Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

Building Your Publishing Team: Your Editor: @itshelendarling @DIYMFA
How to Start a Ghostwriting Career: @ZaraAltair @ProWritingAid
How to juggle different types of writing: @pubcoach
Tips for Selling Your Essay: by Deborah Lyn Stanley
Making a Living as a Life Story Writer: by Amy Woods Butler @hopeclark
File names that show your manuscript revision status: @lisapoisso

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

Book Promotion: How to Pitch to Festival Organizers: by Dan Holloway @IndieAuthorALLI
Frankfurter Buchmesse Stages a Conversation on Artificial Intelligence During SXSW: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Ahead of London Book Fair: IPA’s New Leadership on the State of a World Publishing Industry: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
During London Book Fair: Copyright Clearance Center on ‘Open Scholarly Communications’: @Porter_Anderson
London Book Fair’s Market Focus Indonesia: Creative Industries and a Spice Café: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
International Women’s Day 2019: International Women Writers Observing the Day: @mkinberg

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

2019 Goal Planning Tools for Writers: @vkier_tech
1 Writer’s 9 Writing Goals for 2019: @KMWeiland

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

How to read more: @pubcoach
Introducing Difficult Books, a Descriptive List: @PassiveVoiceBlg @The_Millions
5 Books that Give Voice to Artificial Intelligence: @tansyrr @enoughsnark @tordotcom

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

Use a List to Make Writing a Habit: by Shelley Widhalm
Vanquish Emotional Overwhelm to Increase Productivity: @KBullockAuthor @WriterUnboxed

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

Writer’s Block with Depression and Anxiety: @SeptCFawkes

Creativity and Inspiration / Success

Why 1 Writer is Dreaming of Becoming a Midlist Author: @KassandraLamb @IndieAuthorALLI

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

How to Stop Overthinking Your Writing: @writingcookbook
Creativity Studies And Tricks For Women Writers: by Claudia Chibici-Revneanu @WomenWriters
“Is my writing good enough?” @DanBlank
Writing versus Not Writing: @MFournierWatson @WomenWriters
How to find time to write when life feels out of control: @TheLeighShulman
Should You Get a Creative Writing Degree? @Roz_Morris and Garry Craig Powell
The Story that Holds You Back: @kcraftwriter
How to Explore Literary Yorkshire: @laurencocking @lithub
Every Story Is A Survival Story: @maureenmcquerry @WomenWriters
When Even the Greatest of Writers Grapples with Self-Doubt: @GabbyBellot @lithub
Three Ways for Writers to Grow a Thick Skin: @canitbeyolanda

Genres / Fantasy

What is Urban Fantasy? A Guide for Readers and Writers: @ReedsyHQ

Genres / Horror

13 Frightfully Good Young Adult Horror Novels: @FelizaCasano @ReadBrightly

Genres / Miscellaneous

The Business Side of Songwriting: Protecting Your Work: by Matthew Hawk Eldridge @A3writers

Genres / Mystery

The Creative Drive as an Element in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
10 Books About How to Write Mysteries: @JanetBoyer
Societal Myths and Discouraging Realities as Elements in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg
Mystery Writing: Keeping the Middle of the Book Interesting: @mkinberg

Genres / Poetry

20 Easy Poetry Writing Prompts and Exercises: @BrynDonovan

Genres / Screenwriting

Script to Screen: “No Country For Old Men”: @GoIntoTheStory

Genres / Western

Secrets of the Western Genre: by Rachelle Ramirez @StoryGrid

Promo / Ads

Avoiding the Mistakes of Over- and Under-Investing in a Book: @kikimojo
Why You Probably Shouldn’t Be Advertising (Video) by Chris Fox
Discount ebook deals mailing list BookBub finally adds audiobooks. Launches Chirp in partnership with Findaway: @TNPS10

Promo / Book Reviews

Reedsy Launches New Book Marketing Tool to Gain Reviews and Exposure for New Releases: @ReedsyHQ

Promo / Miscellaneous

8 Marketing Tips for 2019: @AnnMarieNieves @WriterUnboxed
How to Write a Book Endorsement: @EricaVetsch

Promo / Platforms

Establishing Yourself before Your Book Is Published: Submitting, Platform, and More: @writeabook

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Brussels Book Fair’s Gregory Laurent: ‘Forward-Thinking Projects’: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives
Spanish-Language Audiobook Sales Predicted to Surge in 2019: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Which Amazon KDP ebook royalty rate should I choose? @BirdsOAFpress
Industry Notes: Wales’ Hay Festival Opens 2019 School Program’s Booking Applications: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Kids Can Press’ ‘Most Magnificent Thing’ Animated Short Is Out From Nelvana: @Porter_Anderson
International Women’s Day 2019: Progress Among Publishers in France: @oliviasnaije @v_clayssen

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

35+ Self-Publishing Terms Every Aspiring Author Should Know: @savilleneuve

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

How to Stand Out For Agents and Publishers: @AJHumpage

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections

How to Survive Rejection: 8 Tips: @themaltesetiger

Publishing / Process / Services to Avoid

Publishizer: Do Authors Really Need a Crowdfunding Literary Agency? @victoriastrauss
7 Ways to Defend Yourself from Writing Coach Scams: @EstelleSErasmus @WritersDigest

Publishing / Process / Translation

Nielsen Reports Translated Literature in the UK Grew 5.5 Percent in 2018: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Writing Craft / Beginnings

Beginnings and Backstory: @jamesscottbell

Writing Craft / Characters / Antagonists

Making Sympathetic Antagonists (And Why Thanos Wasn’t One): by Mira Singer @mythcreants
How to Create a Villain: @themaltesetiger

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

Five Surprisingly Successful Characters and Why They Work: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
Why Lack Of Structure Is Killing Your Characters: @Bang2write

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

How to Avoid The 7 Biggest Storytelling Mistakes: by Richard Krevolin @CareerAuthors

Writing Craft / Conflict

Create Inner Conflict: @ianirvineauthor

Writing Craft / Dialogue

Tips for Better Dialogue: by Keith Cronin @WriterUnboxed

Writing Craft / Diversity

5 Steps to Creating Characters of Color: @ajthenovelist @DIYMFA

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

What the Show “Friends” Did Right: @TheRyanLanz

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Four Kinds of Death in Fiction: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / POV

4 Questions To Ask To Avoid Info Dumps In Deep Point Of View: @LisaHallWilson

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Outlining

The Myth of Plan First and Write Later: @LouiseTondeur @JaneFriedman

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Navigating Families in Fiction: @KAMcCleary @WriterUnboxed
6 Sub-Plots That Add Style To Your Story: @Writers_Write

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Beats

Psycho Beat Sheet: @DonRoff @savethecat

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

A Primer on Active vs. Passive Voice for Writers: @LoriHatcher2 @EdieMelson
Capitalizing Dog Breeds: @GrammarGirl

Writing Craft / Revision

How to Revise your Manuscript: First Draft to Final Draft: @LisaPoisso
Whittling Words for Stronger Stories: by Devyn Fussman @NaNoWriMo

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

Writing Tips: Writing Beyond the 5 Senses: @green_gila @thecreativepenn
Writing the Southeastern US: @VictoriaGHowell

Writing Craft / Tension

Real Life Diagnostics: Can You Feel Any Tension or Conflict in This Scene? By Maria D’Marco

Writing Tools / Miscellaneous

How To Use A Fountain Pen: by Emma Walsh @Writers_Write

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