Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Business / Miscellaneous

Why quality counts: @sandrabeckwith
Invest in Your Writing: Ways to Improve Yourself without Breaking the Bank: by Tom Meitner @ProWritingAid
12 Phrases NEVER to Use in Your Freelance Writing Pitch: @brotzel_fiction
How to Find Editors for New Writers (5-Step Guide): @ReedsyHQ

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

Singapore Book Council Names its 2020 Literature Prize Winners: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
5 Steps for Creating Virtual Events: @DebraEckerling
Beijing International Book Fair's Digital ‘Smart BIBF' Is Open: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
International Insights: Online Book Fairs: @thenewpubstd @IndieAuthorALLI
ALTA Announces Its 2020 National Translation Awards Longlists: @Porter_Anderson @LitTranslate @pubperspectives

Creativity and Inspiration / First Novels

How to Write a Novel: @valerie_francis @StoryGrid

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

Turning Dreams into Reality Begins with a Goal: @plotwhisperer

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

On Jane Austen as an Influence for Writing: @NatalieMJenner @DIYMFA

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration / Reading as Writers

Tricking People Into Diverse Reading: @helpfulsnowman
Top 10 books about tumultuous times: @GuardianBooks @matthewkneale_
Crime Fiction Characters Who Might Not Be Living The Life They Dreamed Of: @MargotKinberg
Writing Sideways: Edith Wharton, the Postmodernists, and Social Satire: @AdamOPrice @The_Millions

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

3 Tips for Sticking to a Writing Routine @kristenhg @NaNoWriMo

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer's Block

Writing Through Writer’s Block: @danieldelill @FloridaWriters1

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

The Fine Art of Being Crappy: by Lainey Cameron @WomenWriters
Declutter Your Writing Life: @LisaEBetz @A3writers
What About Book Two? @MLConklin @WriterUnboxed
You Never Get A Second Debut Novel: @aprildavila
Keep It Rolling: Writing momentum hacks for authors: @LisaPoisso
Follow The River, No Matter Its Rapids, No Matter Its Turns: @ChuckWendig
Five Questions To Ask Before Your Next Writing Session: @10minnovelist
How to (Finally) Listen to All Those (Writing-Related) Podcasts in Your Queue: by Sharon Waters @WIRED
On Multitasking: by Mae Clair @StoryEmpire
Working On Multiple Projects: @clarileia @10minnovelist
5 Ways to Commit To Self-Education: @sowulwords @DIYMFA
Where I Ought to Be: A Writer’s Sense of Place: @BoomerHighway @WriterUnboxed
Why you should write in airplane mode: @pubcoach
Coronavirus Lockdown Lessons for Authors: @IndieAuthorALLI

Genres / Fantasy

How To Write Monsters: @PhilAthans @thecreativepenn

Genres / Historical

Avoiding Common Historical Fiction Writing Mistakes: @KrystalNCraiker @ProWritingAid

Genres / Horror

Author @EdenRoyce Talks Root Magic, Southern Gothic, and Black Horror: @missdefying @TorNightfire
The Ladies of Horror BookTube: @SadieHartmann @LitReactor

Genres / Middle-Grade

On Writing Middle Grade Fiction for Boys: @Write4Kids @MoveBooks

Genres / Miscellaneous

Comic Book Writing: An Interview with Ron Marz: @thejkstudio @ronmarz

Genres / Mystery

Characters Trying to Escape Their Pasts as an Element in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
The Cozy Writer and the Conundrum of Keeping It Clean: @LeslieBudewitz @killzoneauthors
Mysteries in Which the Motives Aren't Personal: @MargotKinberg

Genres / Non-Fiction

How to Publish a Nonfiction Book: @ReedsyHQ

Genres / Poetry

Why Do Some Mathematicians Think They're Poets? @susan_dagostino @lithub

Genres / Science Fiction

In Praise of the Dream-Logic of Speculative Fiction: @fairfairisles @lithub

Genres / Screenwriting

Screenwriting: Believe, Care, Invest: How to Train Your Dragon @CockeyedCaravan

Genres / Young Adult

7 YA Plot Ideas For Fast-Paced Novels: @KMazeauthor

Promo / Blogging

How to Not Waste Your Valuable Time When Guest Blogging: @ThDigitalReader @BadRedheadMedia

Promo / Miscellaneous

4 Fun Things To Do With The Author Copy Of Your Book: @KMAllan_writer
Amazon Editorial Reviews: Are You Using This Incredible Section? @DaveChesson @JaneFriedman

Promo / Newsletters

Free MailerLite for Authors Email Course: @DaveChesson
The Ultimate Guide to Mailing Lists for Authors: Growing a Reader Mailing List: @IndieAuthorALLI

Promo / Pricing

Pricing Your Book Below 99 Cents: On Amazon: @DaveChesson

Publishing / Miscellaneous

Green Eggs and Shoes: Dr. Seuss Licenses Footwear: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Richard Charkin: COVID, Nonfiction, and the Past as ‘a Foreign Country': @pubperspectives
Coronavirus Worklife: Elsevier's Michiel Kolman in Amsterdam: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Report: Germany's Bertelsmann Interested in Buying Simon & Schuster: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
PublisHer Today Opens Its New Initiative, With ‘Unmasked' Interviews: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Aspen Institute: ‘Changing the Narrative' on Diversity in Publishing: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Germany's Springer Nature Activates a MOOC & BOOK Textbook: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / News / Amazon

Self-publishing News: Amazon Buy Button is Changing: @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI

Publishing / News / Data

US Market Update: Continued Growth, 5.6 Percent Up in Units: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / News / International Publishing

Rights Roundup: Debuts in the Dog Days of Summer: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
IPA Calls on Brazil's Government To Drop Proposed VAT on Books: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Coronavirus Worklife: Children's Book Rights Agent Stephanie Barrouillet: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Publishing / Process / Book Design

What is Typography, And How Can You Get It Right? @ReedsyHQ
“I Paid 5 Designers On Fiverr To Design The Same Cover”: See the Results: @selfpubwithdale

Publishing / Process / Services to Avoid

Scammers Impersonating Major Publishing Houses: @victoriastrauss

Writing Craft / Beginnings

A Closer Look at a Middle Grade Opening: by Maria D'Marco
First Page Critique: Can You Find the Murder Weapon? @SueColetta1 @killzoneauthors

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

Shy characters don't have to be passive: @NathanBransford
Character Motivation: How to Craft Realistic Characters: @JerryBJenkins
How To Write Positive And Negative Character Arcs: by Oliver Fox @Writers_Write
Flawed Protagonists: Resources:
How to Craft Powerful Character Motivations: @kristen_kieffer
A Character’s Occupation Is More Important Than You Might Think: @AngelaAckerman @SKRViLL

Writing Craft / Common Mistakes

Roaming Body Parts: @authorterryo @killzoneauthors
Thirteen Mistakes You Could Be Making In Narrative Voice: @10minnovelist
The Beginning Writer’s Guide To Writing A Novel: Fixing Theme Problems: @StephMorrill @GoTeenWriters

Writing Craft / Flashback and Back Story

How to Reveal Character Backstory Strategically: @mindofkyleam @ProWritingAid

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

How About Drawing Your Plot? @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors
How to Plot Your Novel: by Kelsey Worsham @WrittenWordM
How Pushing Paper Can Help You Plot (And More): @dreamstobecome @FloridaWriters1
Two Things Every Novel Needs to Do: @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Research

How to Research for a Book: The 3 Level Strategy Explained: @EgRadcliff @IngramSpark

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

Advisor vs Adviser: What's the Difference? @HellyDouglas @ProWritingAid
How to use reflexive pronouns in fiction: @LouiseHarnby
14 (or Fourteen) Rules for Writing Numbers in Fiction: by Dana Isaacson @CareerAuthors

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

The Writer's Guide to Beta Readers: @sarahstypos @write_practice

Writing Craft / Scenes

An Intuitive 4-Step Process for Creating Vibrant Scene Structure: @KMWeiland

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

7 Tips to Writing a Physical Description that Works: @cyallowitz

Writing Craft / Voice

6 Steps to Develop Your Unique Author Voice: @WritersTable @ProWritingAid

Writing Craft / World-Building

Worldbuilding: Cause & Effect > Explanations: @SeptCFawkes

Uncategorized

It's Time to Radically Rethink Online Book Events: @PettyKate @ElectricLit wkb84

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