Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

Planning for Publishing in 2019: Audio: @KristineRusch
Prioritize Multiple Writing Projects to Make Progress, Not Waste Time: @RosanneBane
Getting Your Book Considered for Placement in Barnes and Noble and Other Retailers: @Steph__Chandler @NonfictionAssoc

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

PEN America Approaches Its Awards Night With News Media Appearances: @Porter_Anderson @Egangoonsquad @PENamerican
Issues and Authors at London Book Fair 2019: Women’s Voices: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
PEN America Names Its 2019 Literary Award Laureates: $370,000 in Winnings: @Porter_Anderson
The UK’s Booker Prize Announces Its New Anchor Sponsor: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Faber’s Stephen Page Opens London Book Fair’s Quantum: ‘Cultural Responsibility’: @Porter_Anderson @stephenpub

Creativity and Inspiration / Careers in Writing and Day Jobs

How Can I Make a Living as a Writer? by T.W.M. Ashford @pbackwriter

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

How to Cut Your Wasted Time to Achieve Your Goals: @kikimojo

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Writers Read: You Should Read More. Here’s How: @Jffelkins @write_practice
What to Do After Decades of Teaching ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Wrong? @adlsimmons @The_Millions
The Rise of Mother-Daughter Noir: @RealLiveCritic @CrimeReads
Can You Ever Go Home Again? 9 Stories That Continue After Journey’s End: by Stubby the Rocket @tordotcom

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

On Writing and Time Management: @Leigh_Medeiros_ @WriterUnboxed

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

How to Concoct Your Own Antidote to Pre-writing Anxiety: @jan_ohara @WriterUnboxed
Writer’s Block And How To Un-Stick It: @CaraHunterBooks @WomenWriters

Creativity and Inspiration / Success

4 Things Every Novel Should Strive For: @Janice_Hardy @TheIWSG
Writing a Book: 29 Bestselling Authors Answer 3 Critical Questions: @ChatEbooks

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

How Domesticity is at the Heart of the Novel: by Tessa Hadley @lithub
Writing Through Discouragement: @Lindasclare
Making Writing a Family Affair: @JHarder_FN @NaNoWriMo
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Your Novel: @thenovelry
Embracing Your New Identity as a Writer: @LisaTener
5 Reasons You Should Always Write for Yourself: @Frank_McKinley
10 Writer Takeaways From a Trip To Disney World: @GriggsWinnie
How Multitasking Can Make You A More Efficient Writer: @KelsieEngen
Letting a Story Go: A Break Up Story: @BeingTheWriter

Genres / Fantasy

Fantasy Subgenres: @Nicholas_Rossis @NicolaAlter

Genres / Historical

8 Tips for Writing Authentic Historical Mysteries: by Erin Lindsey

Genres / Memoir

Why Writing A Memoir Is All About The ‘How’ : @Writers_Write

Genres / Mystery

The Profoundly Unsettling World of Agatha Christie: @lucyfoleytweets @CrimeReads
Charismatic but Unlikeable Characters in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
Cozy Mystery Writing: Parceling Out Information:

Genres / Non-Fiction

How To Write a Better How-To Nonfiction Book: @BirdsOAFpress

Genres / Poetry

Gratitude Poetry Prompt: Look For the Constants: @CallieFeyen @tspoetry

Genres / Screenwriting

Screenwriting: Why SCREAM is one of the best films ever made: @BittrScrptReadr
When good writing meets good acting: @melanippee

Genres / Short Stories

How Writing and Submitting Short Stories Improved A Writer’s Novel: @ArsenalOfWords @WriterUnboxed

Promo / Blogging

Why Blogging Has Been Good for One Writer: @Roz_Morris
Why You Need to Start a Blog in 2019: https://t.co/AXEqRz2AHW and @WritetoDone
6 Ways to Get People to Stop Visiting Your Blog: @rxena77
13 Free Blogging Tips For Every New Blogger: @HughRoberts05

Promo / Miscellaneous

Why “Self-Promotion” Is B.S.: @Jamie_Chesbro @The_Millions
Five Tips on Taking a Good Author Photo: by Phil Stamper-Halpin @penguinrandom
Book Promotion: Fighting Discouragement: @NewShelvesBooks @JFbookman
Making Your Inner Writer Stand Out: @sevenjanewrites @KillerNashville

Promo / Newsletters

Mailing Lists: The Necessity of Newsletters (Podcast): @EricaRidley @pbackwriter

Promo / Platforms

Promotion Isn’t Platform and Ads Aren’t a Brand: @KristenLambTX
Building a Platform for Your Work When You’re Unpublished: by James Michael Warner @JaneFriedman

Promo / Social Media Tips

How to Improve Your YouTube Video Exposure: 6 Useful Tools: by Aaron Agius @SMExaminer
8 Tips for Amping Up Your Book Promotion with Instagram: @Bookgal
3 Reasons to Manage Facebook by Notifications: @cksyme
4 Easy Ways To Get More Followers On Instagram: @KarenBanes

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Publishers’ Forum 2019: To Diversify or Double Down on Core Business? @Porter_Anderson
CreateSpace to KDP: The Aftermath: @JamiGold
How To Make Your Audiobook Work For You: @TheSuperStarter @thecreativepenn
Case Study: “How I used PDF Index Generator software for a paperback anthology”: @BirdsOAFpress
Six Questions for the Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s Allison Al-Masri: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
SAGE Publishing Makes UK’s Index on Censorship Archive Free: @Porter_Anderson
Getting Published in 2019: @ReedsyHQ

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Pitches

All About Twitter PItches: @AlexJCavanaugh @Janice_Hardy

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

3 Ways to Find a Literary Agent: @WriteToSell
When to pull the plug on a good agent who loves my work that isn’t selling: @Janet_Reid
Resubmitting to an Agent or Publisher: @Kid_Lit @NatalieIAguirre
Tips for Formatting a Manuscript: by Kate Larkindale @OpAwesome6
What is a selling point? @Janet_Reid

Publishing / Process / Distribution

How to remove your paperback from KDP Expanded Distribution to sell your book via IngramSpark: @BirdsOAFpress

Writing Craft / Beginnings

Flog a Pro: would you pay to turn the first page of this bestseller? @RayRhamey @WriterUnboxed
Openings and Edits: by Edittorrent
Real Life Diagnostics: Is This Opening Working? @Janice_Hardy
Starting Your Novel at the Midpoint: @thenovelry @ProWritingAid

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

3 Ways to Define the Essence of Our Character: @JamiGold
Your Character’s Failure Is Just As Compelling As Their Success: @FredBobJohn @standoutbooks
Character Type: Artist: @GoIntoTheStory
Occupation Thesaurus Entry: Radio DJ: @beccapuglisi
Finding Your Character’s Perspective: @SueBEdwards @womenonwriting
5 Myths About Writing Characters: by by C.D. Waller @mythicscribes
Use Psychology to Create Compelling Characters: by Joslyn Chase @write_practice

Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists

Hero Archetypes and Grounding Reality: @valerie_francis @StoryGrid
Character Objective and Writing a Strong Protagonist: @Kid_Lit

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

How to Avoid Repetitive Sentence Structure: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Diversity

Top 5 Mistakes Writers Make With Diverse Characters: @Bang2write
We Deserve More Black Stories with Happy Endings: by Exodus Oktavia Brownlow @ElectricLit

Writing Craft / Endings

8 Tips for a Satisfying Ending: @ZoeMMcCarthy

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

Editor Roundtable: Pirates of the Caribbean: @TheWritership @StoryGrid
Why “Bird Box” Starring Sandra Bullock Was Such a Ginormous Hit for Netflix: @JeffYorkWriter @CreativeScreen

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

Writing Craft: Foreshadowing: @RachelleGardner

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Writing Effective Plot Twists: @JamesNapoli @CreativeScreen
Tips for Writing About Controversial Topics in Fiction: @BryanGruley @WritersDigest
Four Reasons to Include Prompts in Your Writing Regimen: @DIYMFA @beccapuglisi
What to Do While You Wait: Working with Your Book, Instead of On It: by Barbara Linn Probst

Writing Craft / Plot Holes

Unsnagging Your Plot: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors

Writing Craft / POV

Story Grid: Revolutionize Your Story’s Point of View With Free Indirect Style: @DavidHSafford @write_practice

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Naming

How to Name Your Antagonist: @DaveChesson

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Hero’s Journey Archetypes: @valerie_francis @StoryGrid
How Do I Involve the Main Character in the Plot? @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

‘Relapse’ or ‘Recur’? @GrammarGirl
The Oxford Comma And Why It Matters: @TCKPublishing

Writing Craft / Revision

Nonfiction: Flag Your Way to Successful Revisions: @withpenandpaper @NinaAmir
How to Improve Your Manuscript by Editing Backwards: @margaretskea1 @IndieAuthorALLI
Weasel Words: Get Rid of These Words to Improve Your Writing: @TCKPublishing

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

Finding the Ideal Beta Reader to Match Your Target Reader: @SmartAuthors @BookWorksNYC

Writing Craft / Scenes

Make Sure Your Scene Endings Hook Your Readers: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Series

The Pros and Cons of Writing an Extensive Series: @KBuxtonBooks @phoenix_fiction

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

Tips On Descriptions: @writingandsuch
Choose the Best Time Setting for your Novel: by Dana Isaacson @CareerAuthors

Writing Craft / Synopses

How to Write a Fiction Synopsis: A New Way: @HankPRyan @CareerAuthors

Writing Craft / Voice

5 Steps to Find Your Voice as a Writer: @thenovelry

Writing Craft / World-Building

Should You Give Non-Human Groups Marginalized Traits? by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

Writing Tools / Apps

5 Tech Basics for Writers: @WordDreams

Writing Tools / Resources

Webinar From @JaneFriedman:Perfecting your Site, Newsletter and Social Network: ($12 if register now):

Uncategorized

The 10th Anniversary Festival Neue Literatur: ‘In Memory We Trust’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

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