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 3 Golden Rules Of Writing A Western: http://ow.ly/NElh302xhCV @robertwood @standoutbooks
6 Tips for OrganizingYour Novel’s Edits: http://ow.ly/XWK9302xhEz @KMWeiland
Write Your Novel In A Year: Your Mid-Year Analysis: http://ow.ly/jmXl302xhdB @AnthonyEhlers @Writers_Write
Harry Potter Ebooks Arrive in China, in Both Chinese and English http://ow.ly/VzEN302Sor6 @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Character Archetypes: Prophet, Oracle, and Wise Old Man: http://ow.ly/pygK302xhw2 @HunterEmkay
9 Steps to a Self-Hosted WordPress Blog in Fewer than 15 Minutes: http://ow.ly/grVS302xhtZ @lornafaith
Writing: just don’t lose the magic: http://ow.ly/CFJM301Q4s8 @austinkleon
Zygmunt Miłoszewski on Translation and his Latest Novel, Rage: http://ow.ly/rkxX302Sokl @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
The Coco Chanel Guide to Sample Pages: http://ow.ly/jHQu302y5z1 @DGLM
Finding your voice through letter writing: http://ow.ly/bUJG302y5OE @MLConklin
Creating depth by using juxtaposition in our writing: http://ow.ly/BZUB302y5Mi @sacha_black
Mapping Your Book to Ensure it Works: http://ow.ly/JLuk302y5SK @MartinaABoone
How to Get the Story Out of Your Head and Onto the Page: http://ow.ly/ROGB302y5wg @jennienash
15 Expert Tips to Increase Reader Comments on Blog Posts: http://ow.ly/jUG8302y5x9 @NinaAmir
5 Steps To Take When The Writing Gets Tough: http://ow.ly/4ef4302y5HG @WritersRelief
Internal Dialogue: The Greatest Tool for Gaining Reader Confidence: http://ow.ly/q1d5302y5Q9 @ESimsAuthor
7 Aspects of Writing from Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin: http://ow.ly/l6m1302y5Jy @VictoriaMixon
Dos and Don’ts for writing Book Reviews: http://ow.ly/qAF4302y66q by Gillian Hamer
Why Authors Running a Featured Deal Should Claim Their @BookBub Profile: http://ow.ly/mHLB302y6lW @rickburnes
The Benefits of Talking Through Our Scenes: http://ow.ly/EehK302y6EK @Janice_Hardy
Avoid the Back Story Swamp: http://ow.ly/6PCZ302y6P7 @Lindasclare
Your words and your story live in your head: how to stay there: http://ow.ly/DIYS302y6sI @emma_darwin
A basic guide to plotting: http://ow.ly/m8Ci302y6hH @kseniaanske
Master Outlining and Tracking Tool for Novels: http://ow.ly/92Bf302y6A8 @iulienel
10 Ways to Add a Spark of Fire to Our Writing: http://ow.ly/Eqnx302y6Ht @kcraftwriter
The Best Place to Reveal Your Story Secrets: http://ow.ly/Jow1302y6le @Janice_Hardy
Creativity: Think Long Term. Create A Body Of Work. http://ow.ly/Gzju302y6Mf @thecreativepenn
Writing Composite Characters: http://ow.ly/aHyY302y6O6 @Lindasclare
The 5-Part Authorpreneur Action Plan: http://ow.ly/8f08302y6KP @InkyBites
Blurbs, Taglines, Endorsements: http://ow.ly/PC9E302y69l @JJMarsh1 @TriskeleBooks
Story Fundamentals Exercises: http://ow.ly/9VOo302y6nf @emma_darwin @TriskeleBooks
Showing and Telling: cooperation not competition: http://ow.ly/F17B302y6UX @emma_darwin
Plot and structure exercise: http://ow.ly/W4u3302yqFc @TraceyWarr1
Using Fiverr for Affordable Book Covers: http://ow.ly/t5tl302RAbs @BookWorksNYC @stapilus
10 Basic Steps To Setting-Up Your Blog: http://ow.ly/lLdU302RAgv @jckunzjr
How To Create An Ebook Boxset Or Bundle And Why You Should: http://ow.ly/t0JF302RAkj @thecreativepenn
How to evaluate contests: http://ow.ly/XZ7T302RAo9 @Janet_Reid
In the US, UK, and Canada, Harry’s on Another Roll With ‘Cursed Child’ : http://ow.ly/R4S2302VaE8 @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Why Stories Need Redemption: http://ow.ly/kMID302RAvN @Lindasclare
Grammar Rules: Split Infinitives: http://ow.ly/E2Cw302RAzf @WritingForward
How Indie Authors Can Get Their Books Into Libraries: http://ow.ly/R0Su302RADm @rcutlerSpark @BookWorksNYC
How To Train Your Person (First or Third) to do everything the story needs: http://ow.ly/Deqd302y6Wn @emma_darwin
Where Does Your Story Actually Begin? http://ow.ly/e9bV302yxqE @vscotttheauthor
How to Write and Stay Sane When You Have Little Kids At Home: http://ow.ly/AS9s302yxcc @katekrake
3 Things To Remember About Dialogue: http://ow.ly/RZot302yxiT @AnthonyEhlers
7 Common Novel Writing Tips to Be Wary Of: http://ow.ly/Aiep302yxvx @nownovel
6 Tips for Accents and Dialects: http://ow.ly/cUvM302yxup @nownovel
Two Critical Novel Writing Skills: http://ow.ly/xdzW302yx8F @Chris_Kokoski
What if your plot, or characters just aren’t working? http://ow.ly/v7hH302yxsg @AnthonyEhlers
38 Resources for Writers: http://ow.ly/fKNw302yxef @katekrake
Turning the Negativity Train Around: http://ow.ly/Iape302yxkd @smckelden
Starting a New Authors’ Group: Working Toward the Future: http://ow.ly/DG0j302yxou @queenskeys
Word-Hacking Emotion: http://ow.ly/TvV7302yxWz @artofstoriesAB
Making a living from writing books: what works, what doesn’t: http://ow.ly/ly4l302y6Xa @emma_darwin
Too Distracted to Write? Here’s Your Next Step: http://ow.ly/D9rv302yxXG @RosanneBane
How To Finish Your First Draft Quickly: http://ow.ly/dw2L302yxO7 @SukhiJutla
Tighten your writing by getting rid of dialogue tags: http://ow.ly/kg4V302yxPv @RayneHall
10 Mistakes (Almost) Every Rookie Writer Makes: http://ow.ly/xEyE302yy2G @manzanitafire @LitReactor
Don’t Wait to Build Your Potential Book-Buying Audience: http://ow.ly/UwIJ302yxZ1 @crystallyn
Too much to do? Prioritizing for the overwhelmed: http://ow.ly/GpLn302RBgb @zara_quentin
Busting Myths about Book Reviews: http://ow.ly/QEDA302xhN1 @DanaLynnSmith
Roald Dahl’s Twisted, Overlooked Stories for Adults: http://ow.ly/ymNv302xhId by David L. Ulin @NewYorker
10 Popular Tropes in the Historical Romance Genre: http://ow.ly/DOOP302xhn0 @lornafaith
Don’t Just ‘Put Your Book on Amazon’: http://ow.ly/avnU302xhg8 @MillCityPress @amshofner
Writing mistakes to avoid: http://ow.ly/qU44302xhyY @rxena77
On Literary Plagues: http://ow.ly/yh7m302xhL2 @TobiasCarroll
Don’t Make This Crucial Branding Mistake In The Name of Growth: http://ow.ly/wnkZ302xhH1 @taragentile
What Literary Fiction Can Teach You About Genre Fiction: http://ow.ly/JUJR302xhAn @wickerkat @LitReactor
Great Scene: “Double Indemnity ”: http://ow.ly/SHBM302xhBU @GoIntoTheStory
The Science of Protecting Your Creativity: http://ow.ly/BQNA302y6gA @Rachel_Aaron
5 Steps to Developing More Discipline: http://ow.ly/wCjq302y6fU @MichaelHyatt
The Essence of Character and 3 Exercises for Writers: http://ow.ly/1UlR302y62P @Jo_Furniss
Plot and structure exercise: http://ow.ly/lqra302y5Zv @TraceyWarr1
How to Choose the Best WordPress Themes: http://ow.ly/FXIi302y5Vq @NinaAmir
6 Tips For Getting More Traffic on your Author Blog: http://ow.ly/IPJv302tcwA @annerallen
If Writers and Poets Billed By the Hour http://ow.ly/5EHT302tkKi @mcsweeneys
3 Things ‘House’ Can Teach Us About Writing: http://ow.ly/k8bM302tcRb @crisfreese
Chasing the Clouds of Rights Issues: Ixxus’ Steve Odart http://ow.ly/auhm302SouK @steveodart @Porter_Anderson
Painting Verb Pictures: http://ow.ly/Uaa5302tcDe @Lindasclare
How to Tell a Murderer’s Story: http://ow.ly/KDGX302tcap @latillman @lithub
How to Promote Your Blog Posts: 27 Experts’ Proven Methods: http://ow.ly/SbK8302G0Ua @wisestartupblog
When to String Words Together With Hyphens: http://ow.ly/Lsv5302tdfA @writing_tips
On the Journals of Famous Writers: http://ow.ly/X4Km302tc4j @BelaborThePoint @lithub
Distribution, Competitiveness: The Philippines’ Andrea Pasion-Flores: http://ow.ly/LCkT302SnYO @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Writing Worthy Protagonists: http://ow.ly/ao5K302tcnS @Lindasclare
How Do You Write a Poem? http://ow.ly/TKI2302qItU @GigglingStream
6 Tips for Defeating Writer’s Block: http://ow.ly/g9EO302qI1E @LouiseMatchett8
How to Create Striking Similes: http://ow.ly/mMOR302qI6x @ProWritingAid
How to Write Dialogue in a Narrative Paragraph: http://ow.ly/jK3H302rXjD @ProWritingAid
How To Use Story Archetypes To Subvert Expectations: http://ow.ly/a8vF302rXge @kayladeanwrites @DIYMFA
Crime fiction writing: why innocent people confess: http://ow.ly/4Uhr302sFQ4 @drjuliashaw @sciam
11 Novels That Take Place During One Summer: http://ow.ly/Y0B0302rXDZ @carrievasios @ElectricLit
5 Overlooked Pixar Storytelling Tips: http://ow.ly/K5wb302sGc5 @RobinRWrites
Sourcebooks Expands Book Personalization to Business Training: http://ow.ly/FviE302SnIb @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
The real truth about writing nonfiction: http://ow.ly/1xgZ302V5MB @CalebPirtle
The top writing links from last week are on Twitterific: Click To Tweet
Thanks, as always, Elizabeth. I always find such good pieces of wisdom here. There’s a lot this time on the business side of being a writer – all useful!
Margot–An important part of being a writer…although most of us don’t care for it! Hope you have a great week, Margot.
Great list! I should read the one about how to write a poem as I’ve no idea.
Alex–Lately, I’ve written a few poems as warmups. I’m not a very good poet. :(
Thanks so much for including us among these great posts. Love the idea of a mid-year analysis from Writers Write.
B
Bridget–So do I! Much better than doing it at the end of the year.
[…] Carnival of the Indies – Issue #28 • This article also posted on Business2 Community.com • This article is also posted on http://ElizabethSpannCraig.com/ • This article is also posted on EzineArticles.com • This article is also posted on SPANnet.org […]