Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

How To Take Your Creative Business To The Next Level: @taragentile @thecreativepenn
Business Musings: Shifting Attitudes: @KristineRusch
An Agent on Being Discreet as a Ghostwriter: @Janet_Reid
For the Love of the Writing Process: 6 Questions to Hone Your Workflow: @Bob_Mayer @WritersDigest
Grow your Business by Becoming an Independent Publisher: @bkynwriters @IndieAuthorALLI
Increase Your Efficiency by Automating your Author Business: @Creativindie @IndieAuthorALLI
How Authors can Leverage Blockchain Technology: @WeArePrescient @IndieAuthorALLI

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

Guest of Honor Norway Heads for Frankfurt via London on Wave of Success: @Porter_Anderson
From Europe and the UK: Two CEOs at London Book Fair’s Quantum Conference: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
London Book and Screen Week Names 2019 CAMEO Award Winners: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
19 Diversity-Focused Writing Conferences & Events in 2019: @sangeeta_editor @WritersDigest
London Book Fair: Friendly, Non-Intimidating Coding for Publishers: @MarkPiesing @has_many_books @pubperspectives
London Book Fair’s International Excellence Awards Honor ‘Publishing To Build a Better World’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Giving Something Back – Setting Up a Conference: @ChrisHammacott @IndieAuthorALLI
At London Book Fair: Discussing Arabic Literature in a Sheikh Zayed Book Award Session: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
The Man Booker International Prize Longlist: @Porter_Anderson
Aprés London Book Fair: Livre Paris Opens Today: @oliviasnaije @Porter_Anderson

Creativity and Inspiration / Careers in Writing and Day Jobs

Don’t let anyone shame you for having a day job. @thewildwong @emiliewapnick

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

The Daily Mindset Practice That Will Help You Achieve Your Writing Goals: by Jennifer Blanchard

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

“Designing My Characters’ Homes Helps Me Write”: by Lisa Gornick @lithub

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

The Mysterious Discipline of Narratologists: Why We Need Stories to Make Sense: @ArkadyMartine @tordotcom
The Dark and Dreamy Noir of The Great Gatsby: @RealLiveCritic @CrimeReads
10 Tips for Writing Reviews with Ease: @SherLHoward
Benefits to Listening to Audio Books for Writers: by Melissa Chan @TheIWSG
Five Inhospitable Planets from Science Fiction: @kmkjensen @tordotcom
Reflections on the Difficulties and Influence of Joyce: @JoshuaIsard @LitReactor
5 Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Dystopian Tests That Aren’t What They Seem: by Stubby the Rocket @tordotcom
There’s no shame in reading whatever books you want – literary snobs be damned: by Emily Maguire @GuardianBooks

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

Time Management and Organization: @KarenCV

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

Overcome Your Fear of the Blank Page: @WriteNowCoach

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

Common Writing Speed Bumps and How to Handle Them:

Creativity and Inspiration / Success

3 Famous Authors Who Turned Adversity Into Triumph: @DaveChesson @WritetoDone

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

How to Submit Writing Like A Relentless Force of Nature: @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor
Cycles in a Writing Life: @victoria_grif7
Narrative Detour: Rediscover Your Novel: @doc_awesomeo
How Meditation Can Improve Your Writing : by Jennifer Frost @Writers_Write
5 Lessons From Six Weeks of No Social Media: @besscozby @DIYMFA
What Kind Of Procrastinator Are You? @KMAllan_writer
Why Do You Write? A Simple Question…But What About the Answers? @Peter_Rey_
A Writer’s Job Is to Persevere: Not Stopping at 96: by Eugenia Lovett West @WritersDigest
Why Push Yourself to Write More Books? @ZoeMMcCarthy

Genres / Memoir

How to Write a Memoir: Each Chapter Should Tell a Story: @CockeyedCaravan

Genres / Miscellaneous

Is My Story Idea Speculative Fiction? @ZoeMMcCarthy

Genres / Mystery

Introverted Characters in Crime Fiction: @mkinberg

Genres / Non-Fiction

7 Steps Toward Writing Your Transformational Book: @NinaAmir@WritersDigest
How to Write Technical Nonfiction for a Wide Audience: 5 Tips: by Sean Miller @ReedsyHQ

Genres / Romance

How To Write The Tragic Love Story – A 10-Step Formula: @AnthonyEhlers @Writers_Write
11 of the Most Popular Romance Tropes — and How to Make Them New Again: @ReedsyHQ

Genres / Screenwriting

Great Scene: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” : @GoIntoTheStory
Screenwriting: An Archive of What NOT to Do: @CockeyedCaravan
The Business of Screenwriting: There are three kinds of people in Hollywood: @GoIntoTheStory

Promo / Blogging

Why Some of Your Readers Will Never Comment on Your Blog Posts: @MegDowell
10 SEO Copywriting Tips For Beginners: @Writers_Write

Promo / Book Reviews

Why Did Amazon Remove My Book Reviews? @TCKPublishing

Promo / Miscellaneous

Your 2019 Book Marketing Plan: @NewShelvesBooks @BookWorksNYC
When Does A Book Become Over-promoted? @sjbwrites @IndieAuthorALLI
How to reach your target market on all platforms: @MarkLeslie @IndieAuthorALLI

Promo / Newsletters

How to Grow an Email Newsletter Starting from Zero: @Christinamac79 @JaneFriedman

Promo / Platforms

7 Author Branding Lessons Learned from Twenty One Pilots: @_HannahHeath

Promo / Social Media Tips

Your Online Presence: 10 Mistakes for Authors to Avoid: @annerallen

Promo / Websites

Five Simple SEO Tips for Authors: @elawilliams_ @DIYMFA
The right way to launch your author website: @debemmitt

Publishing / Miscellaneous

How to Calculate Amazon Fees for Printing Paperbacks Using KDP Print: @Wogahn
US Publisher F+W Media Hearing Today in Chapter 11 Protection Filing: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Creating a Second Edition: @valerie_francis @StoryGrid

Publishing / News / International Publishing

France’s BIEF Hit by London Book Fair Transit Delays in Calais’ Brexit Protests: @oliviasnaije @Porter_Anderson
London Book Fair: Rebuilding the University of Mosul Library: @oliviasnaije @pubperspectives
11 Ways to Sell More Books to International Audiences (without spending money on book translation): @Bookgal

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

How Much Does it Cost to Self Publish a Book? by Tom Ashford @pbackwriter

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

‘Is my ms dead in the water?’ An Agent Answers: @Janet_Reid
Should I get my manuscript professionally edited before querying agents? @Catkcho
Why Querying Writers Shouldn’t Write Sequels: @MegLaTorre
Formatting your manuscript for editors and agents: @lisapoisso

Publishing / Process / Legalities

The Growing Importance of Intellectual Property: @KristineRusch @PassiveVoiceBlg

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

Character Research: How to Write Authentic Emotion: @AngelaAckerman @ProWritingAid
6 Ways to Show Emotions for Non-POV Characters: @beccapuglisi @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Characters / Supporting Characters

Working with a Large Cast of Characters: @SeptCFawkes

Writing Craft / Conflict

Writing The Fight Scene: @davidfarland

Writing Craft / Dialogue

How to Write Funny Dialogue: 5 Tips for Making Readers Laugh Out Loud: @iStephenEvans @WritersDigest
5 Tips for Using Voice in Dialogue: by Vincent H. O’Neil

Writing Craft / Drafts

What If All Writing is Just Drafts, Forever? @Joe_Scapellato @lithub

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Purple And Beige Writing: What You Need To Know: by Rebecca Langley @standoutbooks
The Inner/Outer Balance: @DonMaass @WriterUnboxed
Creating Authentic Details: Keeping Secrets: by Pamela Taylor @DIYMFA
How to Write Better: A Quick Guide: @MegDowell
Using Literary Techniques in Narrative Journalism: @DustinGrinnell @WritersDigest
Avoiding the Midbook Slump: Three Techniques to Keep Readers Reading: @writeabook
Three Writing Rules to Disregard @BCDreyer @parisreview
For Fact & Fiction: Borrow Non-fiction Techniques for your Fiction: @isekhmet

Writing Craft / POV

How Do I Write Exposition in Close Perspective? by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Pre-Writing: @DPWauthor @KillerNashville
How Do Pantsers Develop Characters? @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Concept

The 7 Elements of a Viable Story Idea: @flyingwrestler @savethecat

Writing Craft / Revision

7 Tips for the Reluctant Editor: by Rebecca Frost @NaNoWriMo
8 Early Draft Cuts For A Stronger Manuscript: @KMAllan_writer
How to strategically edit for timeline inconsistencies: @raimeygallant

Writing Craft / Scenes

Top 5 Mistakes Writers Make Writing Scenes: @JimMercurio @Bang2write

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

Boosting Your Prose: Setting: @davidfarland
Quick Writing Tip: Don’t Forget about Sound: by Bucket Siler

Writing Craft / Tropes

Story Tropes: How Do We Twist a Cliché? @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Word Crafting

Filtering Unnecessary Jargon in Your Writing: @AnneJanzer

Writing Tools / Resources

How to Find the Writing Coach You Need: @Jffelkins @write_practice
8 Great Podcasts for Writers and Book Authors: by Ali Hale @writing_tips
Character Arc Plot & Kurt Vonnegut’s Story Shapes: @EvaDeverell

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