Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

DSC Prize Chooses Nepal for Its 2019 Awards Venue: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Frankfurter Buchmesse Calls for ‘Revolutionary’ Book Pitches for Film: @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair @SydAtlas @pubperspectives
Hay Forum Dallas: Literary Programming Announced for September: @Porter_Anderson
10 Tips for Effective Networking at a Writer’s Conference: @johnpwriter @WritersDigest
Frankfurter Buchmesse Announces ‘Create Your Revolution: Talks’ Event: @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair @betelhem_dessie @GinaBelafonte

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

How to Measure Your Progress Towards Your Goals and Stay On Track: @KarenBanes

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

What Your Favorite Beach Read Says About You: @knownemily @lithub
5 Novels That Use Small Crimes To Explore Larger Ethical Dilemmas: @LORIROYauthor @CrimeReads
Ten Weird Writers to Save Us All in 2019: @SilentMotorist
Penny Dreadfuls: @JudithFlanders @PassiveVoiceBlg
Ten Favorite Flawed SF Books That Are Always Worth Rereading: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

Can The Pomodoro Technique Help Your Writing? by Rebecca Langley @standoutbooks

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

How Freewriting Can Help You Get Over Writer’s Block: @GhettoWarlock @pbackwriter

Creativity and Inspiration / Success

Taking Your Writing to the Next Level: Whole-Life Art: @KMWeiland

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

Writing the Next Book: @barbaraoneal @WriterUnboxed
Leaving the Sisterhood of Women Writers: by Lio Min @CatapultStory
Ideation: Where Do Ideas Come From? @LauraDrakeBooks
18 Things Highly Creative People Do Differently: @GoIntoTheStory
Is stress killing your creativity? @pubcoach
Is It Too Late? Successful Publishing After Forty, Fifty, Sixty? @writeabook
The Writing Journey: Should Writing Be Your Permanent Residence? @JenHwrites @EdieMelson
3 Habits for Self-Care Writers Should Embrace: @schreiltalk @WriteToSell
Better Your Writing By Being a Beginner—Every Day: @gooddirt @JaneFriedman
How 1 Mom Found Eliminating a Chore Gave Her More Writing Time: by Crystal Otto @womenonwriting
Should You Start a New Writing Project Right After Finishing An Old One? @MegDowell
Seven Tips for Writers Living With Depression: by Amaya Eckersley @kristen_kieffer
10 Tips to Slaughter Insecurity: @Gabino_Iglesias @LitReactor
Pros and Cons of Writing as a Dream Job: @PeggySueWells @EdieMelson

Genres / Fantasy

What Makes a Monster Scary? @PhilAthans

Genres / Horror

Dressed to kill: In Fabric and horror’s fixation with evil fashion: @steverose7 @GuardianBooks
5 Horror Movie Sub-Genres That Just Won’t Die: @IanFortey @cracked

Genres / Mystery

1 Common Mistake Mystery Writers Make When Handling Unlikeable Victims: @scribesworld
Plotting Story Stakes in a 5-Book Cozy Mystery Series: @scribesworld

Genres / Picture Books

The 3 Levels of Picture Books: @KarenCV

Genres / Poetry

How to Revise Poetry: One Simple Rule: @robertleebrewer @WritersDigest

Genres / Romance

Writing Romance: The Importance of Rapid Release: @RosalindJames5 @pbackwriter

Genres / Screenwriting

Subplots in Screenplays: @GoIntoTheStory

Promo / Ads

Sell Ads to Help Finance Your Self-Published Book or Promotional Book: @FrugalBookPromo @TheIWSG

Promo / Blogging

7 Super Easy SEO Tips All Writers Need To Know: @TheLeighShulman
What To Blog About If You’re Not Published: @KMAllan_writer

Promo / Pricing

How to Run Discount eBook Promotions That Work: @Bookgal @BookWorksNYC

Publishing / Miscellaneous

9 Ways That Artificial Intelligence (AI) Will Disrupt Authors And The Publishing Industry: @thecreativepenn
Scholastic and Imagine Announce Film Deal for Hashimoto’s ‘The Trail’: @Porter_Anderson @Scholastic

Publishing / News / Amazon

What the KDP Reports Beta Updates Mean for Authors: @WrittenWordM by Kelsey Worsham

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Human Rights Proponents Hail Mauritania’s Release of Mkhaïtir: @Porter_Anderson @IntPublishers @PENamerica
China’s Book Market in the First Half of 2019: Up 10.82 Percent: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
UK’s Publishers Association Leads ‘Axe the Reading Tax’ Campaign: @Porter_Anderson @StephenLotinga @PublishersAssoc
Promoting Export: UK International Showcase Features LGBTQI+ Content: @Porter_Anderson @valmcdermid @WritersCentre
Liber 2019’s Spanish-American Award Will Honor Mexico’s Juan Villoro: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
IPA Outlines a First Middle East Regional Seminar in Amman: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
AAP Objects to Trump’s China Shift: Only Children’s Book Tariffs Delayed: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Welbeck Names Malcolm Edwards To Publish André Deutsch Line: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Latvian Publishers Association Demands a Cut in the VAT Rate on Books: @jaroslawadamows @aldusnet
How to Stay on Top of Publishing Trends Like a Pro: @Jffelkins @write_practice

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing

“You have to be willing to begin again”, A Podcast Interview with Literary Agent Lori Kilkelly: @LKLiterary @DanBlank

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

Freelancing: 7 Nudges to Work Into Your Query Letters: @brotzel_fiction @hopeclark
What NOT to Say to a Literary Agent: @katiemccoach @TheRyanLanz

Publishing / Process / Formatting

How to Format Your Fiction Manuscript: @HankPRyan @CareerAuthors

Publishing / Process / ISBNs

ISBNs For Print Books: @BirdsOAFpress

Publishing / Process / Self-Publishing

Three Kinds of Self-Publishing Author: @OrnaRoss @IndieAuthorALLI

Writing Craft / Arc

Why the Heroine’s Journey Matters: @ragstowritten @StoryGrid

Writing Craft / Characters / Arc

What Is a Character Arc? A Definition, Plus 7 Examples From Movies and Books: @BrynDonovan

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

How To Find The Heart Of Your Characters: @StephMorrill @GoTeenWriters

Writing Craft / Characters / Supporting Characters

Six Stories That Focus Too Much on Side Characters: by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants
Writing background characters: 5 uses for minor roles: @nownovel

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

Writing Craft: Showing, Not Telling: @RaniaBattany @jemifraser

Writing Craft / Conflict

Considering Crucibles: @davidfarland
Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Taking Advice from the Wrong Person: @beccapuglisi
Escalate Your Story: @davidfarland

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

7 Writing Lessons Learned from Dungeons & Dragons: @_HannahHeath
How to Tell a Family Saga: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
Rogue Characters: The Secret to Compelling Fiction: @RuthHarrisBooks @annerallen
Working on a Novel About an Artist? Write Like a Painter: by Luke Jerod Kummer @lithub
What Fiction Writers Can Learn from Stage Magicians: by Gabriel Urza @lithub
Avoid Long Sentences in Colloquial Writing: @Kid_Lit

Writing Craft / POV

How To Tell If Your Writing Has Slipped Out Of Deep POV: @KMAllan_writer

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Concept

Understand Your Premise to Understand Your Novel: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Revision

How to best kill your darlings: @lhansenauthor
3 Solid Reasons Every Writer Needs to Use an Editing Tool: @HayleyMilliman @thewritelife
8 Editing Tips for Authors: @ebdawsonwriting @phoenix_fiction
Tips and Resources for Editing Your Novel: @riverbendsagas @EdieMelson
Editing: What to Change, Draft by Draft: @writingandsuch

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

The Value of Writing Critique Groups: @JeriWB

Writing Craft / Tension

Let No Good Tension Go Unstretched: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors

Writing Craft / Tropes

Does Everyone Really Love a Bad Boy? @cyallowitz

Writing Tools / Apps

Ten Essential Online Tools for Creative Writers: @themaltesetiger
The Google Docs ‘Compare Documents’ Feature: from Let’s Write Some Novels
Revising Your Manuscript in Scrivener: @Gwen_Hernandez @WriterUnboxed

Uncategorized

Using Story Tropes to Subvert Reader Expectations: @tay_simonds @WritersDigest wkb89

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