Twitterific Writing Links

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.

Why Writers (Sometimes) Make the Worst Critics:  http://ow.ly/Wm8zF by Josh Rutherford

The Lazy Author’s Way to Identify and Overcome Writing Weaknesses:  http://ow.ly/Wm8Qk @KMWeiland

How Scooby Doo Defined The Modern Slasher Flix Part 1:  http://ow.ly/Wm9ik and 2: http://ow.ly/Wm9nn

Critique Groups Dos and Don’ts:  http://ow.ly/Wm8Hb by Linda Wilson

5 Terrible Defenses of the Star Wars Prequels:  http://ow.ly/Wm8KM by Oren Ashkenazi         Continue reading

Twitterific Writing Links

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.

Thanks to all who entered mystery writer Sue Coletta’s giveaway! And congratulations to winners Carol Sue, Mark, and Rosemary. 

Happy New Year! Hope everyone has a great 2016.  Here are the links I shared in the last couple of weeks.

5 Ways To Think Differently About Motivation When Setting 2016 Goals:  http://ow.ly/Ww0kZ @mazlocoach

“Did my agent fire me and I just don’t know it?” http://ow.ly/VYdwg @Janet_Reid #TopTweets2015

On the Rise and Fall of the New Creative Class: http://ow.ly/VYdwh @IreneKeliher #TopTweets2015               Continue reading

Twitterific Writing Links

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.

Hope everyone enjoys their holidays! I’m going to return two weeks from today with an exceptionally long Twitterific, my first for 2016. :)  

4 Ways for Writers to Make Money in Marketing:  http://ow.ly/VOdkQ @LindaUKmasters

3 Tips to Unleash Your Creativity: http://ow.ly/VOdMr  @ADDerWORLD

How to Storyboard in Scrivener:  http://ow.ly/VOdnn @mgherron

What Grabs Readers: The Inside Story:  http://ow.ly/VOdx2 @lisacron     Continue reading

Tracking Our Recurring Storylines

By Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigblog1

One of the things I forgot to mention in my “Time Savers for Writers” post was storyline-tracking for series writers. This is different from a series bible. My series bible has lists that include detailed character descriptions (down to birthdays, favorite foods, aversion to cats, and addresses) and setting information. This is more of tracking recurring motifs/elements/conventions in our stories.  Our own tropes for our books.

I almost hesitate to mention this because tropes are sort of an odd area for series writers.  But I’ve been surprised to find how much readers care about them.  I’ve accidentally—and occasionally purposefully—left out recurring storylines/conventions/gags from stories. And I’ve gotten dinged in reader reviews and sometimes via direct emails from readers for doing so.Continue reading

Twitterific Writing Links

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.

This week I’ve got a special deal for my blog readers, offered from Bibliocrunch.  They’ve just launched their Author Academy and my blog readers have the chance to win 5 course passes (valued at $119 each): 


Using Beats in Writing: http://ow.ly/UV1sS  @writerstarr

3 Tools to Help Part Time Writers Work Smarter:  http://ow.ly/UV3Rp @fictionnotes

5 Ways to Build a Flimsy Villain:  http://ow.ly/UV3Nz  @pmillhouse

On the Hidden Life of Marginalia:  http://ow.ly/UV3bh @BelaborThePoint

@ParisReview’s Lorin Stein on the Power of Ambiguity in Fiction:  http://ow.ly/UV34T @joefassler               Continue reading

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