Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

Writing for Voice First Devices: @Talks2Bots @TheIWSG
Tips for Easier Writing and Promo: Know Your Genre and Write in Series:
Profit Spikes in Short Bursts of Time: Small Projects Writers Should Pursue: @OPA_Authors @WritersDigest

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

Biting the Bullet — Tracking a Writing Habit: @MichalskiLiz @WriterUnboxed

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

Brainstorming & FaceTime for Writers: @AneMulligan @EdieMelson

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Nancy Drew – Immortal Female Detective: @burke_writer @killzoneauthors
Literary Disco on the Enduring Genius of Jane Austen: @LiteraryDisco @lithub
5 Recent Novels That Blend Sci-Fi and Horror: @McFlyCahill90 @BNBuzz

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

How to Stop Struggling to Write: @NinaAmir

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

There Is No Wrong Way To Write A Book: @aminahmae
Embracing the Delete Key: @DIYMFA @8thcirclepress
What to Say If Friends Ask You to Ghostwrite their Memoir: @jlynchauthor @IndieAuthorALLI
The One Thing Writers Miss When Trying to Improve: @colleen_m_story
Writing While Under the Influence of Emotions: @DawnEndria @WomenWriters
What’s your author persona? How to be yourself online–only better: @annerallen
Roger Ebert, Werner Herzog, Antarctica … and a manifesto for maverick creatives: @Roz_Morris
The Pros and Cons of Experimenting: @JamiGold
Writing At Ninety Six: by Eugenia Lovett West @WomenWriters
One Writer’s New Social Media Promise: @RoniLoren
The Five Stages of Becoming a Novelist: @mythcreants
Make Life Easier By Keeping Writing Files Organized:
6 Destructive Thoughts That Stop You from Writing: @brotzel_fiction @LiveWriteThrive
Is Anybody Out There? One Writer on the Purgatory of Submission: @GlenCadigan @The_Millions

Genres / Historical

Historical Fiction Can Be As Urgent As the News: by Joshua Furst @lithub

Genres / Horror

Have horror movies made a monster out of the older woman? @clarisselou @Independent
Writing Horror Using All Five Senses: @repokempt @LitReactor

Genres / Mystery

Where the Legal Thriller Meets Domestic Suspense: @alafairburke @CrimeReads
Tips on Writing Believable Conspiracies for Thriller Fiction: @JordanDane @killzoneauthors
Alexander McCall Smith is Turning Scandi-Noir on Its Head: by Camille LeBlanc @CrimeReads

Genres / Non-Fiction

5 Tips to Help Readers Enter Your Nonfiction World: @SueBEdwards @womenonwriting

Genres / Screenwriting

How They Write A Script: Paul Schrader: @GoIntoTheStory
How They Write A Script: David Lynch: @GoIntoTheStory

Genres / Young Adult

Writing Realistic Teenagers in YA: @jlturchin
Young Adult is a Confusing Term: @alissagrosso
YA Outside the Lines: @PattyBlount

Promo / Blogging

Must-Have Graphic Design Elements for Your Blog: @KarenBanes
Blogging: About Categories and Tags: @crsmihai

Promo / Miscellaneous

6 Ways To Collaborate With Other Indie Authors For Better Marketing (And More): by Robert Wood @standoutbooks
Marketing Strategies to Improve Book Sales: @SusanNealYoga @EdieMelson
The Indie Writer Book Launch Guide: @IndieReader

Promo / Platforms

Juggling Two Author Platforms, Is it Worth it? @charitybradford

Promo / Social Media Tips

What Does Your Online Activity Say About You? @RachelleGardner
How to use IFTTT (If This, Then That) with Twitter: @harmony_kent @StoryEmpire
How to Cross-Post to Instagram From Your Facebook Page: @jenns_trends @SMExaminer
10 Tips for Using Social Media and Avoiding the “Cesspool”: @annerallen
9 Free Things Every Author Can Do To Boost Their Visibility On Social Media: @eevijones @pbackwriter

Promo / Websites

Not Enough Website Views? You’re Missing A Major Target Audience: @ABlueGreenGXY

Publishing / Miscellaneous

New Imprint RealClearBooks Aims ‘To Disrupt’ the Political Market With Self-Publishing: @Porter_Anderson @RealClearBooks

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Dora Salamba: Aspects of Piracy Facing Malawi’s Copyright Society: @Porter_Anderson @DMakwinja @pubperspectives
IPA’s Hugo Setzer to Africa’s Publishers at Nairobi: ‘We Need You’ | @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers @Kenyapublishers
Nigerian Entrepreneurs Chidi and Chika Nwaogu: Monetizing Creative Content | @Porter_Anderson @wearepubliseer @ChidiNwaogu5 @IntPublishers @Kenyapublishers
Publishing Scotland Translation Fund Taking Applications: @Porter_Anderson @PublishScotland
Kenya’s Tonee Ndungu of Kytabu: ‘Enriching Curriculum Content’: @Porter_Anderson @ToneeNdungu
Frankfurt Audio Summit Features Spotify’s Michael Krause: @Porter_Anderson @mkstreaming @pubperspectives
Kenya Publishers Association’s Lawrence Njagi at Nairobi: ‘African Languages’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
IPA’s Bodour Al Qasimi to IPA’s Africa Seminar: ‘Everyone Is Equally Responsible’: @Porter_Anderson via @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Pitches

How To Pitch Your Book For TV and Film: @djwilliams316 @thecreativepenn

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

A New Agent on What She’s Looking For And a Query Critique Giveaway: @Kerstin_Wolf @NatalieIAguirre
8 Query Letter Don’ts: @KMAllan_writer

Writing Craft / Beginnings

Writing Effective First Lines: @daciamarnold @RMFWriters
Flog a Pro: would you pay to turn the first page of this bestseller? @RayRhamey @WriterUnboxed

Writing Craft / Characters / Arc

Five Characters With Strong Arcs: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

5 Fake Character Flaws to Avoid: by Sara Kopeczky @TheRyanLanz
Crafting The Con Man: @Diana_Hurwitz

Writing Craft / Characters / Protagonists

Writing great protagonists: @AuthorMarilene

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

9 First Time Author Blunders You Need to Avoid: @MikeLoomis @WritetoDone

Writing Craft / Dialogue

10 Tips For Writing Dialogue: Character Voice (Video): @AuthorMarilene
Action beats and how you use them in fiction: @LouiseHarnby

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

John Green describes his fictional role model: @pubcoach
3 Ways Martin Amis Can Help You Improve Your Writing: @FredBobJohn @standoutbooks

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

Using Motifs in Fiction: @kristen_kieffer
How Do Similes Work? @ProWritingAid @KathyEdens1

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Raise Your Novel’s Stakes by Narrowing the Focus: @Janice_Hardy
How to Create an External Plot Journey by Developing the Internal Plot Journey (Podcast): @tessaemilyhall
“5 Ways Playwriting Improved My Fiction”: @sharon0884 @10minnovelist
Why Writing Yourself Into a Corner Can Improve Your Writing: @hale_scott @thecreativepenn

Writing Craft / Pacing

4 Pacing Tricks to Keep Readers’ Attention: @KMWeiland

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Outlining

How to Outline a Novel Made Fun and Easy (+ Free Worksheet): @RidethePen

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

How Much Research Should You Do For Your Book? @ceruleancynic @tordotcom

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

How to Edit Punctuation Marks: @tishmartin1416 @A3writers

Writing Craft / Revision

12 Self-Editing Tips: @CherylProWriter
Mixed Metaphors – Don’t Let Them Sneak into Stories: @ZoeMMcCarthy

Writing Craft / Series

“How I Wrote an Extended Series”: @michellecox33 @WritersDigest

Writing Craft / Word Crafting

Choosing Just the Right Words: @KathySteinemann @JamiGold

Writing Tools / Apps

Ten Cool Tricks for Calibre: @thDigitalReader

Writing Tools / Thesauri

The thesaurus is good, valuable, commendable, superb, actually: by B.D. McClay @outline

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