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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.

Hope my blog readers in the States have a great Labor Day weekend!  I’m taking Monday off from blogging and will be back for Friday’s post. 

How to Write Internal Dialogue:  http://ow.ly/Rx3st @MarcyKennedy

Vulnerability In Writing:  http://ow.ly/Rx3OF @rsmollisonread

4 Tips to Craft a Killer Novella:  http://ow.ly/Ry5B6 by E.M. Denning

Should You Feel Guilty About Taking Your Writing Seriously? http://ow.ly/Ry5Fc @colleen_m_story               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.

Why Is Your Character’s Emotional Wound So Important?  http://ow.ly/RjznI @angelaackerman

Living in the White Space:  http://ow.ly/RjzIJ @MichalskiLiz

Don’t Be Afraid of Said:  http://ow.ly/RjyVF @ava_jae

The heartfelt potential novel:  http://ow.ly/RjzfE @TomBentleyNow

7 Ways Blogging Improves Your Writing:  http://ow.ly/Rjzt0  @MiaJouBotha    Continue reading

Raising Questions in Our Stories

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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigCxkakh5p

One thing that can trip up even experienced writers is giving everything away in the story too quickly.

It’s always a temptation for me.  I tend to want to reveal things too quickly in my story.  I want to explain everything as it happens so that readers won’t be confused.

But when I reveal too much, I end up halfway through the story without enough material to make a full-length novel.

Areas where it may help to raise questions:

Questions about character behavior. Sometimes character motivation isn’t clear.  But as long as that character  is behaving consistently, readers will want to learn why the character is acting that way.Continue reading

Twitterific Writing Links

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 to Write a Fantasy Series:  http://ow.ly/QZpXq @nownovel

Who’s Afraid of Reader Analytics? Data on where readers stop reading:  http://ow.ly/Re5B4 @Porter_Anderson

Tricks for Writing in Public:  http://ow.ly/QZqKf by Tina Jens

Different POVs for Part 1 and Part 2?  http://ow.ly/QZqz7 @glencstrathy

A Simple Landing Page Strategy for Increased Newsletter Subscribers:  http://ow.ly/QZqlm @HennekeD

Money matters for writers:  http://ow.ly/QZrxR @mikemartinez72           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.

MacGuffins in crime fiction:  http://ow.ly/QUB0m @mkinberg

5 tips for handling amnesia and back story:  http://ow.ly/QKI91 @Roz_Morris

Dialog Writing 101: Conversational Mechanics:  http://ow.ly/QKIIp @CSLakin

4 Tips For Finding Beta Readers:  http://ow.ly/QKJ1g @woodwardkaren

Tips for adding to a too-short draft:  http://ow.ly/QKItF @Roz_Morris

Sharing Your Space: Where we Write:  http://ow.ly/QKHSf @KeithCronin     Continue reading

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