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.

The Kindle “Delivery Cost” and How it Affects Writers:  http://ow.ly/q30H301U6Dg @RJCrayton

10 Tips for Beginning (and Expert) Poets: http://ow.ly/ATfX301VQN6 @hrhookwriter

“I Used to be a Writer”:  http://ow.ly/7igq301VQBr @TamsenButler  @WomenWriters         

How To Craft a 1-Page Synopsis Using Story Beats:  http://ow.ly/mONf301VPWy @SueColetta1

5 Good Ideas Science Fiction Teaches Us to Fear:  http://ow.ly/FxxG301VQIx by Oren Ashkenazi @mythcreants

Your Speaking Gig Should Also Market Your Books/Business:  http://ow.ly/VTMa301VQSc @Margo_L_Dill

How One Writer Overcame Fear and Got a 2nd Chance:  http://ow.ly/6oDL301VRdp  @thereallisakerr

Blab for Indie Authors:  http://ow.ly/uW67301U6gW @LornaSixsmith  @IndieAuthorALLI

An Agent Offers Reasons She Rejected 25 queries:  http://ow.ly/C99s301U6tA @Janet_Reid

Do You Write for Young Adults or Millenials?  Try Snapchat:  http://ow.ly/keYB301U6cS @CaballoFrances

Contract Terms to Watch Out For:  http://ow.ly/jcCe301U6nV @111publishing

Should You Self-Publish or Traditionally Publish? http://ow.ly/RsQ6301U6OP @JaneFriedman

SEO for Bloggers:  http://ow.ly/yFTV301U6a0 @randfish

Can technology help you write? 5 science-backed tips:  http://ow.ly/uTb5301SykI by Chris Smith @TheWritPlatform

4 Ways to Take Criticism Like a Pro:  http://ow.ly/SZjz301Sybo @bhathenatanaz  @WritersDigest

When Grief Becomes Surreal:  http://ow.ly/uj6R302iAqL @lithub @TobiasCarroll

Honing vs. Sharpening Knives: What’s the Difference?  http://ow.ly/2GHC301Syg4 @benjaminsobieck

What Getting Published At 16 Teaches About Becoming a Writer:  http://ow.ly/FWW0302iAsM @BannerCatherine @lithub

50 Creative Writing Prompts for Different Parts of Your Story:  http://ow.ly/HQBv301SxVp @nownovel

Tips for making your book a page-turner: http://ow.ly/uqI1302iaru @rxena77

Too Distracted to Write?  Respect Your Resistance:  http://ow.ly/6gE5301SylN @RosanneBane

How Writing Habits Make Writing Easier:  http://ow.ly/q7EN301SxYy @MahinWriter

Writer’s Guide to Weapons: What’s that Smell? Cordite vs. Gunpowder vs. Propellant:  http://ow.ly/7KkW301SymA @benjaminsobieck

Become an Intuitive Writer:  http://ow.ly/VvKZ301SxJv @JanalynVoigt

How Successful Authors Use Social Media: 23 Content Ideas:  http://ow.ly/BOJ3301Syfp @DianaUrban

To The Invisible Writer:  http://ow.ly/2oUf301SxSw @JanalynVoigt

Blinding a Hero: On Writing a Disability:  http://ow.ly/U9ye301SyhG  by Tanvir Bush  @TheWritPlatform

Description Shouldn’t Be Boring:  http://ow.ly/tSVp301SygV @MarcyKennedy

Write Inner Dialogue That Speaks to the Reader: http://ow.ly/k6uz301SydS @ZoeMMcCarthy

When No One Shows Up To Your Reading: Lessons Learned:  http://ow.ly/mxLn301Sy5I @leewind  @scbwi  @TheNormanNation

5 Faulty “Not Only . . . But Also” Sentences:  http://ow.ly/9qIU301RAKV @writing_tips

How Hemingway Kept His Momentum Going:  http://ow.ly/QZJx301QVKv @ChadRAllen

Motifs, Symbols, and Themes:  http://ow.ly/iIxl301RAv3 @PBRWriter

Making Your Scenes Work for You: Tips:  http://ow.ly/VyCk301RAOa @AnthonyEhlers

The Biggest Obstacle To Your Writing:  http://ow.ly/5zhQ301RAhn @jamieraintree

Author uses novel tactic to promote book:  http://ow.ly/RytV301RAw0 @sandrabeckwith

The Discbound Planner for Organizing Your Writing Life:  http://ow.ly/PWqm301RAud @jamieraintree

Summer Celebrations: The 6 Wildest Parties in Literary History:  http://ow.ly/vssa301RAID @BookTrib

Too many ideas? An idea ranker worksheet: http://ow.ly/uDIy301RAE1 @EvaDeverell

Need Writing Ideas? Take Inventory of Your Life:  http://ow.ly/eego301RANg @annkroeker

Avoid Sad Sack Protagonists:  http://ow.ly/Kz64301RAPl @Diana_Hurwitz

The components of plot:  http://ow.ly/EUjr301RAfV @RuthanneReid

How an idea becomes a comic:  http://ow.ly/EDYl301Q4Oe  @Nsousanis

What It Means To Be an Inclusive Literary Journal:  http://ow.ly/rgiQ301PQzx @zinziclemmons @lithub

How to Create an Online Course:  http://ow.ly/K9UV301LDYv  @HelloMorganTimm

How To Use Story Archetypes To Subvert Expectations:  http://ow.ly/Chmk301LByG @kayladeanwrites @DIYMFA

4 Mantras That Will Motivate You to Write:  http://ow.ly/5mQS301LBgp @RiteLikeRowling

Unleashing Bravery Into Your Writing Life:  http://ow.ly/Yxnx301LB0H @reallucyflint

5 Tips for Better Facebook Live Broadcasts: http://ow.ly/pUA0301LAAI by Jeff Ente @SMExaminer

How to Self-Publish a Book on Amazon: 24 Steps:  http://ow.ly/P4Jn302d6ob @mfishbein

The Visual Writer: Using Images To Bring Your Writing Alive:  http://ow.ly/klMD301LAoR @nhendrickson1

The Second Pinch Point in Stories:  http://ow.ly/ScNt301LzTt @CSLakin

5 Ways to Combine Sentences:  http://ow.ly/HQqk301LzFa @writing_tips

Character Archetypes:  Minions, Medleys and Minor Characters: http://ow.ly/Y94M301LzyR @HunterEmkay

Editing vs. Proofreading:  http://ow.ly/1EqZ302bCkY @Scribendi_Inc

Librarian Chelsea Couillard-Smith Creates #BlackLivesMatter Booklist for Teens: http://ow.ly/shVz302brjd @sljournal

The Key to Creating Believable Plots and Subplots:  http://ow.ly/2BUy301RATy @CSLakin

5 Obstacles Every Writer Must Face and How to Overcome Them:  http://ow.ly/AGYN301QVkJ @ChadRAllen

Are You Asking the Right Question About Backstory?  http://ow.ly/5JJY301JjJO @p2p_editor

Voice vs. Grammar:  http://ow.ly/O8ec301Jjv3 by Nils Ödlund @mythicscribes

Mapping the Novel: A Whole-brained Approach: http://ow.ly/Dpf2301FBuj @Wordstrumpet

How 1 Writer Learned To Stop Checking Her Book Sales:  http://ow.ly/RKwl3027AcU

50 Favorite Fictional Women:  http://ow.ly/KR2y301FB3x @mollitudo @brooklynmag

How To Kickstart Your Productivity:  http://ow.ly/33X8301FAfb @DoWhatYouLoveXx

How to Make Real Money Selling Short Fiction:  http://ow.ly/80Mc301SyvC @SteveCampbellFL

‘Brexit Means Brexit’? All in UK Publishing Are Not Convinced: http://ow.ly/ZrDK302a5cV  @rogertagholm @pubperspectives

Thinking of joining a writing group? Ask yourself these 8 questions first:  http://ow.ly/BuwJ300p6lF @LisasShare @publishingtalk

4 Tips For Creating Bad Boys & Villains Readers Will Love to Hate:  http://ow.ly/J5yo301EoMR  @HunterSmith01

13 Questions to Ask Before Submitting to a Literary Journal:  http://ow.ly/w2gU301FtCb @erikadreifus @lithub

Tips for Naming Characters:  http://ow.ly/cwYZ301Epql @Adria_in_Paris

The writer’s duty: to lift people up: on E.B. White:  http://ow.ly/6Liw3027rAA @pubcoach

Writing: Ways to Cultivate Solitude:  http://ow.ly/UXA7301Eote @soniaroth

Helpful Tools and Sites for Writers (worksheets, writing courses, prompts, more):  http://ow.ly/VWW13027r1T

7 Great Sources of Conflict for Romances:  http://ow.ly/FIUa301Eoqr by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

The Legal Side of Writing for Anthologies:  http://ow.ly/hTAf301CRN2 @SusanSpann

Rags to riches stories in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/jgJt3027o9V @mkinberg

A @pubperspectives white paper on #TheMarkets2016: download your free copy: http://ow.ly/6QkU3027ore @Porter_Anderson

The Call to Action:  Strategies to Make It Big:  http://ow.ly/ipJU301EoXv @TheresaStevens

4 tips for setting goals:  http://ow.ly/8oOK301EoEa @MichaelHyatt

Building a Book Audience With Short Stories or Excerpts:  http://ow.ly/sK6J301EoKK @jennienash

What to Do When Your Novel’s Too Short:  http://ow.ly/newt301EpmV @Janice_Hardy

Story Setting Tips for Writers Who Are Remote from the Location:   http://ow.ly/8Ky8301Ep2j @Jenn_Mattern

Converting Backstory into Character:  http://ow.ly/5FID301EoQc @TheresaStevens

Teens’ Thoughts on Writing:  http://ow.ly/ourl301Epjc @ShanDitty

What’s Your Genre? A High-Level Overview for Writers:  http://ow.ly/dwLi301CRbB @brooke_warner

Miss Havisham: A History:  http://ow.ly/gpqP301PQec @CAAF @TheToast

Shopping an offer from an agent is a bad idea:  http://ow.ly/si5D301CRJR @Janet_Reid

Tying (and Trimming) Loose Ends for a Tidy Finish:  http://ow.ly/9Sj1301CRym @AlyConnerBrown