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@elizabethscraig

 

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A free directory of cover
designers, formatters, freelance editors, and more: http://bit.ly/nolbXq

Is Blogging Worth the Time
and Effort? http://bit.ly/1aWIkuH @fcmalby

6 Tips for Finding the
Courage to Write: http://bit.ly/15QUNu0
@QuipsAndTips

Placing Setting Details for
Best Effect-- The Danger of Frontloading Your Story with Description: http://bit.ly/15QV2We




The PERFECT Hook: How to
draw your reader and make him swallow the bait: http://bit.ly/1aWIO3L

What Makes Iconic or
Popular Characters Unforgettable? http://bit.ly/15QVkwe
@melissadonovan

10 Authors Whose Novels
Took Over 5 Years to Write and Publish: http://bit.ly/1aWIWAy
@LauraMarcella

Don't write everyday: http://bit.ly/15QVALx @ElanaJ

The importance of saying
no: http://bit.ly/1aWK0nO

"Writers are atlas
makers": http://bit.ly/15QX0G0

Podcast on subtext: http://bit.ly/1aWK7Qp @cockeyedcaravan

Pacing tips: http://bit.ly/15QXewL @lisagailgreen

High-stakes plotting: http://bit.ly/1aWKjPF @ellecosimano

Why Does "I" Take
Plural Verbs? http://bit.ly/15QXoEs
@grammargirl

How To Come Back Up From
The Writing Downs: http://bit.ly/1aWKryw
@chgriffinauthor

How to make a scene in your
book or screenplay come alive (Prof. Chekhov): http://bit.ly/15QXKe8

A Must Have App For
Writers: Index Card: http://bit.ly/1aWKD0M
@woodwardkaren

Rules for writing: block
that metaphor: http://bit.ly/15QYjES
@guardianbooks

Tips for school visits: http://bit.ly/1aWLcYj

Shift Syntax to Strengthen
Sentences: http://bit.ly/15QYEr2
@writing_tips

(Re)tell Me a Story: http://bit.ly/1aWM1jY @MissDahlELama

So You Want to Write a
Sequel to Your Novel: http://bit.ly/15QZMLu
@amazingstories0

5 dialogue tips: http://bit.ly/1aWMbrC @juliegray

How to Hook Your Reader and
Deliver: http://bit.ly/15QZXGF
@amazingstories0

What are your novel's or
screenplay's 3 magic words? http://bit.ly/1aWMjax

How To Write A Query
Letter: http://bit.ly/15R0aJL
@chgriffinauthor

What's the Visual? Adding
Power To Your Writing: http://bit.ly/1aWMtPl
@MargieLawson

Editing 'As' and 'ing'
Phrases: http://bit.ly/15R0wAe
@gemma_cooper

Letting Your Characters
Lead: http://bit.ly/1aWMGC0

A few good tricks: http://www.stinalindenblatt.com/2013/05/a-few-good-tricks.html
@StinaLL

What Parenting Books Can
Teach Us About Critiquing: http://bit.ly/15R11tT

Resonance: The Core of the
Verse Novel: http://bit.ly/1aWMYZD

4 Tips for Beta Reading in
Other Genres: http://bit.ly/15R1fBv
@jamigold

There are two sides to
every story: http://bit.ly/1aWNs1K
@AJHumpage

If This Is What I Want As A
Reader. . .http://bit.ly/15R1Q65

The Reality of Freelance
Writing: http://bit.ly/1aWNzum
@writing_tips

What Writers Can Learn From
Dan Brown's Inferno: http://bit.ly/15R1YCA
@thecreativepenn

The 7 Basic Plots: Rebirth:
http://bit.ly/1aWNCq4 @write_practice

Things that change in First
Pass Pages: http://bit.ly/15R2aSj
@jodimeadows

Saying no to an editor: http://bit.ly/16g73X5 @fictionnotes

Plot points for fantasies: http://bit.ly/16g6H2Q @ThereDraftAgain
@EMCastellan

Bring characters to life
through their families: http://bit.ly/158ugvv
@MorganMandel

An author's guide to using
Goodreads: http://bit.ly/16IilUi
@SarahPinneo

How to Serve and Swallow
Criticism: http://bit.ly/16Iiozw
@KristanHoffman

A Rare Interview with
Storyteller Stephen King: http://bit.ly/158vtTr

What is the bigger factor
for author success? Marketing or luck? 1 writer's experience: http://bit.ly/16Ij0VR

How to Decide on the Best
Possible Movie Ideas to Develop Into Screenplays: http://bit.ly/158w6wd @scriptmag

Why 'the worst idea ever'
can be useful: http://bit.ly/16IjmvM
@AwfullyBigBlog

What to Include in Your
Ebook Besides The Story: http://bit.ly/158wsTy
@ddscottromcom

7 things I writer has
learned so far: http://bit.ly/16IjLhx
@Pamela_Sherwood

A critique of several
loglines: http://bit.ly/158x7EK
@thestorydepartment

First page critique: http://bit.ly/16Ik24i @JordanDane

Don't overdescribe: http://bit.ly/1cEk2DP @authorterryo

Crime
fiction--people-watching as a tool for fictional sleuths: http://bit.ly/11Sp12d @mkinberg

How to Style Alphabetical
Letters: http://bit.ly/15dyMss
@writing_tips

The definition of
"story physics": http://bit.ly/14o8P8A
@storyfix

Tips for writing in public:
http://bit.ly/15dz5nf @YAHighway

Women's Fiction—A
Publishing Perspective: http://bit.ly/14o90AK
@BenisonAnne

Free eBook Formatting &
Marketing Guides for Writers: http://bit.ly/15dzk1A
@jasonboog

7 stages of blogging: http://bit.ly/14o983r @grubwriters

Working With Your Inner
Reader: http://bit.ly/15dzrKx @tordotcom

How Many Self-Published
Authors Are Making a Living? http://bit.ly/14o9lU5
@PassiveVoiceBlg

How to Start Your Stories: http://bit.ly/15dGhjk @shalvatzis

The Unexpected Exotic:
Settings in Science Fiction and Fantasy: http://bit.ly/14oeUlm
@tordotcom

Beginner's Mind: http://bit.ly/14of8sQ

Indie earnings survey and
results: http://bit.ly/15dGEu3
@Brenda_Hiatt

Earn Readers With
Well-Crafted Sentences: http://bit.ly/15dGJ14

10 Genres that Superheroes
Have Swallowed Up: http://bit.ly/15dGOSf
@io9

Every Writer Needs a Bio: http://bit.ly/14ofDTR @EdieMelson

Weapons while traveling
(info from a weapons expert): http://bit.ly/14ofS1f

Plot points for fantasies: http://bit.ly/16g6H2Q @ThereDraftAgain
@EMCastellan

6 tips for your own
stay-at-home writing retreat: http://bit.ly/1469R7r
@beth_barany

How Book Advances Work: http://bit.ly/180pqTU @michellerichmond

Conflict – No Pain, No
Gain: http://bit.ly/19Y6ery @kathytemean

What it Feels Like to Get
Critiqued: http://bit.ly/12dOH4U
@matty_gibbon

Creativity Takes Time And
Patience: http://bit.ly/19Y7xXq
@criticalmargins

Plotting the Middle with
the Hero's Journey: http://bit.ly/12dP2Vl
@fictionnotes

The Risk-Taking Writer: http://bit.ly/19Y7LOg @terrywhalin

How Do You Build a Fan
Base, Anyway? http://bit.ly/12dP93g
@goblinwriter

How to Host a Buzz-Worthy
Book Launch Party: http://bit.ly/12dPpPA
@bizauthor

4 Kindle formatting
problems you can't fix…so you might as well stop trying: http://bit.ly/19Y8YFq @BooksByEd

21 Things You Need to Know
About Self-Publishing 2.0: http://bit.ly/12dPKSw
@copyblogger

Does Great Literature Make
Us Better? http://nyti.ms/19Yao2R @nytimes

What's the Difference
Between Problems, Flaws, and Goals? http://bit.ly/12dQIy4
@cockeyedcaravan

Piercing the Hype: The
Hybrid Author is the New Pottermore: http://bit.ly/19YcyQ3

Researching settings (that
you don't live in or near): http://bit.ly/12dQPtv
@lifehackorg @halophoenix

Working with the Obstacles
in Your Path: http://bit.ly/19YcWhr
@leobabauta

Is Interior Book Design a
Commodity? http://bit.ly/12nJNn5 @JFBookman

Process-Focused Goals: http://bit.ly/17VrehW

Is publishing about to come
face to face with the corridor of mirrors that is Alt Lit? : http://bit.ly/12nJRmM @thefuturebook

Speculative Fiction and
Bugs: http://bit.ly/17VrkWZ @sfsignal

How Long Should a Scene Be?
http://bit.ly/17VrqxD @joebunting

6 Ways To Make Your
Submission Process Less Time-Consuming: http://bit.ly/12nK0qm
@writersrelief

An analysis of successful
ebook authors' approaches: http://bit.ly/17VrI7S
@tferriss

Why a free chapter is a
lousy thing to give away if you want to sell a book: http://bit.ly/17VrNZ4 @andytraub

Your book is a start-up: http://bit.ly/12nKoF4 @tferriss

Submission: 6 Rules of
Thumb From an Editor-Turned-Writer: http://bit.ly/17Vs4LM
@JaneFriedman  @jniesslein

Make the Decision To Do the
Hard Work Before You Start to Write a Book: http://bit.ly/17VsSQF
@SheWrites

Writing Shop Talk: How To
Use Description: http://bit.ly/12nLocm

Confidence: the writer's
crucial asset: http://bit.ly/12nLwIX

Tips for editing blog
posts: http://bit.ly/17Vt8PO

Game writing--In Defense of
Silent Protagonists: http://bit.ly/12nLQr4
@TheEscapistMag

Should You Move Blog
Subscribers To MailChimp? http://bit.ly/17Vtu93
@mollygreene

Why literature should be
more like art: http://bit.ly/12nMepE
@agnieszkasshoes

The 101 Best Written TV
Series: http://bit.ly/12nMsgr

Working with the Obstacles
in Your Path: http://bit.ly/12nMxk9
@leobabauta

Setpiece scenes: the
unlimited production budget: http://bit.ly/12nMEfA

Mantras for writers: http://bit.ly/18uQI2I

Does your first line hook
readers? http://bit.ly/18y51Hh
@lynnettelabelle

Writing is rewriting: http://bit.ly/18uQOHr @shalvatzis

Superfluous Words: http://bit.ly/18uQSXG @artzicarol

Back up your manuscripts
and business files: http://bit.ly/18uR1dT
@ddscottromcom

Using nature as a
weapon in crime fiction: http://bit.ly/18uWykp
@mkinberg




A wrap-up of a couple of workshops, with
craft tips for writers (subtext, strong openings, etc.): http://bit.ly/18yqMqp @authorterryo

A closer look at issues facing
agent-assisted publishing: http://bit.ly/18yvvIu
@Porter_Anderson

Faulkner Heirs Lose Lawsuit Against Sony
Pictures: http://bit.ly/161IvCJ
@Pubperspectives

Are authors on a tightrope with Author
Solutions? http://bit.ly/162Q2kM
@Porter_Anderson @DavidGaughran @molbarton

Without gatekeepers to reject them, new
sub-genres spawn: http://bit.ly/1bQPuTk
@barbaraoneal @Porter_Anderson

Why Stephen King Spends 'Months and Even
Years' Writing Opening Sentences: http://bit.ly/13dpg4R
@joefassler @TheAtlantic

Book Country: Opening New Territory: http://bit.ly/13dzdiX @Porter_Anderson
@molbarton @brandilarsen

Writing tips based on your Zodiac
sign--WriterScopes: http://bit.ly/13kdUSD
@janetboyer

"Hoping for Amazon to collapse or
fail is (mutually) self-destructive." http://bit.ly/13dOfFc
@fakebaldur @Porter_Anderson