Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

Books to Film: The Option Versus The Shopping Agreement: @MattKnightBooks @JaneFriedman
Business Musings: Time and Money: @KristineRusch
How to Identify Your Author Level: @NickThacker @SelfPubForm
Writing And Business Lessons Learned From 500 Episodes And 11 Years Of The Creative Penn Podcast: @thecreativepenn
The Indie Author's Guide to Managing Piracy: @IndieAuthorALLI
How to Use Your Book’s Themes to Create Discussion: @Sara_HeartStory @DIYMFA

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

Coronavirus Impact: Nigeria's Aké Arts and Book Festival 2020 is Digital: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Translator Michele Hutchison, Win International Booker Prize: @Porter_Anderson @mariek1991 @M_Hutchison @pubperspectives

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Fiction That Will Immerse You in Medicine's Long, Messy Past: @LydiaYKang
How to (Actually) Get Better at Writing by Reading: @PSHoffmanAuthor
Top 5 Speculative Fiction Books with Disability Representation: @_HannahHeath
9 Thrillers About Children Gone Wrong: @HankPRyan @BookTrib
Five Doomed Armies in Science Fiction: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
7 Books Told From the Perspective of Domestic Workers: @SpiroAnimal @CrimeReads

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

How Screenwriters Should Plan Their Writing Days: @CreativeScreen

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer's Block

The Best-Kept Secret “Real” Writers Use to Crush Writer’s Block: by Jacqueline Myers

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

“You Have to Shift From Consuming to Creating.” @marcuswhitney @DanBlank
How Writer @KaiStrand Chooses What Project to Work on Next and Why She Chose a Pen Name for Some Books:
Lee Child on Jack Reacher: ‘I don't like him that much': @alisonflood @GuardianBooks
How to Overcome Writer’s Burnout: @NYBookEditors
Reminder: Toni Morrison took time to become Toni Morrison: @thegirlcanwrite @zoramag
Lockdown Opportunities for Writers: @dkparsonswriter @SelfPubForm
Mental Toughness as a Writer: @davidfarland
Helpful Resources, Opportunities, and Services for Disabled Writers: @WordMothers h/t @jsutt
Hopeful Strategies For When You Don't Have Time For Your Dream: @10minnovelist
3 Toxic Myths About Writing You Probably Believe: @Bang2write
How Can I Get the Same Obsession I Had With a Previous Story? by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
How to Get Stuff Done as a Writer (or How This INTJ Leverages Her Te): @KMWeiland
Is This the End of Writing in Cafés? On the Appeal of Lingering During (and After) a Pandemic: @knownemily @lithub

Genres / Humor

How to Write Comedy Even If You're Not Funny: @TrueFactBarFact @BryanJCollins

Genres / Memoir

Memoir's Primary Argument–How to Make Sure Your Memoir Has Universal Meaning: @writeabook
Writing Tips: How To Write Memoir: @mroachsmith @thecreativepenn

Genres / Miscellaneous

Genre for Authors: The Look and Feel Overlap – A System For Defining Genre: @katekrake
Writing Graphic Novels: 5 Ways to Enliven Stories: @nownovel

Genres / Mystery

Crime Writing: How Not to Write a Crime Report: @GarryRodgers1 @killzoneauthors

Genres / Poetry

Five Lies I Believed About Poetry Writing: @10minnovelist

Genres / Screenwriting

Screenwriting: 13 Types Of TV Writers' Rooms Whiteboards: @CreativeScreen
Screenwriting: Believe, Care, Invest: Frozen: @CockeyedCaravan
Screenwriting: Believe, Care, Invest: Get Out: @CockeyedCaravan

Genres / Young Adult

Tips To Know If You're Writing a YA: @KMazeauthor

Promo / Metadata

How to Sell More Books With the Right Kindle Metadata: @DaveChesson @kristen_kieffer

Promo / Miscellaneous

How to Make the Most of Your Amazon Author Page: @NinaAmir
8 Most Common Book Marketing Mistakes Authors Make Today: @Bookgal

Promo / Newsletters

Mailerlite Review for Authors: @DaveChesson

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Aspen Institute Looks at a Publishing Industry Challenged to Embrace Diversity: @Porter_Anderson @AspenInstitute @adriennebrodeur @pubperspectives
Writing, Publishing And Book Marketing Q@A: @thecreativepenn
‘Race and Power': Cambridge University Press Opens Free Access: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
PEN America Releases 111 ‘We Will Emerge' Essays on the Pandemic: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @PENamerica

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Industry Notes: Kuwait Curtails Censorship; Hong Kong Sees Campus Concerns: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
China Bestsellers in July: Student Reading Drives the Charts: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Self-Publishing News: Nook is Back: @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI
Belarus Crisis: IPA, Publishers Federation Back European Writers' Council: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Germany's Springer Nature: Transformative Agreements Can Flip Markets: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Canada’s Access Copyright Foundation Announces Professional Development: @Porter_Anderson Grants @pubperspectives @AccessCopyright
Rights Roundup Preview: Finnish Debut Sells English Rights: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Spain's PRH Grupo Editorial and Canada's Wattpad Strike Rights Deal: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections

Dealing With Rejection as a Writer: @shaelinbishop @ReedsyHQ

Writing Craft / Beginnings

What Your First 50 Pages Reveals: @manzanitafire @JaneFriedman

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

How to Develop a Memorable Character: @ecellenb

Writing Craft / Characters / Emotion

8 Ways Voice Can Show Emotional Depth: @LisaHallWilson

Writing Craft / Characters / Supporting Characters

How to Make Your Supporting Characters Shine: @mary_russell @CareerAuthors
Even minor characters need to want something: @NathanBransford

Writing Craft / Conflict

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Public Humiliation: @AngelaAckerman
5 Writing Tips for Punching up Fight Scenes for any Genre: @JChaseNovelist
Q&A: Magical Warfare: from How to Fight Write

Writing Craft / Dialogue

Your Quick And Easy Guide To Editing Dialogue: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks

Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story

How to Weave in Backstory Without Stalling Out Your Story: @FoxPrintEd @WriterUnboxed

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

“The Hate U Give” (Angie Thomas): An Editor's Look at the Story Through the Story Grid Lens: @abigailkperry @StoryGrid
Lessons From the Terrible Writing of Eragon’s Sequel: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

57 Literary Devices That’ll Elevate Your Writing: @SarahCyWrites @smartbloggerhq
Implementing Theme into Your Story: @SeptCFawkes

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

Plot Twists, Surprises, and How to Keep Your Reader Guessing: @LauraHankin @DIYMFA
Watch Out for Overwriting: Once is Enough: @Margo_L_Dill
Crafting a Relationship That Matters: @AngelaAckerman @JamiGold
Theatrical Shortcuts for Dynamic Fiction: @Leannarenee @sfwa
The Biggest Writing Craft Issue New Novelists Face: 7 Ways to Avoid It: @annerallen

Writing Craft / POV

Resources for Writers: Quick Tips for Avoiding Viewpoint Gaffes in Your Fiction: @JodieRennerEd
Writing Multiple POVs: @Lindasclare

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

6 Rules of Improv for Writers: How to “Yes, And” Your Way to Better Scenes: by Joslyn Chase @write_practice

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

Further vs. Farther (Grammar Rules): @robertleebrewer @WritersDigest

Writing Craft / Revision

8 “Telling” Words to Eliminate in Our Writing: @PeggySueWells @EdieMelson

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

Critique Skills for Writers: @Lindasclare

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

Use Body Language to Characterize: @AJHumpage

Writing Craft / Synopses

Tips On Writing A Synopsis: @lomace @WomenWriters

Uncategorized

Write What is Unreal But True: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors wkb89

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