Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigBlog

Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

Write Down Your Dreams to Release Creative Blocks:  http://ow.ly/wIm5r @losapala

How Stress Assassinates Creativity:  http://ow.ly/wIma5 @_RobbieBlair_

An Author’s Perspective on the Hachette-Amazon Battle:  http://ow.ly/wXLIh @author_sullivan

Could The Term “Women’s Fiction” Be Bad For Authors?  http://ow.ly/wXUYx @randysusanmeyer @Porter_Anderson

Do Big Publishers Make Sense Anymore?  http://ow.ly/wIl9C @ShariJStauch

A YouTube channel focused on topics for writers: http://ow.ly/wU1O9

How to write an author bio that sells books:  http://ow.ly/wWHUn @zackheim

Different ways to end scenes:  http://ow.ly/wKrw5

Why a Writing Routine Matters and How to Start One:  http://ow.ly/wKrqo @stacyennis

Putting yourself into your writing (techniques for memoir, non-fic, and more):  http://ow.ly/wKrWW @Belinda_Pollard

How to be sure you’ve got a compelling plot:  http://ow.ly/wKtOI

Screenwriting: 6 Reasons Dialogue Is Your Enemy:  http://ow.ly/wKsYh @bang2write

5 Tips for Writing Historical Fiction:  http://ow.ly/wKrCn @writersdigest

A refresher: how to use quotation marks with punctuation:  http://ow.ly/wKsRh @writers_write

Character Skills and Talents: Survival Skills:  http://ow.ly/wKt92 @angelaackerman

7 Book Marketing Strategies Guaranteed Not to Lead to Sales:  http://ow.ly/wKtmJ @NathanielTower

Can a Small Press Book Get a New Life with a Big Publisher? http://ow.ly/wImdo @Dear_Editor

Historical Fiction: 3 Tips for Leaving the Slush Pile Behind: http://ow.ly/wIlnm @tweetonsisters

Characters Under Stress:  http://ow.ly/wIl60 @hayleymckenzie1

All about ‘high concept’:  http://ow.ly/wIlVl @beccaquibbles

The New Golden Age of Short Fiction: 12 Reasons to Write a Short Story This Month: http://ow.ly/wQSzo  @Anne R. Allen

Getting Our Work Out There (A Look at Wattpad):  http://ow.ly/wXHx6

Email List Building: Create a Sign Up Incentive:  http://ow.ly/wIm7E @writerplatform

For Those Considering Self-Publishing:  http://ow.ly/wImgJ @RateYourStory @koryshrum

The Art of the Done List: Harnessing the Power of Progress:  http://ow.ly/wIl27 @99u

What Makes a Media Release Effective?  http://ow.ly/wIlka @LisaHallWilson

Killing the Top 10 Sacred Cows of Indie Publishing: No One Buys New Writers: http://ow.ly/wImsP  @deanwesleysmith

The Importance of Letting ‘Em See You Sweat http://ow.ly/wIjqw @LisaCron

What Poets Know That Most Writers Don’t:  http://ow.ly/wImnn @schwamb

The 5 Biggest Risks 1 Author has Taken:  http://ow.ly/wIm31 @BadRedheadMedia

Digital first publishing and the troubled fortunes of digital first publishers: http://ow.ly/wT7WU @dearauthor

10 Tips for Writing Children and a Descriptive List: http://ow.ly/wHCaL @SharlaWrites

3 Reasons Why We Can’t Afford Not to Go to Writing Conferences: http://ow.ly/wHCdV @magdalenaball

Why You Need an Editor (And How to Save Money Finding One):  http://ow.ly/wHBTq @sabsk

Choose the best genre for your book on Amazon:  http://ow.ly/wWHuA @zackheim

How clichés and jargon can ruin your writing: http://ow.ly/wHC0d @AnthonyEhlers

New Author? Simple Steps to Success:  http://ow.ly/wHBUA @christinenolfi

Straying from the Party Line: The Bourne Identity:  http://ow.ly/wHBYH @cockeyedcaravan

How Much Time Book-to-TV Adaptations Get Out of a Page: http://ow.ly/wHBSo @galleycat

Showing through Point of View:  http://ow.ly/wHC8F @fictorians

Writing For Good:  http://ow.ly/wHC6h @randysusanmeyer @btmargins

Why Your First Draft Isn’t Crap: http://ow.ly/wHBWO @Adderworld

Positive and Negative Goals for Protagonists:  http://ow.ly/wHC3S @jennycrusie

3 Tips for a Happy Author-Publisher Relationship:  http://ow.ly/wF6xj @marygkeeley

The Absolutely True Diary of a Socially Challenged Author: http://ow.ly/wF5oQ @gripemaster

Hemingway’s 7 Fiction Writing Tips:  http://ow.ly/wF6al @Danesh

When an agent relationship isn’t working:  http://ow.ly/wF629 @janelebak

Why Writers Should be on Twitter and How to Get There: http://ow.ly/wF5x6 @gretaboris @LitCentralOC

When Should We Skip a Scene in Our Story? http://ow.ly/wF6Gg @jamigold

How to Value your Writing: http://ow.ly/wF6CY

Twitter Mute is a Savior from Spamming Indie Authors:  http://ow.ly/wShzl @Goodereader

Making it as a writer–safe accountability– http://ow.ly/wF7L8 @jennaavery

A writer’s thoughts on NA: http://ow.ly/wF9Ea @MissDahlELama

5 Ways to Create Conflict in Your Story:  http://ow.ly/wO0dI  (from ScreenCraft):

How to promote your book on Amazon:  http://ow.ly/wF8Np @wileyexchanges

Fictional Reality:  http://ow.ly/wF9NB @biljanalikic

Will printed books outlast printed money, or football?  http://ow.ly/wT8a0 @MikeShatzkin

Executing story turning points:  http://ow.ly/wF9Y7 @medkno

I Finished My Novel……Now What?  http://ow.ly/wF77w @growwithstacy

The Editorial Process:  http://ow.ly/wF80I @rachellegardner

Keeping it simple: On plain language:  http://ow.ly/wF700 @niemanstory

How to Write a Stupid Character: http://ow.ly/wF8Dp @KMWeiland

A recap of @Janefriedman ‘s keynote address from the PubSmart Con: http://ow.ly/wF8qG @K8Tilton @MartinaABoone

Carpe Diem–Create Something: http://ow.ly/wF7lH @ChuckWendig  {lang}

Stock photos that don’t suck:  http://ow.ly/wSzz3 @dustin

What Happened to the Harlequin Romance? http://ow.ly/wFae4 @newyorker @AdrienneRaphel

Novel Writing and Themes:  http://ow.ly/wF9ql @EMCastellan

Poets and Poems: Robert Frost, Wendell Berry, and the Woods:  http://ow.ly/wSg5q @gyoung9751

Series: Keeping Things Fresh Without Alarming Readers: http://ow.ly/wQA34

Plotting, Pacing, and Crossing Over:  http://ow.ly/wzF7R  @AnneGBrown  @writerunboxed

A Synopsis Checklist:  http://ow.ly/wCdDB

How to Write Your Story in 6 Steps:  http://ow.ly/wCefM @ClaireJDeBoer

3 Steps to Choosing The Perfect Freelance Editor:  http://ow.ly/wzGAO @ebooksandkids

What is writer’s block secretly telling you? Wit and wisdom from bestselling author @JamieFord:  http://ow.ly/wRacA @JulieMusil

Self-Publishing #Fails : http://ow.ly/wChlt @JFBookman

How to Boost Creativity with an Idea Log:  http://ow.ly/wzFFE @CherylRWrites

Isaac Asimov on Lifelong Learning, Science vs. Religion, and the Role of SF in Advancing Society:  http://ow.ly/wzHnl @brainpicker

Promo and Marketing Materials that Work: http://ow.ly/wCdve @erin_bowman

Skimming: Never a Good Thing:  http://ow.ly/wCfFt @FaeRowen

Writing a book using 15 minute increments: http://ow.ly/wzFyR @BookEmDonna

Amazon and Hachette Go to War:  http://ow.ly/wPF0Y @HughHowey

Story and the Dimensions of Character:  http://ow.ly/wzFdI @shalvatzis

Publisher-retailer conflicts are affecting readers. Chat on #EtherIssue at 11 ET,  4 p.m. BST (Now) with @Porter_Anderson

Tips for creating a fictional American town:  http://ow.ly/wzGrf

Be Specific When Writing Reviews:  http://ow.ly/wCgAE @JeriWB

Will publishers still be around in 10 years time? Actions to embrace:  http://ow.ly/wPuYG @Porter_Anderson @fakebaldur @brianoleary

Your Character’’s Flaw is His Greatest Strength:  http://ow.ly/wzIjM @monicamclark

What Type of Editor Does My Manuscript Need?  http://ow.ly/wChpp @WriterlyTweets

Why We Should Read Poetry: http://ow.ly/wCdqT @AnnieNeugebauer

Realistic vs. Logic:  http://ow.ly/wzH5V @CharleeVale

Money, Writing And Life:  http://ow.ly/wQMBo from @JaneFriedman and @TheCreativePenn

Money, Writing And Life:  http://ow.ly/wQMBo from @JaneFriedman and @TheCreativePenn

Traditional Publishing or Indie Publishing?  http://ow.ly/wCeqH @LynnetteLabelle

How To Spot A Fake Amazon Review:  http://ow.ly/wCdXO

Writing in more than one genre: http://ow.ly/wzGf6 @scottthewriter

Writing Romantic Suspense that Sizzles:  http://ow.ly/wzFRe

Writing Around The Day Job:  http://ow.ly/wChct @rosieclaverton

The Secret Sauce for Indie Publishers: Attitude: http://ow.ly/wCeaQ @ninaamir

Themes to Explore in Your Writing: Strength:  http://ow.ly/wChfd @birgitte_rasine

5 Tips for Running a Writers’ Circle:  http://ow.ly/wzFiL @standoutbooks @btmargins

When Retailers & Publishers Collide: Who Gets Hurt?  http://ow.ly/wNyue @Porter_Anderson @victoriastrauss

Simple techniques to survive in the screenwriting trenches:  | My Blank Page http://ow.ly/wzEXp

Should You Read About Writing? http://ow.ly/wzHvl @jaelmchenry @writerunboxed

Killing off favorite characters… can we do it? Should we?? http://ow.ly/wzItx @JungleReds

Finish that Draft of Your Story Now:  http://ow.ly/wCgoK @plotwhisperer

Stephen King: How I wrote Carrie:  http://ow.ly/wCdie @guardianbooks

Why Write fiction? The Page versus the Screen:  http://ow.ly/wzHel @CSLakin

Review: PDF to InDesign Conversion Software for Book Layout:  http://ow.ly/wzGiF @JFBookman

Publishers and Games Developers Face Culture Clash: http://ow.ly/wL8vr @MarkPiesing

Publishing’s Metamorphoses: Recap of Berlin Forum: http://ow.ly/wL0j5 @Porter_Anderson @HughHowey

The Ultimate Story Checklist using The Bourne Identity:  http://ow.ly/wxPXd @cockeyedcaravan

10 Great Authors Who Disowned Their Own Books:  http://ow.ly/wxQvH @io9

A writer reports in on his first Kickstarter effort:  http://ow.ly/wxNPI

4 Pieces of Facebook Advice You Can Ignore:  http://ow.ly/wxRHi @lisahallwilson

Targeting Your Readers One Headshot at a Time:  http://ow.ly/wl71m  @givemeyourteeth

3 surprising facts about self-publishing:  http://ow.ly/wl7iA   @Belinda_Pollard

Sometimes – It’s Who You Know:  http://ow.ly/wmHyw  @rachellegardner

The Unsung Benefits of an English Degree: http://ow.ly/wl8WE  @bookriot

Confessions of a Failed Writer:  http://ow.ly/wmGO2  @0jnolan

Choosing Your Screenplay Genre:  http://ow.ly/wmGQ3  @screencrafting

What is the Future of Bookstores?  13 Divergent Views from Publishing Insiders:  http://ow.ly/wmGYk  @CarmenConnects

7 Tips for Making Stories Into Roleplaying Campaigns:  http://ow.ly/wxPho

Paranormal or literary? Which age group is the book for? How to categorise your novel:  http://ow.ly/wxOAY  @roz_morris

Turn Your Main Character’s World Upside Down: http://ow.ly/wxOK7  @joanyedwards

The police procedural subgenre: http://ow.ly/wJOxO  @mkinberg

Is Honesty the Most Important Trait in a Likable Character?  http://ow.ly/wxQ9I  @KMWeiland

11 Inspiring Quotes from the World’s Best Writers:  http://ow.ly/wxQoC  @LauraPepWu

The importance of a professional email address: http://ow.ly/wxRmy

Do You Write by Heart or Head? Technique Overload:  http://ow.ly/wxNLs  @cateartios

Transitioning from Fiction to Nonfiction: 4 Easy Steps: http://ow.ly/wK1Uj  @NinaAmir

An easy way to make your plot plausible : control your novel’s timeline: http://ow.ly/wxOoV  @roz_morris

3 Ways Creative Writing Shakes Your Complacency:  http://ow.ly/wxQH3  @vgrefer

Words describing tastes of foods:  http://ow.ly/wxLlb

News of and reaction to a publishing hackathon: http://ow.ly/wKRsk  @philipdsjones  @Porter_Anderson

30 Ways to Promote Blog Posts:  http://ow.ly/wxP7C  @writers_write

45 ways to avoid using the word ‘very’:  http://ow.ly/wxPTV  @writers_write

Elizabeth Spann Craig

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Elizabeth writes the Memphis Barbeque series (as Riley Adams) and the Southern Quilting mysteries for Penguin and writes the Myrtle Clover series for Midnight Ink and independently. She also has a blog, which was named by Writer’s Digest as one of the 101 Best Websites for Writers. There she posts on the writing craft, finding inspiration in everyday life, and fitting writing into a busy schedule.

11 Comments

  1. […] A weekly roundup of the top writing links from around the web.  […]

  2. Laura DrakeMay 18, 2014

    A double thank you, Elizabeth – one, for selecting several Writers In The Storm posts, but even more, for all the rest – I’ve discovered several threads of ideas to follow!

    I look forward to this email in my inbox every week! Thanks for compling the best of the best!

    1. Elizabeth Spann CraigMay 19, 2014

      Laura–Thanks for coming by and for the great post from Writers in the Storm. Glad you were able to find some other useful resources here!

  3. Alex J. CavanaughMay 18, 2014

    How to write a stupid character – now that’s funny!

    1. Elizabeth Spann CraigMay 19, 2014

      Alex—Caught my attention right away!

  4. Margot KinbergMay 18, 2014

    Elizabeth – What a great selection of links! Thanks as ever. I’ve got to check out that one about stress’ effect on creativity. And the ‘socially challenged author?’ Love it!

    1. Elizabeth Spann CraigMay 19, 2014

      Margot–I read that link on stress as soon as I saw it. :) And socially-challenged author was pretty apt, too!

  5. Julie MusilMay 18, 2014

    Love these links! Very cool one about replacing the word “very.” Thanks, Elizabeth.

    1. Elizabeth Spann CraigMay 19, 2014

      Julie–I liked that one, too. :) Thanks so much for coming by!

  6. Marilyn chapmanMay 21, 2014

    Really benefited from reading about stress and creativity. So glad I stopped being stressed for long enough to read it!

    1. Elizabeth Spann CraigMay 21, 2014

      Marilyn–I’m so glad! I thought it was an interesting post, too. I guess stress is so hard on us in every way that it’s only natural that creativity would also be affected.

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