Twitterific

by Elizabeth S. Craig,
@elizabethscraig






Happy New Year (almost)!  I'll be back on Wednesday with my first post for 2013.  Now for some writing links.






Twitterific
is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week.









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help you organize your story.









Researching Your Story – A 4-Step
Strategy: http://bit.ly/12toC4D
@JulieEshbaugh





Theme and Intent: Do you know yours? http://bit.ly/WdEFUf @bob_mayer





How to Market your Book if You're Not a
Marketer: http://bit.ly/12toT7s
@LauraHoward78 @NancyStraight





Adapting Story Structure for Any Project:
http://bit.ly/12tpFkP @beccapuglisi
@lydia_sharp





1 writer's worldbuilding to-do list: http://bit.ly/12tpPZy @davidbcoe





Tips for improving Amazon Author Rank: http://bit.ly/WdGCjL @dcdenison





A children's writer with helpful hashtags
(and prime times for usage): http://bit.ly/12tq5HS
@fictionnotes





Where To Continue Your Story: http://bit.ly/WdH0yJ @ollinmorales





Grammar and the Dangling Participle: http://bit.ly/12tqj1N @howtowriteshop





4 Songwriting Tips For Scoring Film and
TV Placements: http://bit.ly/RQGMus @usasong





Writing an Outline of Your Novel: http://bit.ly/U2Tk1v @glencstrathy





Editing: Make Sure Your Story's Bones Are
Strong: http://bit.ly/U2Tm9v @woodwardkaren





Knowledge Is Power But Story Is King: http://bit.ly/UzVnHG @mooderino





How Writers & Publishing
Professionals Can Network on Twitter: http://bit.ly/U2TpSO
@galleycat





Getting Unstuck: http://bit.ly/U2Tu8Y @Julie_Gray





"25 Tips to Punch Up Your
Writing": http://bit.ly/UzVDGA
@BrooklynWeaver @gointothestory





How to Tell if the First Draft of Your
Novel Just Isn't Worth Salvaging: http://bit.ly/U2TJkx
@io9 @charliejane





Writing Beyond the Good/Bad Character
Dichotomy: http://bit.ly/UzWfvO @litreactor





The First 7 Steps to a Successful Social
Media Plan for Writers: http://bit.ly/U2Upq6





Making Twitter more manageable with
Twitter Lists: http://bit.ly/UzYaAL
@LauraPepWu





10 Ways to Build Long-Lasting Traffic to
Your Author Website or Blog: http://bit.ly/U2Uwli
@janefriedman





5 Tips for Writing Scenes: http://bit.ly/UzYI9E @jodyhedlund





7 Ways Writing a Screenplay is Different
Than Writing a Novel: http://bit.ly/U2ULNg
@writersdigest





11 Steps To Edit Your Manuscript: http://bit.ly/UzZfbQ @woodwardkaren





5 Ways an Introvert Can Build a Thriving
Online Audience: http://bit.ly/U2V0YL
@copyblogger





Wield Your Words Carefully: http://bit.ly/UzZBPI @sjaejones





Tips for including a theme in your story:
http://bit.ly/U2VbDh @WyattGBessing
@beth_barany





Writing lessons learned from "Along
for the Ride": http://bit.ly/UA0fwy
@juliemusil





Screenwriting--can you break the rules? http://bit.ly/U2Vyhl @thatScriptChick





Can books endure in a 140-character
world? http://bit.ly/UAhhKR @salon





7 steps to becoming a trend spotting ace:
http://bit.ly/Y9y4KU @michellerafter





Making Time To Write: http://bit.ly/UAhuhc @woodwardkaren





Misconceptions About Dialogue: http://bit.ly/Y9ytND @cockeyed_caravan





Rebellious characters: http://bit.ly/UAi66B @jeanniecampbell





Rebellious characters: http://bit.ly/UAi66B @jeanniecampbell





The Encyclopedia of Fantasy: http://bit.ly/Y9yRLZ via @passivevoiceblg



Word Count Spreadsheet: track word counts for up to 5 projects: http://bit.ly/VdqDwY @jamieraintree





3 stages of author marketing: http://bit.ly/UAiMZw @susanspann





10 Television Cliffhangers That Make
Great Series Finales: http://bit.ly/Y9zhBY
@io9





7 Deadly Sins of Screenwriting: http://on.wsj.com/UAj5DQ @wsj





Tightening your plot by layering: http://bit.ly/Y9BJbN @juliettewade





Structure: The Rhythm of the Dance: http://bit.ly/UAm4ff @Julie_Gray





4 Keys to Awesome Conflict: http://bit.ly/Y9BQEe





Tax Deductions for Authors--Updated: http://bit.ly/UAmsKR





Writing The First Draft Of A Novel Using
Questions And Modelling: http://bit.ly/UAmAtL
@thecreativepenn





Finding Free Fonts for Your
Self-Published Book: http://bit.ly/Y9Cdyt
@jfbookman





Setting Your Characters in the Proper
Setting: http://bit.ly/UAmL8B
@livewritethrive





Unreliable Narrators in Film and
Literature: http://bit.ly/Y9Cod3
@write_practice





How not to open a short story: http://bit.ly/UAnir9





Getting Back Into the Habit of Writing: http://bit.ly/Y9CJg0 @JulieBMack





Tempted to Give up on Your Story? Don't! http://bit.ly/U4bH6d @KMWeiland





How (Not) to Finish Writing a First
Draft: http://bit.ly/UX9oOL @ava_jae





Platform building--creating a home base: http://bit.ly/U4bIXP @nickthacker





The First-Person Query Letter: http://bit.ly/UX9Gow @janelebak





4 steps to create a good reader
experience on your author website: http://bit.ly/UXahH2





Where Should An Ebook Start? http://bit.ly/U4c6pa @PYOEbooks





5 Usage Errors: http://bit.ly/UXazxE @writing_tips





Getting Rid of the Middle Man: http://bit.ly/U4cggb @kristinerusch





How to Create a Truly Frightening
Villain: http://bit.ly/U4chkk @marcykennedy





How to Escalate Conflict in Your Novel: http://bit.ly/UXb8au @cjredwine





Character Goals: Why they are Essential
to any Good Book: http://bit.ly/U4cns5
@AmericanEditing





Tips for writing a synopsis: http://bit.ly/U4rVvU





Building a Plot of Variable Depth: http://bit.ly/U4s2rB





6 Tips for Beating the Blank Page: http://bit.ly/U4s4zy @copyblogger





Why Crowded Coffee Shops Fire Up Your
Creativity: http://bit.ly/UXLO4g
@hansvillarica





Actions and Reactions: The End-All-Be-All
of Storytelling: http://bit.ly/U4sbv4
@jamigold





The Skill List Project: Theme: http://bit.ly/U4shTk





Where Is Fantasy Headed? http://bit.ly/U4siXr @fantasyfaction





Do you have imposter syndrome? http://bit.ly/UXMbf8 @rachellegardner





How to Edit Your Novel in 3 Steps: http://bit.ly/UXMlmW @beth_barany





How Chuck Wendig Writes A Novel: http://bit.ly/UXMtm9



What's the future for lit fic? How far should we go to sustain it? http://bit.ly/Vdt9Dz @Porter_Anderson @timoreilly





Writers Create Fiction, They Don't Prove
Facts: http://bit.ly/UXMA13 @VeronicaSicoe





Well-known mystery writers on writing
clues into their stories: http://bit.ly/U4sxBL
@junglereds





The 7-Step Method to Find Focus for
Writing: http://bit.ly/Wnykpu @LeoBabauta





How to Write a Book Marketing Plan: Begin
with the End in Mind: http://bit.ly/UOSELH





When A Scene Isn't Working: http://bit.ly/WnyuwW @mooderino





The art of the epigraph: http://natpo.st/UOSIef @itsmarkmedley





The cost of self-pubbing: http://bit.ly/WnyGfJ @goblinwriter





5 Ways to Find an Agent for Your Book: http://bit.ly/UOSRhG @galleycat





Crowdfunding: Cutting Out The Middleman: http://bit.ly/WnyPQf @woodwardkaren





How to Clean Up Your Online Presence and
Make a Great First Impression: http://bit.ly/UOSZxH
@lifehacker





Pegging Yourself as an Author: The
Attitude: http://bit.ly/UOTbgv





The Rise of the Backdoor Fantasy Story: http://bit.ly/Wnzlhl @io9





4 Options for Improving Your Fiction: http://bit.ly/TRpXz4 @writeitsideways





How To Use Permanently Free Books To
Increase Sales: http://bit.ly/TLZdNR
@woodwardkaren





Author and publisher relationships: http://oreil.ly/WnzCkp @jwikert





The Business of Screenwriting: Writing
credits: http://bit.ly/UOTyb2
@gointothestory





A Common Writing Syndrome--Dirty House: http://bit.ly/WnzMYW @CreepyQueryGirl





Hollywood's 25 Most Powerful Authors: http://bit.ly/ZgDeq3





7 Reference Resources for Writers and
Editors: http://bit.ly/UPc4jx @writing_tips





A Writer's Perspective on Writers: http://bit.ly/ZgDqp9 @emergentpublish





Thoughts on what's next in YA publishing:
http://bit.ly/UPc9U9 @pubperspectives





How to Stress Less in a Video Interview: http://bit.ly/ZgDBRB @sparkhire





Writing a Strong Opening Chapter: http://bit.ly/UPch66





Tips for improving focus and increasing
productivity while writing at home: http://bit.ly/ZgDJAr
@nickdaws





Tips for Writing a Strong Female
Character: http://bit.ly/UPcnuI @LizCLong





A Tip for Creating Suspense: http://bit.ly/ZgDW6C @ollinmorales





Endings and Beginnings--Finding the
Reader-Satisfying "Loops" in Your Story: http://bit.ly/UPcwhw





A New (Free) Way to Sell Books from your
Sidebar: http://bit.ly/ZgEhGk @jfbookman





The Slow Blog Manifesto and 8 Reasons for
New Authors to Slow Blog: http://bit.ly/UPcN4i
@annerallen





Strong Details for Strong Reader
Emotions: http://bit.ly/UPfq5S @sherrythomas





Creating a Scene: Three Part Harmony: http://bit.ly/ZgHTs6 @behlerpublish





Tips for a 2000 word a day writing habit:
http://bit.ly/UPfFhm @lifehackorg





What's Wrong Here? Figuring Out Why a
Scene Doesn't Work: http://bit.ly/UPgN4F
@janice_hardy





What Working Out Taught 2 Writers about
Writing: http://bit.ly/ZgJFcB @wordsxo





The grammar of a folktale plot: http://bit.ly/UPimj1





7 Writers Who Died Young: http://bit.ly/UPjTFK @PWxyz





Making Tension Tense: http://bit.ly/ZgO6nQ @victoriamixon





Role of the Literary Agent in a Changing
Marketplace: http://bit.ly/UPk6ZJ
@howtowriteshop





Writing Prompts: Defeat Writer's Block
And Generate Ideas: http://bit.ly/ZgOeUc
@woodwardkaren





Tips for Editing Your Work: http://bit.ly/UdhPtQ





How Readers Discovered a Debut Novel: A
Case Study: http://bit.ly/VRI1Xb





When Writers Think About Adapting Their
Novel for TV: http://bit.ly/Udi87Z
@UWwriters





Using DRM to Enable ebook Resales? http://bit.ly/UdicV5





Character Development - Getting Real: http://bit.ly/VRImt3 @aimeelsalter





Writing Rules and Fantasy: Adverbs: http://bit.ly/UdiknI @VickyThinks





What Writers Can Learn From Downton
Abbey: http://bit.ly/VRItov @jamesscottbell





The Secret To a Successful Concept: http://bit.ly/Uditrb @storyfix





Indie Publishing in 2013: Why We Can't
Party Like It's 2009: http://bit.ly/VRIAAp
@annerallen





10 Reasons Your Screenplay Sucks (and how
to fix it): http://bit.ly/UdiAD7 @medkno





4 Ways Writers Sabotage Themselves On
Facebook: http://bit.ly/T9AZzM @authormedia





7 Tips for Making Life Work as a Mom and
a Writer: http://bit.ly/UTcx40
@michellerafter





Writing what you know--it's about
character development: http://bit.ly/T9Bb1W





Avant-garde novelist Mark Z. Danielewski
is changing the way we read e-books: http://slate.me/UTcGo4
@slate





Worldbuilding--how much is enough? http://bit.ly/T9BhXv @davidbcoe





Tips for what to do after finishing a
first draft: http://bit.ly/UTcV2u
@janice_hardy





Understanding Screenwriting: Argo, The
Sessions, Cloud Atlas: http://bit.ly/T9BBp6





A Community Means Getting a Response: http://bit.ly/UTd0Dm @jfbookman





A character's mental voice is like all
the goofy (or not) quotes they've ever memorized: http://bit.ly/T9BFVY
@juliettewade





Dramatic Action Is More Than Doing Stuff:
http://bit.ly/UTd5qH @mooderino





The Neuroscience of Creativity: http://tinyurl.com/bnah5lc
@creativitypost





Character Development: Make Them Angry: http://bit.ly/T9BV7w @ava_jae



10 Things Writers Should Expect From Literary Agents: http://bit.ly/10k7e3G @RoganBarbara