by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.
Pre-NaNoWriMo Tips http://ow.ly/DhEce @ava_jae
NaNoWriMo: Planning Your Novel’s Middle: http://ow.ly/DhE4p @janice_hardy
How free book promos, a pen name, and audiobooks have worked out for one hybrid writer: http://ow.ly/DC2A1 @jimhbs
3 Steps to Pre-Plot for NaNoWriMo: http://ow.ly/DhDwp @plotwhisperer
What Halloween Can Teach Us About Character Development: http://ow.ly/DAItB @jessicastrawser
Let it get gross, let it get weird, and figure out later how far to take it: http://ow.ly/DAJ0Z @fdelilahfa
The Scariest Moments in a Writer’s Life: http://ow.ly/DAJ9a @womenwriters
Take a Break, Write a Short Story: http://ow.ly/DAJvv
How Writing Horror is like Writing Comedy: http://ow.ly/DAJL7 @HeatherJacksonW
50 Ways to Generate Ideas for NaNoWriMo: http://ow.ly/DALea @YAtopia_blog
Death and the Writer – a Halloween audio story: http://ow.ly/DALss @camillelaguire
Write a Novel (NaNo), Minimize Revisions, & Improve Odds of Finishing AND Publishing: http://ow.ly/DAKZS @kristenlambtx
Using Layers to Pre-Write Your Scenes: http://ow.ly/DAKQW @janice_hardy
An Editor Says Not to Edit During NaNoWriMo: http://ow.ly/DAKIN @epbure
13 plot twists that utterly ruined good horror movies: http://ow.ly/DAKou @EvanHoovler
How to Fast Draft: http://ow.ly/DhGhl @ava_jae
Backstory: The More You Know, The Less Readers Have To: http://ow.ly/DhGho @piperbayard
123 Ideas for Character Flaws: http://ow.ly/DhGhu @writers_write
NaNo: Ready to Start Drafting? http://ow.ly/DhDz0 @jamigold
Guide to Surviving NaNoWriMo: http://ow.ly/DhGhz @BookGeekConfess
Expectation, Event, Reaction: http://ow.ly/DhGhI @plotwhisperer
Positive and negative character traits: http://ow.ly/DhGhP from Clever Girl Helps
How to give your story a purpose: http://ow.ly/DhGhS
Whose Point of View Should We Use? http://ow.ly/DhGhU @jamigold
5 Tips for a Successful NaNoWriMo: http://ow.ly/DhGhX @CDugmoreWrites
The definitive post on word count: http://ow.ly/DhGi3 @Janet_Reid
Clarifying Thoughts: Revising Your Outlines to Make the Writing Easier http://ow.ly/DhGif @janice_hardy
Indie Book Marketing—Early Readers: http://ow.ly/DhOTB @heatherdgilbert
5 Steps To Find Your Book’s Ideal Audience: http://ow.ly/DhOTH @angelaackerman
Tips for handling multiple plot lines: http://ow.ly/DhOTO
The Runner’s Guide to Better Writing: http://ow.ly/DhOTU @writetodone
Have You Orphaned Your Dialogue? http://ow.ly/DhOTW @MarcyKennedy
Little Known Sources for Public Domain Images: http://ow.ly/DhOU1 @HelenSedwick
Sleuths sizing up suspects in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/DAPcH @mkinberg
Literary Halloween Costumes: http://ow.ly/DAJij @ingridsundberg
Chaos and Creative Expression: The Creative Mind: http://ow.ly/DdAdS @psychcentral
Creating a Treatment for Your Book Trailer: http://ow.ly/DdAdQ @byRachelMWilson
7 Deadly Sins of Punctuation And How to Avoid Them http://ow.ly/DdAdO @lifehackorg
Writing vs. Publishing: http://ow.ly/DdAdL @behlerpublish
Monetizing the Business of Writing: http://ow.ly/DdAdF @victoriastrauss
5 Reasons Why It Matters What Your Website Is Called: http://ow.ly/DdAdz @selfpubreview
Remember social bookmarking as a marketing tool: http://ow.ly/DdAdw @bookgal
Studying nonfiction could be the key to creating the best fiction: http://ow.ly/DdAds @statepress @willruof
Is Relatability Important in a Script? http://ow.ly/Ddyiw @heroesareboring
Why you’re a writer (even if you don’t think so) : http://ow.ly/DdAdn @billycoffey
Your Scene Needs a Problem: http://ow.ly/DdAdj @TheKenHughes
15 Lessons from 15 Years of Blogging: http://ow.ly/DdAdd @anildash
8 Reasons to Write Something Right Now: http://ow.ly/D9oUt @ediemelson
Five Misspelled Idioms http://ow.ly/D9oUs @writing_tips
17 Things English Majors Are Tired Of Hearing: http://ow.ly/D9oUp @KirstenKing_ @jmschaff @buzzfeed
20 Fiction Writing Renovations in Simplified Format: http://ow.ly/D9oUo @randysusanmeyer
Is a strong social media presence overrated? http://ow.ly/D9oUn
Does Book Touring Still Matter? http://ow.ly/D9oUm @scalzi
5 Things Literary Writers Can Learn from Sci-Fi Writers: http://ow.ly/D9oUk @manzanitafire
When to Describe a Movement: http://ow.ly/D9oUg
Above the Plot Planner Line: How to Test Pacing and Tension in Stories: http://ow.ly/D9oUd @plotwhisperer
Top 10 health and safety fails in children’s books: http://ow.ly/D9oUc @guardianbooks
Should You Be Using a Pen Name? http://ow.ly/D9oU9 @HelenSedwick
A Closer Look at the 16-24-Year-Old Reader Demographic: http://ow.ly/D9oU6 @Porter_Anderson
Your 10 Point Website Check Up: http://ow.ly/D7cwS @bookgal
How to explain your story without using backstory: http://ow.ly/D7cwN @nownovel
How to Create the Habit of Writing: http://ow.ly/D7cwJ @zen_habits
Turn Your Blog Into a Book Production Machine: http://ow.ly/D7cwD @ninaamir
Audiobooks: Interview With A Narrator: http://ow.ly/D7cwA @JulieMusil
6 Tips to Get Your Writing in Shape: http://ow.ly/D7cwx @DiAnnMills
When a publisher goes under before a book is published: http://ow.ly/D7cwq @behlerpublish
Write It By Hand: http://ow.ly/D7cwj @SusanKelley
Revision for the Organizationally Challenged: http://ow.ly/D7cwa @Kathy_Crowley
Why we need a new way of talking about YA literature: http://ow.ly/D7cw6 @ElizabethMinkel
Should You Cut That Character? http://ow.ly/D7cw1 @MargoWKelly
Fan fiction ‘gives women…the chance..to fracture a story and recast it in their own way’: http://ow.ly/D7cvV @ElizabethMinkel
The importance of diversity in the publishing workplace: http://ow.ly/DnZ0v @Porter_Anderson @CrystalMMorgan
Conjunctive Adverbs: http://ow.ly/CZDwA @writing_tips
5 Top Social Media Dashboard Tools to Manage Your Social Accounts: http://ow.ly/CZDww @jeffbullas
Book to Screen: Seeing Your Book as a Visual Story http://ow.ly/CZDwr @chicklitgurrl
Picture Books: Character Development in Every Word: http://ow.ly/CZDwm @NJFarmScribe
Writing Novels in a Minor Key:Where Are All the Good Tear-Jerkers? http://ow.ly/CZDwh by P.J. Parrish
Writing Our Region–Without Overdoing It: http://ow.ly/DnYeu
The Writing Life: Re-Entry: http://ow.ly/CZDwg @DeborahJRoss
Tips for Keeping the Muse Alive When Life Gets Rough: http://ow.ly/Dnzbw @Robin_Gianna @jemifraser
Casting Off the Spell: Learning to Believe in Your Own Gifts: http://ow.ly/CZDwC @EDFsChronicles
Setting the Stage: How to Hook Readers From Page One http://ow.ly/CZDws @stefaniegaither
7 Point-of-View Basics Every Writer Should Know http://ow.ly/CZDwq @jodyhedlund
Innovating to Enable Storytelling in a Digital Age: http://ow.ly/CZDwn @pubperspectives
Is Amazon KU exclusivity a velvet barrier for authors? http://ow.ly/DnYrX @Porter_Anderson @HughHowey
Exposition in Expansive Epics: http://ow.ly/CZDwl @FaithBoughan
12 Promises Writers Must Make to Themselves to Fulfill Their Dreams: http://ow.ly/CZDwj @EdieMelson
A Word About That Incomplete Manuscript on Submission: http://ow.ly/CZDwi @behlerpublish
Variations of Villainy: http://ow.ly/CXUXA @NancyFulda
Social Media for Authors 101: http://ow.ly/CXUXz @gmparkes
The Trouble with Writing http://ow.ly/CXUXx @MHuneven
Why You Need More Art in Your Life (and 5 Ways to Get It) http://ow.ly/CXUAV @michaelhyatt
Why Is Our Sci-Fi So Glum About A.I.? http://ow.ly/CXUXv @Jayson_Greene @NYTimes
6 Steps To Finding Your Writing Voice This Week: http://ow.ly/CXUXu @NaomiDunford
4 Great Lessons for Writers from Character Ron Swanson: http://ow.ly/CXUXt @SarahAllenBooks
Elizabeth – As ever, you have some great and fascinating links here! I see a few about uses of one’s blog and social network outlets as marketing tools. I go back and forth so much about that. On the one hand, I see the point of doing that of course. It makes sense. On the other, I think authors who do nothing but advertise their work on those social media are making a big mistake too. It’s a tough balance.
Thanks, Margot! I think what you do with your blog comes naturally and gives you exposure–and gives your name higher visibility. And it’s all about visibility these days.
Cool, I’ve actually read some of those already!
Alex–You read as many blogs as I do! Where do we find the time? :)
Fantastic! Do you actually read all this? I’m truly impressed. Where do you find the time to write?
Claude–I do read them all, but quickly. So…it takes about an hour or so to find and schedule links in the 2,000 or so blogs that I follow. Some of the posts I save to really study later.
I think I’ll check out the one about the website check up first! :)
Elizabeth, thanks for all these great links. Love all the NaNo tips. I’m participating in NaNo for the six year, and it’s fun to see how other writers tackle the challenge.