10 Best Tweets of 2010

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In my estimation, here are the best and most helpful tweets (or posts) for writers
that I collected in 2010.





Craft & Technique

Overwriters
Anonymous: for fiction writers, how to avoid dreadful prose that gets you rejected

[from Editorial Ass, a traditional book publishing editor]

Urgency
vs action in your writing


[from published author Teresa Frohock, tackles issue of action-oriented openings]



7
deadly sins of prologues


[by author Kristen Lamb]

Getting Published

Top
10 reasons the editor doesn't love your book, or doesn't love what your friends,
family, and critique group loves

[from EditTorrent]



A bare
bones plot summary synopsis is boring. Include emotional twists of your characters.


[from Glen C. Strathy, freelance writer; some of the best how-to advice I've seen
on writing a synopsis]



Ultimate
Checklist for Submitting to Publishers: 10 Tests a Novel Must Pass


[from Deborah Halverson, a published author and previous editor]

Marketing & Promotion

Why
Professional Writers Need a Blog. Or Not.


[from ProBlogger; good, balanced take on blogging issue]

@problogger

The
Psychological Principle Behind Marketing Success In a Networked World


[by author Jeff Sexton]

The
secret ingredient to a powerful author platform


[by author Justine Musk]

The
Artist's Responsibility (just because you CAN publish anything, doesn't mean you
should.)

[by author Simon Pulman]

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