Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

Finding the Right Freelancer To Work On Your Novel: @cleemckenzie @TheIWSG
The 7 goals of a standout editorial report: @LouiseHarnby
Why you should charge a flat rate for freelancing: @pubcoach
20 Simple Ways to Create Multiple Streams of Revenue: @DeniseWakeman
How to Find the Best Freelance Writing Jobs Online: @themaltesetiger
Tips for Writing 2 Books at Once: @authorkristenm

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

How to Set Up Online Webinars and Meetings: @SpunkOnAStick @TheIWSG
Going to your First Book Fair After the Plague? 13 Tips: @ThDigitalReader @annerallen
Canada's Cundill Prize 2020 Jurors: History, Urgency, and Trump: @Porter_Anderson @anneapplebaum @peterfrankopan @bbclysedoucet @pubperspectives
Tuesday's BookExpo Online Sessions Schedule: May 26: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Frankfurter Buchmesse Is a Go: A 2020 Physical-and-Digital Fair: @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair @pubperspectives
The UK”s Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Names Its 2020 Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Frankfurter Buchmesse News Conference: ‘It Will Be Very Different' @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair @pubperspectives
Friday's BookExpo Online Sessions Schedule; Jonathan Karp To Lead S&S: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels

A Series of Posts to Help You Write Your First Novel: @emma_darwin

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

12 Tips for Writing When You Feel Like You’ve Run Out of Good Ideas: @MegDowell
Where and When Do You Get Your Ideas? @HeatherLeeDyer_
Keep Going: How To Be Creative For The Long-Term: @austinkleon @thecreativepenn

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

7 Transformational Books to Read in Your Treehouse: by Jonathan Stone @CrimeReads
Ray Bradbury Understood the Narrative Power of Tattoos: @tattoohistorian @lithub
How to Start a Love Affair with Audiobooks: @VictoriaDahl @CrimeReads

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

The 1000 Words of Summer Writing Challenge Begins Tomorrow: @jamiattenberg

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

How to Silence Your Inner Critic: @writingcookbook
When You Learn Writing Gets Lonely: @MegDowell
9 Questions Your Family Will Probably Ask You About Your Writing At Some Point: @MegDowell
Fragmented Narratives Are Broken, Independent, and Honest: @sineadgleeson @lithub
10 Ways to Feel Like a Real Writer When You Can’t Write Thanks to Coronavirus: @RuthHarrisBooks
W. H. Auden Was a Messy Roommate: by Seamus Perry @parisreview
Beat distraction: writing productivity tactics to try when you can’t concentrate: @beprolifiko
Folklore & Fiction Supplement: Keeping a Journal in Uncertain Times: @csmaccath
“5 Lessons Learned After Releasing My First Book”: @KMAllan_writer
Treat Your Writing Like ‘Real’ Work If You Want to Succeed: @MegDowell
Don’t Quit Writing: @createastorylov
7 Tips to Help Writers Shed Winter Weight: @colleen_m_story
How to Rescue an Endangered Book and Restore Your Author Mojo: @RuthHarrisBooks
“Work and learn in evil days”: @austinkleon
Enjoy Your Best Writing Life with These 12 Tips: @EdieMelson
If You Want to Write a Certain Story, You Should Write It: @MegDowell

Genres / Horror

13 Indie Publishers Producing Fresh, Hot, Horror Fiction: @SadieHartmann

Genres / Memoir

What’s Your Memoir About? Discovering Your Life Story’s Themes: @writingthrulife

Genres / Mystery

50 Cozy Mystery Settings: @BrynDonovan

Genres / Screenwriting

Parasite: Theme, Tone, and Structure: @thejkstudio
7 Screenwriting Hacks If You're Stuck: @CreativeScreen
The Real Hidden Genius of Pulp Fiction: @JustinKownacki

Genres / Short Stories

Tips on Writing a Great Short Story: @SeptCFawkes
Ten Lessons from Entering Hundreds of Short Story Competitions: @brotzel_fiction @hopeclark

Promo / Blogging

How to Run a Successful Blog Course: @KristinaAuthor

Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting

Free Amazon Book Description Generator: @DaveChesson

Promo / Book Reviews

The Ultimate Guide to Getting Book Reviews: @IndieAuthorALLI

Promo / Miscellaneous

16 Ways To Market Your Audiobook: @thecreativepenn
What’s Your Author Brand? @sandrabeckwith
Building a Community of True Fans for Authors: @EJWenstrom
How to Market a Self-Published Book While You’re Living the Quarantined Life: @Bookgal

Promo / Social Media Tips

The Right Social Media Strategy For Authors: @ThePRExpert

Publishing / Miscellaneous

How to Get Your Books into Libraries: @MarkLeslie @sacha_black
NPD's Kristen McLean on the US Industry: Weathering the Pandemic: @Porter_Anderson @npdgroup @juliettekayyem @pubperspectives
Coronavirus Worklife: OUP's Nigel Portwood on ‘Weathering the Challenges': @MarkPiesing

Publishing / News / Amazon

Amazon Literary Partnership Names More Than $1 Million in Grants: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Italian Publishers Lost €134 Million in Book Sales During Pandemic: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Coronavirus Impact: Amid Losses, Poland Stages Its First Digital Book Fair: @jaroslawadamows @pubperspectives
Coronavirus Worklife: China's Phoenix Publishing on Business Shifts: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Norway's Beat Technologies Signs a Denmark Trio for an Audiobook Platform: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Querying

Content warnings in a query letter? @Janet_Reid

Writing Craft / Beginnings

WIP Diagnostic: Is This Working? A Closer Look at a Prologue: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

Creating Emotional Resonance: by Marilynn Byerly

Writing Craft / Characters / Supporting Characters

The Importance of Secondary Characters in Your Novel: @LiveWriteThrive

Writing Craft / Dialogue

Writing Craft Basics: How to Format Dialogue: @JamiGold

Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story

Backstory for Writers: When and How: @AneMulligan @EdieMelson

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Inanimate Objects as Characters: @kdeniseholmberg @A3writers
6 Daring Plot Twists To Try In Your Writing: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks
Creating Atmosphere in Writing: @Creating_Kohla @KristinaAuthor
7 Tips to Working with a Serpentine Idea: @cyallowitz
Aim for Profundity: @davidfarland
Keeping an evolving fictional platonic relationship from seeing like filler: from Just a Writing Aid

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

Plotting Your Fantasy Novel With a Bullet Journal: @jennlyonsauthor @tordotcom
Guide To Plot Development: @writingandsuch

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Beats

Contagion Beat Sheet: @DonRoff @savethecat

Writing Craft / Revision

One Writer's Self-editing Process: @AuthorMarilene
5 Ways Newbie Fiction Writers Can Improve Their Manuscript: @AlyciaMorales

Writing Craft / Series / Series Bible

Tips for a Book Bible: by Marilynn Byerly

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

Using The Five Senses: Sound: @JoanHallWrites @StoryEmpire

Writing Craft / Subtext

How to Write Subtext: @SeptCFawkes
Tips for Writing Subtext from @SeptCFawkes

Writing Craft / Synopses

How To Craft a One-Page Synopsis Using Story Beats: @SueColetta1 @TheRyanLanz

Writing Craft / Tropes

Character Archetypes: The Trickster: by C.S.Boyack @StoryEmpire

Writing Craft / World-Building

Author's Guide To Drawing Maps: @Vancano @worldbuildtips

Writing Tools / Apps

Backing Up In Scrivener: @aprildavila

Writing Tools / Miscellaneous

Tools for writers, Word, Scrivener, good old-fashioned paper: @Roz_Morris

Writing Tools / Resources

Nine Great Twitter Chats for Writers: @ThDigitalReader

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