Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web.

Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (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.

I’m going to take a short summer blog break and will go dark until July 10th, when I’ll return with an extended Twitterific. :)  Early wishes for a Happy Independence Day for my blog readers in the States.

Alternate Endings to Great Expectations:  http://ow.ly/mZCE301B7nv @TheToast @mallelis

Plot vs Character: What Drives a Great Novel? http://ow.ly/HyU23015k9u @nownovel

Is a Quick Release Schedule Right for Your Books? http://ow.ly/QR1Z3015k6u @ksumnersmith

Take Your Reader to Another World:  http://ow.ly/JpLZ3015keB @KeithCronin  @WriterUnboxed         

5 Places To Find Inspiration For More Interesting Characters: http://ow.ly/gRyU3015lrj @misfitalexa

The Pen Name Pickle: @JayneAnnKrentz on the Pseudonymous Life:  http://ow.ly/ZgrT30103xw @SignatureReads

Creative people have psychopathic personality traits:  http://ow.ly/aqxN3015mj8 @chelsebaum @ElectricLit

Ernest Hemingway: Middlebrow Revolutionary: http://ow.ly/ChTn3018OhC  by Michael Bourne @The_Millions

“The Most Valuable Thing I Learned at Pixar: How to Fail””: http://ow.ly/gr123018NUW @GoIntoTheStory”

The curse of 1st person narration:  http://ow.ly/r7uE3018OKO @NovelEditor

What Are The Rules On Mixing Viewpoints When Writing Fiction? http://ow.ly/ssLD3018O5S From Advanced Fiction Writing

How To Express Your Characters’ Thoughts: With Exercises:  http://ow.ly/LtqY3018NGO @standoutbooks

The Portrait Of The Antagonist As A Human Being:  http://ow.ly/99N13018NDv @MiaJouBotha

Why Are So Many Poets Also Artists?  http://ow.ly/FrpB3018Ovx by Maggie Millner @thelithub

A Guide to Characterization http://ow.ly/sjC13018NsD @stupidpenney

70 Idioms with Heart:  http://ow.ly/avD13018NAW @writing_tips

More Than Mere Dialogue:  http://ow.ly/NmGP3018O9Y from Advanced Fiction Writing

Poetry as Substitute for Medication:  http://ow.ly/xTgK30104oJ @rosmance @SignatureReads

How to Start Your Book or Movie with a Bang: http://ow.ly/mb3D3018NYo @patverducci

5 (Dirty Little) Truths about Proofreading: http://ow.ly/MFgv3018OEn @manzanitafire  @LitReactor

4 Tips for Avoiding Sentence-Level Clichés:  http://ow.ly/ZXNa3019WCG @ceciliaedits

Keeping Your Story Real Even When You’re Lying:  http://ow.ly/jYrg3019WTx by PJ Parrish

Do Writers Need To Be Alone to Thrive?  http://ow.ly/b39K301B1lc @lithub @angelaflournoy @KatherineTowler

Checklist for redesigning your book cover:  http://ow.ly/lcya301AYv0 @Roz_Morris

Images in Posts and an Amazon Anomaly:  http://ow.ly/lllA301BflD

How A Book Foreword Can Help An Author’s Career:  http://ow.ly/fz9l301z5yf @jckunzjr

Ciphers and coding in crime fiction:  http://ow.ly/B7aG301AXbP @mkinberg

How to Get Reviews:  Without Cheating:  http://ow.ly/7LUD300XoIl  @hopeclark

10 Tips For Memoir:  http://ow.ly/1rJ23015lBj  @MargotStarbuck

What 1 Writer’s Parents Really Think About Her Memoir of Alcoholism: http://ow.ly/qyOJ3015l0h @sarahhepola  @thelithub

7 Seeds You Need To Plant For Future Writing Success:  http://ow.ly/T2UL3015kAD @colleen_m_story

The Myth About Print Coming Back and Bookstores on the Rise:  http://ow.ly/IFps3015lfS @JaneFriedman

Studying Screenwriting: Classic 30s Movie: “It Happened One Night”:  http://ow.ly/6zYc3015klS @GoIntoTheStory

How to Get the Most From Your Professional Book Edit:  http://ow.ly/hSZS3015lTn @BubbleCow

Happily Ever After: Anatomy of a Romance Novel in 9 Parts:  http://ow.ly/S5UQ30103iM @SignatureReads by Catherine M. Roach

5 Reasons Why Moby-Dick Just Won’t Die:  http://ow.ly/Ktu6301yyvV @MZBeauregard @lithub

3 Tips To Writing A Great Acknowledgements Page:  http://ow.ly/fENp301z54w @jckunzjr

Why Indie Presses Are Opening Bookstores: http://ow.ly/DyUj301tRhm @JonSealy @lithub

Writers’ Wedding Tips: 6 Adaptations to Guide You:  http://ow.ly/gXrC301039A @Keith_Rice1 @SignatureReads

Is crowdfunding right for you? A roundup with everything you need to know: http://ow.ly/aipW301ypEW @PAShortt

Can My Indie Book Be Discovered?  http://ow.ly/UMQX300XoF9  @hopeclark

A Familiar Newcomer to Czech Books: Empresa Media:  http://ow.ly/6dfj301wuF8 @jaroslawadamows @pubperspectives

Troubled Waters: Causeways of Shingle, Sand and Ice in Horror Fiction:  http://ow.ly/cny33012CEi @ThisIsHorror  by V.H. Leslie

The Building Blocks of Great YA Fiction:  http://ow.ly/SFc33012BZs @SophieMasson 1 @WriterUnboxed

How to Start a Story in First Person: 8 Tips: http://ow.ly/MQJN3012Cfn @nownovel

4 Ways to Spark Your Writing Ambition If You’ve Been Feeling a Bit Meh: http://ow.ly/7tXg3012Cps @reallucyflint

How to Survive the Edit Letter:  http://ow.ly/Gxmg3012Cna @Ava_Jae

The Inciting Event:  http://ow.ly/xi3Y3012CuA @HunterFaith @magicalwords

Character Type: Addict:  http://ow.ly/lbhS3012C84 @GoIntoTheStory

Giving it Away: How the Gift Economy is a Great Model for Professional Writers:  http://ow.ly/KlRq3012DKJ by Jasper Bark @ThisIsHorror

‘Wayward Pines’: Developing Elements of Suspense in Fiction http://ow.ly/ZftP3012Cc3 @crisfreese @WritersDigest

Dangling Modifiers: http://ow.ly/pjaM3012CjR  @HopeTDougherty

How to Become a Ghostwriter:  http://ow.ly/aIvD30102MX @Roz_Morris @JaneFriedman

Show, Don’t Tell: Micro vs Macro:  http://ow.ly/8xIt30102JC @AnnetteLyon

How Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’s Monster Became Human:  http://ow.ly/mSUy301tQZZ by Francine Prose @NewRepublic

Tune in to the @ReedsyHQ live chat on Facebook each Wednesday at 3p ET (now). http://bit.ly/28TpYzb . Today’s topic: Covers

How to Figure Out Who Raised Your Hero (and Why You Need to Know): http://ow.ly/Fxoh30101Xl @RuthanneReid

Railing against the grammar police on exclamation points: http://ow.ly/QExj30101NC @annerooney

The Visual Writer’s Guide to Pacing & Tension: http://ow.ly/aXNS30101Ui @sacha_black

Publishing & Politics: ‘ ‘Trumpian Dystopia’:  http://ow.ly/O5tz301wuXQ @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Nordic Noir is a Reflection of Modern Europe: http://ow.ly/Uh4o301wk3H @emelieschepp @JoakimZander @ElectricLit

The Dystopian Future in Which Everyone is the Boss:  http://ow.ly/miDk301wjHd by J.C. Pan @lithub

Market to Your Preferred Readership:  http://ow.ly/ts2u300XoCx  @hopeclark

Australia’s Debate on Book Imports, Copyright and Fair Use:  http://ow.ly/A5CO301qV3v @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Garth Williams, Illustrator of American Childhood: http://ow.ly/5LeQ30101gw @asarahlarson @NewYorker

Lose the Guilt: You Don’t Have to Write Every Day:  http://ow.ly/hkec30102aa @RuthanneReid

3 Best Practices in Life and Writing: http://ow.ly/aMpO30101C5 @lisajlickel

Beats, Revisited: The Shifting Legacy of a Literary Generation http://ow.ly/XYrN301018J  TobiasCarroll  @SignatureReads

6 Self-published Novels That Made the Big Screen: http://ow.ly/lnvF30101m2 @rosmance  @SignatureReads

A profile of the world’s least effusive travel writer (Geoff Dyer):  http://ow.ly/izeB30100zo @ArrowsmithUSA

Our Adored Cadavers:  Dead Women in Lit:  http://ow.ly/OTUZ301tP0u @CadaverFormosus @Hazlitt

Swiss Academic Publisher @KellyShergill Steps Onto World Stage:   http://ow.ly/DX6O301qUzN @Porter_Anderson

Dead Dogs Are More Than Metaphors:  http://ow.ly/GGDj301tOt4 @lithub @thelampton

Why women are writing the best crime novels: http://ow.ly/W7ty301tQEQ by Terrence Rafferty @TheAtlantic

Pulp Friction: if Barnes and Noble goes out of business:  http://ow.ly/9Db8301tPVR @PassiveVoiceBlg @NewRepublic

Stepping off the Hamster Wheel: http://ow.ly/mBoZ300WqTR @Jeannie_Moon

Bates Motel: Building Suspense When You Already Know The Ending:  http://ow.ly/Ob2T300WqWb @DBlakeAuthor

4 Tips for Depicting Characters With Disabilities: http://ow.ly/ejuu300WrdO @mythcreants  by Chris Winkle

Where To Start: Beginnings:  http://ow.ly/UGYq300Wr3y @JillWilliamson

A Pre-Writing Checklist:  http://ow.ly/oGsH300Wras @HeatherJacksonW

Using Minor Characters to Explore Theme:  http://ow.ly/GbKY300WqRe @dougeboch

Genuine fears for your characters: http://ow.ly/fMZt300Wrfz  @ShanDitty

Plumb the Emotional Depth of Your Setting:  http://ow.ly/2wZ1300Wr8J  @kcraftwriter

7 Tips for Paranormal Writers:  http://ow.ly/X3YV300WrcG @worddreams

Pursuit plots: http://ow.ly/YYRs300Wrby @HeatherJacksonW

How to Break Up Your Novel into Definable Sections:  http://ow.ly/11wU300WqUz @CSLakin

Horror Hiding In Other Genres:  Why You Shouldn’t Write ‘Horror’:  http://ow.ly/pohX300WqYi @DBlakeAuthor

Show Don’t Tell:  http://ow.ly/det0300UImA @sjaejones

News coverage: consumers say reading text is quicker than video: http://ow.ly/W5xS301qTft @Porter_Anderson @risj_oxford  @pubperspectives

Insular settings in crime fiction novels:  http://ow.ly/eUaD301qMax @mkinberg

Why Free is Still a Smart Marketing Strategy:  http://ow.ly/lZda301rx8e @storyrally

Research Your Way to a More Believable Book:  http://ow.ly/o8cb301qLzQ  @Robin_Gianna @jemifraser

World-Building Tips and Tools:  http://ow.ly/QV4M301qLa6 @TheIWSG @AlexJCavanaugh

Book Formatting Tips:  Cleaning up the Word Document:  http://ow.ly/Ozpy301qMVZ @SpunkOnAStick @DancingLemurPre

Canada’s  @MargaretAtwood  to receive 2016 Pinter Prize:  http://ow.ly/kKT1301qT1b @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Character Development Is a 2-Edged Sword:  http://ow.ly/gJ1p300UIdw @JamiGold

5 Ways to Use Dialogue to Spice Up The Middle of Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/jndC300UItu @MartinaABoone

Resisting the Shiny New Idea:  http://ow.ly/4kBs300UIeb @Janice_Hardy

Develop Regional Appeal for Greater Readership:  http://ow.ly/QvYf300UIiu @WhereWritersWin  by Lynda Bouchard

Combining 2 Ways to Plot:  http://ow.ly/Nr4z300UIg6 @Ava_Jae

Why you need both CreateSpace and IngramSpark:  http://ow.ly/P9lg300UIvx @NewShelvesBooks

The Grant of Rights Clause (Contracts/Dealbreakers):  http://ow.ly/eThc300UIsx @KristineRusch

Time Management for Writers:  http://ow.ly/i4ry300UIrA @katemoretti1

What  Pinch Points Are All About:  http://ow.ly/yNxc300UIuB @CSLakin

7 Quick Journaling Exercises To Improve Your Fiction Writing:  http://ow.ly/uOlw300UIfs @DanielleLHanna

How to Build and Grow Your Email List:  http://ow.ly/2VvU300UIlz @WhereWritersWin

‘The Last Book My Father Read’: After Decades of Hard Work, a Retirement in Books: http://ow.ly/BKO8301piKM by Patrick Ryan

Write to Satisfy the Reader’s Ear:  http://ow.ly/92gG300UIUn @Lindasclare

Turn a Cliché Into a Reader’s Surprise:  http://ow.ly/bY1N300UIFL @ZoeMMcCarthy

Gretchen Marquette on the unexpected poetry of her father’s life as a cop: http://ow.ly/zKXd301piHL

Fatherhood: Ruining the Writing Career, Saving the Writing:  http://ow.ly/Ae3y301pipV @lithub @The_Big_Quiet

How to Make Your Novel Universal:  http://ow.ly/bNLS300TNZv @SPressfield