Category: Writing Tips

Twitterific Writing Links

Twitterific, Writing Tips

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engineBlog (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

NetGalley on Digital Expansion Internationally:  http://ow.ly/YMqRg @Porter_Anderson @NetGalley

7 Author-Friendly Changes Bowker Could Make: http://ow.ly/YMqpm

How To Connect on Twitter with Twitter Chats:  http://ow.ly/YkKGo @K8Tilton

How to Use Price Promotions to Market a New Book Release:  http://ow.ly/YkK9F @dianaurban                      Continue reading

Twitterific Writing Links

Twitterific, Writing Tips

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engineBlog (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

How Writers Can Optimize Their Book’s Description on Amazon:  http://ow.ly/XsFpr @CSLakin

Authors United’s Divisive Stand on Amazon: http://ow.ly/XZkoI @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Roundup of the Top #AskBookBub Questions of 2015:  http://ow.ly/XsFCT @dianaurban

How to Find Beta Readers to Improve Your Book:  http://ow.ly/XsFWy @shesnovel   Continue reading

Drafting in Layers

Writing Tips

By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigNevada 2014

I had a question on Twitter last weekend from mystery writer K.B. Owen.  She was interested in finding out more about how I draft a story in layers.

The layering of my drafts started out as an almost procrastination.  There are parts of stories that I’m not as fond of writing as others.   I especially dislike writing descriptions of characters and settings and found that I’d put off working on my book sometimes because I didn’t want to write it. As a work-around, I decided that I would add all description in a separate draft and in one “layer” as I was working on my second draft.

After using this technique for a while, I found it was very helpful for a variety of different things.  For one, it helped me weave my subplots through the main plot in a more thoughtful way.Continue reading

Twitterific Writing Links

Twitterific, Writing Tips

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engineBlog (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

Looking Into a Killer’s Eyes to Bring a Character to Life:  http://ow.ly/WR4HI @emilyross816

Writing the Hard Stuff:  http://ow.ly/WR4Mk @suddenlyjamie

4 Tactics to Create Your Novel’s Perfect Last Line:  http://ow.ly/WR4A8 @sacha_black               Continue reading

Twitterific Writing Links

Twitterific, Writing Tips

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engineBlog (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

A writer changes her mind on free books and using IngramSpark:  http://ow.ly/X60U6 @Roz_Morris

How to Find a Literary Agent for Your Book:  http://ow.ly/Wxnoj @JaneFriedman

4 Tips for Succeeding at a Conference:  http://ow.ly/WxnqK @ChristianBerkey         Continue reading

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