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.

10 Incorrect Assumptions About Writers:  http://ow.ly/HOuA30467eP ‎@NatePhilbrick

Writing across cultural boundaries in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/ifeH304jG1W @mkinberg

5 Tips to Maximize Your Facebook Posts: http://ow.ly/oN6H304679W @Bookgal

One Fantasy Writer’s Secret Weapon: Archery Lessons:  http://ow.ly/LKb730467h4 @SaraL_Writer  @benjaminsobieck               

How Charles Dickens Influenced Modern Self-Publishing:  http://ow.ly/Y3cE30467mE @KelsieEngen

Writing Compelling Chapter Endings:  http://ow.ly/5Dbc304679u @ceciliaedits

The Business of Screenwriting: studio execs don’t think like you: http://ow.ly/3uOk3046746 @GoIntoTheStory

Crime Writers: The Advantages of Compact Handguns Versus Full-Sized Models:  http://ow.ly/iNCq30467kA @benjaminsobieck

What is Hybrid Publishing? 4 Things Writers Should Know:  http://ow.ly/Jb91304679U @brooke_warner

Daniel Fernandez: Protecting the Essence of Publishing:  http://ow.ly/yJKc304sNDy @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Instagram Stories:Engage With Readers:  http://ow.ly/qzjS3047ozP @MartineEllis

8 Characteristics of Successful Social Media:  http://ow.ly/sY493047nPy @cksyme

Messy brain? 7 ways to tidy up your thinking:  http://ow.ly/Qc893047owP @jccabel

Writing Romance: Why Perfect Men Make Boring Heroes:  http://ow.ly/AhZ03047o7R  @katiemccoach

25 Simple Ways To Recycle Your Blog Posts:  http://ow.ly/AIKv3047paL @Writers_Write

The Inciting Incident and “the Call”:  http://ow.ly/QYMH3047p26 @SPressfield”

10 Giant Translated Novels: ‘a workout for your biceps and your mind’: http://ow.ly/ZOm3304lVes @ScottEsposito @lithub

How to Take Charge of Your Novel’s Symbolism:  http://ow.ly/S4wj3047nKR @BetterNovelProj

Write a Fight Scene: Hero Fends Off an Attack to Protect Friend: http://ow.ly/Xzy33047nFi @BetterNovelProj

Understanding Ebook Rights:  http://ow.ly/SDlt3047nAm @SusanSpann

How to Prep for a Writer’s Conference: http://ow.ly/Pd0o3047ohw @katiemccoach

6 Ways to Say Yes to Your Writing Career:  http://ow.ly/aDVG3047oU0 @jesslaw

How to Layer Scenes in a Romance Novel: http://ow.ly/rYKE3047qsK @CSLakin

How Do We Fix the MFA?  http://ow.ly/bmzb3047IXZ @kctrommer @lithub

How To Write An Amazing Synopsis:  http://ow.ly/2a3S3049VfO @standoutbooks

5 Steps to Write Characters that Change:  http://ow.ly/yUkl3049W5k @jeffelk

How to Write From the Opposite Gender’s Point Of View:  http://ow.ly/JA6F3049VIx @ALeeMartinez

Writers: Why You Need to Get Out into the World:  http://ow.ly/7MLD3049WcP  @emily_tjaden

What Makes Your Protagonist Heroic? http://ow.ly/nWx63049Vjq @Janice_Hardy

17 Films You Didn’t Know Were Adapted From Books:  http://ow.ly/peAF3049Z8h by Nicholas Politan @ElectricLit

How to Catch Typos in Your Own Work: http://ow.ly/aJ0Z3049Vx3 @RMNSediting

10 Tips For Writing Well:  http://ow.ly/4T1I3049Z3d @MargotStarbuck

5 Story Opening Clichés That Need to Die:  http://ow.ly/PJyJ3049YU0 @GiveMeYourTeeth

Editing Novel Drafts like a Pro: 8 Tips:  http://ow.ly/RBSK3049W8M @nownovel

Planning Your Novel: Ideas and Structure:  http://ow.ly/Yy9V3049VnO @Janice_Hardy

7 Lies We Tell Ourselves About Finding Time To Write:  http://ow.ly/Dw0V3049YYW @colleen_m_story

Twitter Chats for Writers: How to Get Started by @MelissaFlicks:  http://ow.ly/gr5v304cueq @BadRedheadMedia

6 Tips to Grow Your Readership and Manage Your Content:  http://ow.ly/JEM6304cun5 by Deborah Lyn Stanley

One Writer Worries He Might Be a Fraud:  http://ow.ly/hCXP304cvFn @TeddyWayne1999  @lithub

Authors offer their top writing tips:  http://ow.ly/a2ax304cvmp @Wintersonworld  @PhilipHensher  @AmitChaudhuri

Elements in successful horror stories:  http://ow.ly/zvgg304s5Sh @parttimescribe

Is your writing a hobby, an art, a business, a vocation, a profession?  http://ow.ly/Met2304sgyd @Roz_Morris

Author Newsletter Tips:  http://ow.ly/VLcQ30467pv @RMFWriters  by Stephanie Connolly-Reisner

What to Put Into Your Story So a Great Pitch Comes Out:  http://ow.ly/A8uZ304676j @ZoeMMcCarthy

8 Story Pitch Pet Peeves:  http://ow.ly/hKGw304676x @TJMoss11  @WritersDigest

Present tense, future perfect in SF: http://ow.ly/B8Yo30467lt  @nevalalee

How to Legally Use Quotations in Your Book:  http://ow.ly/6lBk3043Ng9 @HelenSedwick

8 Tips to Combine Research and Family for a Great Working Vacation: http://ow.ly/pmd03043NOS @ErikaElyLewis

Cramming in Characters: Overloads & Overwhelms Readers:  http://ow.ly/9QNM3043MyR @ZoeMMcCarthy

In Praise of Slow Writing:  http://ow.ly/cqKe3043O68 @stevelaubeagent

The Hot Sheet: industry newsletter for authors (30 day free trial) from @Porter_Anderson & @JaneFriedman: http://ow.ly/HiMN304qJBi

Pros & Cons: Referencing the Real World in Our Story:  http://ow.ly/VbhM3043MpP @JamiGold

On the Ethics of Writing About Your Children:  http://ow.ly/XuDS3043LXG @HitlessWonder   @heatherklanier  @AmyMonticello  @lithub

Download: Publishing Perspectives’ Free Fall 2016 Magazine for news and market snapshots:  http://ow.ly/p7PJ304jG5N @pubperspectives

Using Twitter to Make Powerful Connections:  http://ow.ly/ybgY3043Ona @dkparsonswriter

4 Ways to Add Depth to Our Stories:  http://ow.ly/g4p43043NZf @KassandraLamb

Why Discoverability Should Be Publishers’ Biggest Priority:  http://ow.ly/GYrL3043MQq @ABreinholst

Resources for Finding Critique Partners:  http://ow.ly/xPj83043Nxj  @MartinaABoone

What X-Men Can Teach About Storytelling:  http://ow.ly/e7Ul3043Np8 @willvanstonejr

How Well Are Publishers Connect with Their Readers? http://ow.ly/HV6d3043MUd @jwikert

Why You Can’t Ignore Pinterest:  http://ow.ly/BMyi3040MTu @MandyCorine

St. Martin’s Offering a Chance for 1 Writer to Receive a Detailed Manuscript Analysis (Sweepstake): http://ow.ly/MTq0304otyF @StMartinsPress

Critique groups: 6 ways they can hurt your writing:  http://ow.ly/W128304jFB4 @annerallen

No Agreement Yet: Germany’s Publishing Copyright Controversy:  http://ow.ly/BTbf304jFLR @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

Context and story structure:  http://ow.ly/WWVj3040Nbc @storyfix

Plotting Film Noir:  http://ow.ly/nRFM3040N0g @KieronMoore

Cultivating True Fans Through Patreon:  http://ow.ly/2nEx3040MWy @johnhartness

The Power of Instagram: Marketing Tips for Indie Authors:  http://ow.ly/Z3ps3040MhN @Bookgal

3 Simple Steps Toward a More Sustainable Writing Life: http://ow.ly/iknp3040Lah @reallucyflint

When Your Book Doesn’t Sell:  http://ow.ly/xHXm3040NdO @LovettRomance  @DIYMFA

3 Bookish Solutions to Everyday Problems:  http://ow.ly/BHfh3040NiC @zoeidadickinson  @BookRiot

Traditional Publishing: Short Stories and Poetry:  http://ow.ly/h35g3040Mma @SeptCFawkes

5 Ways to Spark Energy and Excitement for Your WiP: http://ow.ly/sUg03040LfW @reallucyflint

Query Agents For 6 + Months Before Promoting Your Self-Pub Book:  http://ow.ly/w9qA3040LtX @sharonbially

Publishing contracts: the Force Majeure clause: http://ow.ly/lP7C3040LqI @bookishchick

8 Experiments in Motivation:  http://ow.ly/p6BF303Ys7x @zen_habits

Tips From A Brit For Fictional British Characters:  http://ow.ly/Slvr303YsFO @selfpubreview

Publisher Releases a Backlist book on Wattpad to Find a New Audience:  http://ow.ly/4M8h304l7hr @CarlaJDouglas  @pubperspectives

Writing Tips: Carry a Notebook:  http://ow.ly/25jS303Yscc @WritingForward

How to Automate Writing and Editing Tasks: http://ow.ly/q28x303Ysrj @CKmacleodwriter

Groupthink as an element in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/wM5V304jFSZ @mkinberg

After publishing an acclaimed novel, writer ‘promptly went broke’:  http://ow.ly/Bo7V304lOpX @merritttierce @marieclaire

Using foreshadowing: 3 things to consider:  http://ow.ly/5uRo304l6H0 @Janice_Hardy

Blogging Etiquette:  http://ow.ly/GUor304l6rb @SpunkOnAStick @DancingLemurPre

Senior Editor Recommends: ‘Make Diversity a Priority’:  http://ow.ly/Cx0z304jFF0 @Porter_Anderson @andrewasalways

Paths to publishing for Christian fiction writers:  http://ow.ly/jQTC303YsVj @IolaGoulton

Book pricing: the value of our time vs. realities of the book market: http://ow.ly/4pOS304lb9I @BE_Sanderson

Finishing That Endless Manuscript:  http://ow.ly/2JM4303VO9T @Philip_Overby

4 Tips and 4 Tools for Tightening Your Prose:  http://ow.ly/YEHy303YsBi @CKmacleodwriter

Adapt to Change and Become More Productive:  http://ow.ly/1dDM303Ys9f @jmunroemartin

Most Common Writing Mistakes: No Contractions in Dialogue:  http://ow.ly/9pRC303Yt4T @KMWeiland

What do I send to my email list?  http://ow.ly/RJbE303Yth0 @timgrahl

Avoid This Story Structure mistake:  http://ow.ly/r1uc303YsYX @KMWeiland

How to Write a Story Without an Outline:  http://ow.ly/8ZNv303Ysfq @vrcraftauthor

How the Cover of Your Self-published Book Influences Your Brand: http://ow.ly/1bva303VNlp @IndieAuthorALLI  @authordesigner

Selling Books on Social Media: 4 Steps to Less Wasted Time:  http://ow.ly/dqyD304jFzy @cksyme for @annerallen

Agatha Christie as a crime fiction innovator: http://ow.ly/oYKt304jFWV @mkinberg

Is the tone of your prose in tune with your novel? A simple exercise:  http://ow.ly/Gh4Q304jFxZ @Roz_Morris

How To Write An E-Book And Publish It On Amazon KDP:  http://ow.ly/Gwwy303VMWY @DevinSchedule

Develop the Story Idea for your Novel:  http://ow.ly/YHoC304ig1L @lornafaith

The links I shared last week: http://ow.ly/om0G304jE1H . All the links (30K+, free and searchable) I’ve ever shared: writerskb.com

Crime writers: getting away with murder:  http://ow.ly/FVU8303VMHx @GarryRodgers1

Not Sure of the Lingo? 57 Social Media Words to Learn:  http://ow.ly/cdKV303VN7x @CaballoFrances

5 tips to overcome self-doubt:  http://ow.ly/hgrK303VNHD @AGYoung_author

A motto to stay focused on writing: http://ow.ly/oYRE303VMnB @JoEberhardt

4 things learned by being a pantster:  http://ow.ly/REA9303VMw8 @lauralzimm

A Self Publishing Timeline for the Holidays:  http://ow.ly/nXCH303VN0Z @SpatzSteven  @BookBaby