Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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WordPress Is Not Your Only Option: @PaulineWilesPublishing / MiscellaneousPenguin Random House Announces Extended Payment Plan for Independent Bookstores: @penguinrandomSimon & Schuster and Political Books: Mattingly and Mike Pence: @Porter_Anderson PEN America Releases New International Freedom To Write Index: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @PENamericaPublishing / News / AmazonKindle Vella: Description, Features, and Tips for Authors: @DaveChessonPublishing / News / DataUS First-Quarter 2021 Print Book Sales Grew 29 Percent: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectivesPublishing / News / International PublishingIPA President Bodour Al Qasimi Stresses Opportunity in African Publishing: @Porter_Anderson @Bodour @pubperspectivesItaly’s First Quarter Report: Book Sales Up 26.6 Percent: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectivesPublishers Welcome Pandemic Support in Canada’s 2021 National Budget: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectivesWords Without Borders’ Earth Day: Iceland ‘On the Edge’: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @wwbordersFrench Week: New Rights and Networking Meetings Set for May: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectivesPublishing / Process / TranslationThe Authors Guild Releases Its Model Translation Contract, a First: @Porter_Anderson @AuthorsGuild @pubperspectivesWriting Craft / BeginningsWIP Diagnostic: Is This Working? A Closer Look at a Cozy Mystery Opening: @Janice_HardyInciting Event How To: Writing Exercise: @themaltesetigerWriting Craft / Characters / DevelopmentRelationship Thesaurus Entry: Twins: @beccapuglisi @onestop4writersCharacterization Exercise: Then & Now: @Writers_WriteGuide to Character Development: @writingandsuchWriting Craft / ConflictWriting Conflict: The Importance of De-escalation in Self Defense: from How to Fight WriteWriting Craft / DialogueBeyond Banter: 4 Tips for Writing Hilarious Dialogue: by L.E. Williams @KingdomPenMagWriting Craft / Flashback and Back StoryTips for Flashbacks: @FinebergLauraWriting Craft / Lessons from Books and FilmJoan Didion on Keeping a Notebook: @brainpickerThe Best of the DC Animated Universe: @doc_awesomeo @LitReactorWriting Craft / MiscellaneousSo You're an Overwriter? Here are 10 tips to help: @_HannahHeathHow To Tease Your Reader With Red Herrings: @10minnovelistHow (and Why) to Create an Audience Surrogate in Your Fiction Writing: @mindofkyleam @ProWritingAidWriting on Message: How to Separate Moral and Theme: @Kid_Lit @TheIWSGStory Theory and the Quest for Meaning: @KMWeilandSpaced Out? You Probably Need One Space Instead of Two: @FrugalBookPromo10 Reasons Why Readers Quit a Book: @WordDreams @ChrysFeyWrite a Story Backward for Climactic Results: @donroff @savethecatExplicit Sex Scenes and the Work of Stories: @dynamicsymmetry @sfwaHow Theme is Your Story's Shadow: @SeptCFawkes5 Quick Tips For Over Writers: @MiaJouBotha @Writers_WriteEssays: 3 Tips for Writing Your Story: @seejavaciawrite8 Simple Ways to Make Your Writing Better: @shaelinbishop @ReedsyHQHow to Write Amazing Action Scenes: @LexicalForge @CareerAuthorsJohn le Carré Offered a Piece of Advice to a Struggling Novelist. She'll Never Forget It: @weinberg_kate @CrimeReadsWriting Craft / POVUnderstanding Third-Person Point of View: Omniscient, Limited and Deep: @FoxPrintEd @JaneFriedmanWriting Craft / Pre-Writing / OutliningHow to outline a novel (template plus 7 checks): @nownovelWriting Craft / Pre-Writing / PlottingBasic Plots: Vonnegut’s Boy Meets Girl: @stacitroilo @StoryEmpireWriting Craft / Pre-Writing / ResearchBeyond Google: 6 Reliable Resources for Researching Your Novel: @KrystalNCraiker @ProWritingAidWriting Craft / Pre-Writing / Story Concept3 Simple Questions To Turn Your Book Idea Into a Premise of a Book: by J. D. Edwin @write_practiceWriting Craft / RevisionHow To Cut Twenty Thousand Words: @HankPRyan @CareerAuthorsEditing 101: by Jes D.A. @NaNoWriMoWriting Craft / Revisions / CritiquesThe Gift of Critique: @theladygreer @WriterUnboxedWriting Craft / TensionWhat is Dramatic Tension? @KiingoCreativeStretch That Tension: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthorsWriting Craft / Word CraftingHow to Describe Pain in Writing: @BrynDonovanWriting Tools / AppsThe 12 Best Writing Apps for Android: @BryanJCollinsUncategorizedTranslation Options for Writers:

 

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