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 39,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

Business / Miscellaneous

• Freelance writers @jessicahische

Conferences and Events / Miscellaneous

• Colombia’s Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias Opens This Week @cfuenteslaroche

Creativity and Inspiration / Goal setting

• Top 10 Mistakes Derailing Your Goals [Podcast] @MichaelHyatt

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

• 9 Simple Activities To Inspire Your Writing: by Emma Johnson

• Read More Fiction (A New Year’s Resolution for Writers) @Roz_Morris

• 3 Ways a Writer Inadvertently Limited Her Writing @rsmollisonread

• 3 Writing Prompts to Tap Into Your Creative Well @write_practice

Creativity and Inspiration / Motivation

• When you’re your own boss, you’re in charge of your own morale @StephMorrill

Creativity and Inspiration / Perfectionism

• A Tip to Sneak Past Perfection @WritetoDone

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

• Using Habits,Triggers & Rewards To Build a Daily Writing Practice @SukhiJutla

• Writing when it’s hectic @WendyENThomas

• 6 Words Every Writer Should Avoid @RJThesman

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / When to write

• 8 Writerly Routines @j_r_fahy_tweets

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

• Finding Your Story, or How to Get out of the Dark Wood When You’re Lost @KAMcCleary

• 3 Quick Tips to Start Writing Again @LisaTener

• How to Avoid the Post-Writing-Challenge Slump @NinaAmir

• Exploit Your Vulnerabilities to Finally Complete Your Book @jan_ohara

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

• 3 Ways to Improve Your Writer’s Focus and Get More Done @colleen_m_story

• 5 Strategies to Help Writers Get the Writing Done @JennyBravoBooks

Creativity and Inspiration / Success

• “The Tragedy I See At Starbucks Every Day” @storyfix

• How to improve your the quality of your work @pubcoach

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

• Writing as Aggression @lithub by Emily Temple

• Why Books Have Margins (And So Should You) @JanalynVoigt

• Reading and Writing in the Age of Social Media @MTW_2017

• Your Never Ending Writing Improvement Program @jamesscottbell

• 12 New Year’s Resolutions for Introverts @livequiet

• 9 Questions Writers Love to be Asked @AnnieNeugebauer

• Why Your Chair Makes a Difference @SeanPlatt

Genres / Miscellaneous

• Include Romance In Your Book or Screenplay @patverducci

Genres / Historical

• Writing Historical Fiction @GoTeenWriters

Genres / Memoir

• Writing Memoir? Think Outside the Book @annerallen

Genres / Middle-Grade

• The Difference Between Young Adult and Middle Grade @RuthanneReid

Genres / Mystery

• Crime Writing @LeeLofland

Genres / Picture Books

• The Dos and Don’ts of Writing for Children @RMFWriters

Genres / Poetry

• How Do We Pay the Poets? @amandanadelberg

• How to Keep Poetry Alive @tspoetry

• 4 Poetry Chapbook Strategies @WritersDigest

Genres / Romance

• Romance Writing @jcharroway

• Romance Sub-genres @RMFWriters

Promo / Miscellaneous

• Top 10 Ways Marketing Your Books Is Like Exploring A Jungle @10MinNovelists

• Author Promo Tips with @Mark_Gottlieb from @Trident_Media @TheIWSG

• Book Marketing @cksyme

Promo / Blogging

• 3 Tips to Title Your Blog Post and Draw Readers In @Margo_L_Dill

• Improving Your Writing with an SEO Plugin @MarshaIngrao

• 4 Ways to Choose a Blog Topic Your Readers Will Love @woodwardkaren

Promo / Book Descriptions and Copywriting

• Mind Map Your Way to the Perfect Book Title @Writerology

Promo / Book Reviews

• How the NY Times Book Review Works @lithub

• The Zen of Accepting Bad Reviews @Artzicarol

• How Book Reviewing Can Influence Writing @WomenWriters

Promo / Newsletters

• Email Marketing 101 for Authors @timgrahl

Promo / Podcasts

• The Ultimate Guide to Podcasting for Authors and Creatives @audracasino

Publishing / Miscellaneous

• 6 lessons from debuting a novel @Ava_Jae

• 6 skills for authors to hone @ShanDitty

Publishing / News / International Publishing

• Cambridge University Press @Porter_Anderson

• Industry Changes @Porter_Anderson

• A Spanish-Language Social Network for Book Fans @pubperspectives

Publishing / Options / Self-Publishing

• Self-Publishing vs Traditional Publishing @ReedsyHQ

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections

• Author Michael Alvear with 4 ways to be resilient in the face of rejection:

Publishing / Process / Translation

• On Translating Kafka’s Biography @DennisAbrams2

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

• 4 reasons to use a time warp in your story @Chris_Kokoski

• The Best Place In Your Novel To Put Your Personal Beliefs @Chris_Kokoski

• Are Paper Notebooks Better for Creative Writing and Brainstorming? @WritingForward

• 3 Ways to Make Your Writing Come Alive @Janice_Hardy

• How to Create Cause and Effect in Stories @plotwhisperer

• How to Use Internal Dialogue Effectively in Your Fiction @ESimsAuthor

Writing Craft / Beginnings

• Real Life Diagnostics @Janice_Hardy

• On meeting characters and making impressions @DamonSuede

• How To Hook Your Readers From The Start @DionneMcCulloch

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

• Five Characters Who Endure Too Much Degradation @mythcreants

• What Is Your Character’s Cornerstone? @knitteditor

Writing Craft / Diversity

• Rosarium’s Faces of Diverse Publishing @RosariumBill

• What Counts As Transgender Literature? @GabbyBellot @lithub

Writing Craft / Drafts

• The Secret to Writing a Usable Draft @JeffGoins

• What a Novel Looks Like Before It’s a Novel @lithub

Writing Craft / Endings

• How to Write Effective Endings @pronoun

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

• What ‘Westworld’ Can Teach Us About Writers @LitReactor

• 8 Books About First Contacts and Alien Encounters @TobiasCarroll

• Story Structure Case Study of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” @kylieday0

• Checklist Road Test @CockeyedCaravan

• How To Write Like Leonardo da Vinci @rxena77

• How We Write About Work, Then and Now @lithub

• 5 Times We Earthlings Messed Up a Fantasy World @tordotcom

Writing Craft / POV

• Writing Dual Narratives @ClaireFuller2

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

• 3 Reasons to Write Your Story as Roman à Clef @McgannKellie

• Plot Your Novel with Drama, Depth and Heart [Podcast] @lornafaith @Roz_Morris

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

• 25 Words That Are Their Own Opposites @WordSnooper

Writing Craft / Revision

• 10 Sentence-Level Mistakes to Watch Out for When Editing Your Fiction @aliventures

• Editing Your Zero Draft @woodwardkaren

• Storyboarding – Not Just for Plotting Anymore @joanswan

• 5 Things to Consider During the Revision Process @LoucindaMcGary

• 100 Editing and Proofreading Tips for Writers: from Expert Editor

Writing Craft / Revisions / Critiques

• When to Ignore Negative Feedback @tonya_writes

Writing Craft / Settings and Description

• How to Describe Setting (Without Putting Your Reader to Sleep) @JerryBJenkins

Writing Craft / Tension

• Creating Conflict in Novels @kayelleallen

• A Surefire Way to Add Conflict to Your Story @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Tropes

• Tropes in Literature: Conveniently an Orphan: by Melinda Brasher

Writing Tools / Miscellaneous

• How To Be A Smart Author in 2017 @sacha_black

Writing Tools / Apps

• Scrivener and The Book Architecture Method @Book_Arch

Writing Tools / Resources

• Free writing manual from @BubbleCow @GarySmailes

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