @dhemley @NinaAmir

Genres / Screenwriting

5 Things Obi-Wan Kenobi Should Have Told Luke Skywalker (Instead of LIES): @use_theforce_em @tordotcom
Screenwriting: Anatomy of a Scene: Adding Layers in ‘All The President’s Men’: @swankmotron @scriptmag
How Much Creative Risk Should Screenwriters Take? by Alexander Robb @CreativeScreen
Script To Screen: “Lost In Translation”: @GoIntoTheStory
Great Scene: “Magnolia”: @GoIntoTheStory

Promo / Blogging

7 Ways To Make Your Blog Shine: @evy_mann
Is the New WordPress Format Stressing You Out? @Julie_Glover

Promo / Book Reviews

Running a Book Review Blog: @redhead5318 @jimchines

Promo / Book Signings and Launch parties

An Author Reports on Lessons Learned from a Recent Book Tour: https://t.co/6FL8IErBh1 and @BobEckstein @WritersDigest

Promo / Connecting with Readers

5 Tips for Collecting New Readers and Connections: @KatyKauffman28 @EdieMelson
Identifying Your Ideal Reader (Podcast): @valerie_francis @timgrahl

Promo / Crowdfunding

How to Crowdfund Your Writing With Patreon: @LucyASnyder @WritersDigest

Promo / Metadata

How to Choose Amazon Categories to Increase Your Sales: @TCKPublishing

Promo / Miscellaneous

Why Recommending (other) Books is an A-Game Book Promotion Strategy for 2019: @Bookgal
What Authors Should Know About MS Sway: @WordDreams

Promo / Platforms

Promoting Yourself as an Author: @metcalfwriter

Promo / Podcasts

How to be a Better Podcast Guest: @thDigitalReader

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Crafting an Anthology from Beginning to End (Podcast): @carodonahue @DIYMFA
Here are the Biggest Fiction Bestsellers of the Last 100 Years: @knownemily @lithub
Top Ten Reasons to be in an Anthology: @TheIWSG @AlexJCavanaugh
Creating Large Print Books: @Ellen__Jacobson
Industry Notes: NetGalley Advanced’ Publishers; ALTA Prize Submissions: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Five Tips to Promote Yourself as a Newbie Freelance Writer: by Abhishek Talreja @hopeclark

Publishing / News / Amazon

New Amazon Crossing Kids: Translating Picture Books Into English: @Porter_Anderson @KelseySkea @AmazonPub

Publishing / News / Data

Scholastic’s New ‘Kids & Family Reading’ Report: Reading Aloud Is Up: @Porter_Anderson @pamallyn

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Russian Booksellers Say Online Retail Competition Is Gaining Fast: by Eugene Gerden @pubperspectives
Issues and Debate at India’s 2019 Jaipur Bookmark Program: Freedom to Publish: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

The Querying Process Tool Kit: @Scott_Thought

Publishing / Process / Book Design

5 Tips to Improve Your Next Novel Cover: @jkcheney

Publishing / Process / Formatting

Paperback Formatting for Beginners: by Nils Ödlund @mythicscribes

Publishing / Process / Legalities

Knowing Right and Wrong — Copyright: by David Kudler @JFbookman

Publishing / Process / Translation

American Library Association: ‘Fox on the Swing’ Wins the Batchelder Award for Translation: @Porter_Anderson

Writing Craft / Beginnings

Five Essentials for an Opening Scene: by Rachel Meyer @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Characters / Arc

Do all Protagonists need a character arc? @GoIntoTheStory

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

150+ Useful Character Quirks (Plus a Few Clichés to Avoid): @ReedsyHQ
Fight, Flight, or Freeze? Psyche 101 for Writers: @beccapuglisi

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

Infusing Emotion into Fiction: @charissaweaks

Writing Craft / Dialogue

9 Tension-Building Elements For Character Dialogue: @beccapuglisi

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

Racing the Wind with The Black Stallion: by Judith Tarr @tordotcom

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

How to Develop Your Novel’s Theme: @Janice_Hardy
Introduction to Metaphors: How To Use Metaphors Correctly: @TCKPublishing

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Story Grid Genre: What You Need to Know Write Better Stories: @DavidHSafford @write_practice
Five Dualities That Can Replace Good and Evil: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Complex Story? Use a Crime Wall: @ATwistofNoir @JamiGold
1,462 Basic Plot Types: @writing_tips

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

Research: Advanced Life Support for Writers: @DanKoboldt

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Beats

The Princess Bride Beat Sheet: @NaomiBeaty

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

Grammar Purity is One Big Ponzi Scheme: @GrammarUnder @lithub
‘Stationery’ Versus ‘Stationary’: @GrammarGirl

Writing Craft / Revision

Tips for Revising Your Novel: @SnowflakeGuy
How to Self-Edit a Manuscript for Language: @JeriWB
How to Edit Your Character: @tishmartin1416

Writing Craft / Scenes

How To Structure a Scene: @themaltesetiger

Writing Craft / Tropes

Character Type: Martyr: @GoIntoTheStory

 

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