by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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5 Ways To Check If Our Ending Suits Our Genre: http://ow.ly/QmHVG @AnthonyEhlers
How to Develop an Outline for Our Novel: http://ow.ly/QmI0i @farrtom
An author’s views on marketing can change over time: http://ow.ly/QmI5D
Groundhog Day: Streamlining the Story: http://ow.ly/Qn7Mf by James Napoli
The 4 Types of Productivity Styles: http://ow.ly/Qn7Sf €@thecarsontate
10 Beginnings That Authors Should Avoid: http://ow.ly/QfGyo @selfpubreview
How to Revise a Novel: http://ow.ly/QngQU @AnneGreenawalt
Why Talented Writers Fail: 4 Roadblocks: http://ow.ly/Qnh2V by Michael Kim
6 Tips for Writing an Epistolary Novel: http://ow.ly/Qnghg @TracyMarchini
6 Tips on Writing for Children: http://ow.ly/QngCX @katytowell
How To Write A Novel In 30 Minutes Per Day: http://ow.ly/QngJD @writersedit
How to get the most out of a writers’ conference: http://ow.ly/QngYA @sandrabeckwith
8 tips for using foreshadowing in the middle of our book: http://ow.ly/QmHO0 @plotwhisperer
9 Tips to Make Your Next Writers’ Conference Awesome: http://ow.ly/QmHIL @bookgal
Advice for Authors from a Bookseller’s Perspective: http://ow.ly/QmHHl @THahnBurkett
How The Rules Of Screenwriting Can Improve Our Prose Fiction: http://ow.ly/QmHEP @chris_shultz81
How a Scene List Can Change Your Novel-Writing Life: http://ow.ly/QmHyi @monicamclark
Tips for Dealing with Depression as a Writer: http://ow.ly/QmHrR @Lexirad
Horoscopes for writers: WriterScopes. August’s is up at: http://ow.ly/QmAez @JanetBoyer
The Blogger’s Guide to Telling Stories That Win Hearts and Minds: http://ow.ly/QmAbu @RidethePen
Translating Criticism into Practical Tasks: http://ow.ly/Qigwv by Shawn Coyne
Truth and Fiction: Girl Cliques: http://ow.ly/QigpC @beccapuglisi
Get Out of the Serious Writer” Trap with 10 Ways to Laugh: http://ow.ly/Qig4L @colleen_m_story”
How to Punch Up Your Action Scenes: http://ow.ly/QigKs @RidethePen
One-Starred: The Importance of Criticism and Why We Should Take It: http://ow.ly/Qih5J @CEMcKenzie1
Story Development: 3 Keys: http://ow.ly/Qiftd @michaelschilf
4 Lies of Storytelling: http://ow.ly/QifAd @berkun
Train Your Mind for Writing with Great Books: http://ow.ly/QiglR by Julia Reffner
#FutureChat: Enhanced ebooks: ‘Is That All There Is?’ 4pBST / 11aET / 8aPT (now): http://ow.ly/Qk20D @Porter_Anderson
How to Ignore Pessimistic Family and Friends: http://ow.ly/QifP3 @berkun
Bird watching in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/QkoAK @mkinberg
5 Tips on Pitching an Agent In Person: http://ow.ly/QigaG @TraceyAfter50
10 Tips for Memorable Minor Characters: http://ow.ly/QifZR @SKouguell
The Best of Twitter’s ‘10 Things Not To Say To A Writer’: http://ow.ly/QigP8 @iamthehiggs
1.1 Million Copies Later: Go Mock A Watchman: http://ow.ly/QimmG @Porter_Anderson @ThoughtCatalog
Making the Leap from Blogger to Book Author: http://ow.ly/QfGW4 @JFBookman
Deconstructing the Differences Between Thrillers & Mysteries: http://ow.ly/QfF7q @authorkendrick
On Writing And Mindset For Indie Authors: http://ow.ly/QfGHy @thecreativepenn @susankayequinn
5 Quick Fiction Writing Tips: http://ow.ly/QfGal @angee
8 Bad Reasons To Be a Writer: http://ow.ly/QfH1y @deborahdeetales
2 New Efforts In Publishing Diversity: http://ow.ly/QilyT @Porter_Anderson @ThoughtCatalog
Use Tension to Keep your Readers Hooked: http://ow.ly/QfGg1 @WriteToSell
How to Write a Series: 8 Mistakes: http://ow.ly/QfEFY @nownovel
Literary Consolation Prizes: http://ow.ly/Qieam by @grantdraws via @AuthorCrush
6 Clues We’re Overusing Internal Dialogue in Our Fiction: http://ow.ly/QfH9q @MarcyKennedy
10 Ways to Kick Writer’s Guilt to the Curb: http://ow.ly/QfGsd @colleen_m_story
5 Things to Know About Querying: http://ow.ly/QfFTw @carlywatters
10 Beginnings That Authors Should Avoid: http://ow.ly/QfGyo @selfpubreview
How to Use Song Lyrics in Your Book: http://ow.ly/QfFHp @KathrynGoldman
Why We Should Sell Your Books on Apple: http://ow.ly/QbOAp @amcbooks
How to Negotiate Like a Pro (Part 1): http://ow.ly/QbO97 @susanspann
Indie Author Pep Talk: http://ow.ly/QbOqS @larin20
10 Writing Mistakes that Kill Our First Chapter: http://ow.ly/QbONY @MarcyKenned
3 Reasons to Review Our Grammar Often: http://ow.ly/QbOic @artofstoriesAB
How to Use Our Logline, Tagline, and Pitch to Create a Stronger Story: http://ow.ly/QbOZ6 @MarcyKennedy
Why writers aren’t as sophisticated as readers. http://ow.ly/QbNHo @CalebPirtle
The Writer’s Game Plan: http://ow.ly/QbNP5 @angiedicken
Tips for Writers Who Don’t Work Well With Outlines: http://ow.ly/QbO2v @stephmorrill
Nonfiction Writers: Speak Your Way to Successful Authorship: http://ow.ly/QbNzK @NinaAmir
Are you writing as much as you’d like to be? Help banishing your doubts: http://ow.ly/QbNe7 @KBullockAuthor
When We’re Stuck in the Writing Process: http://ow.ly/QbOJP @monicamclark
How Not to Get Sued When Writing about Real People: http://ow.ly/Q9o7y @edsikov
Emotional Wound Entry: a Role Model Who Disappoints: http://ow.ly/Q9p6u @angelaackerman
5 Top Tips for Writing Chapter One: http://ow.ly/Q9n4w @sacha_black
Top 10 Things to Consider If You Want to Write Comedy: http://ow.ly/Q9ove from A Writer’s Path
Archaic Procedures: Book Returns: http://ow.ly/Q9nuI @111publishing
Genre, Story Tips And Getting A Film Deal: http://ow.ly/Q9nYU @chasharris @thecreativepenn
Does Poor Word Choice Kill a Story? http://ow.ly/Q9oXS @AJHumpage
What agents want…and don’t want (pitches on Twitter). #MSWL http://ow.ly/QbM7X @Porter_Anderson @thoughtcatalog
The 7 Narrator Types: http://ow.ly/Q9pqQ by Stephanie Orges
The 9 Best Apps And Tools To Help Writers Boost Productivity: http://ow.ly/Q9mOB @writers_write
10 Things to Do Before Editing Your First Draft: http://ow.ly/Q9ogk @ShesNovel
The Puzzling Prologue Problem: http://ow.ly/Q9oQe @CVDalcher
20 tips for creating relatable –and lovable –protagonists: http://ow.ly/Q9pyh by Stephanie Orges
Creating Your Own Sell Sheet: http://ow.ly/Q68GH @SouthrnWritrMag by Annette Cole Mastron
Looking for crit partners/beta readers? http://ow.ly/Q68Pr @KMWeiland
Using ‘Free’ as an Incentive: http://ow.ly/Q7oYZ
Twitter Is Now A News Medium: http://ow.ly/Q69qA @Porter_Anderson @thecreativepenn
5 Top Tips on being a more resilient writer: http://ow.ly/Q68gR @ActivePatience_
How to Deal with Book Piracy: http://ow.ly/Q68JS @Nicholas_Rossis
Romance Writers, You’ve Got to Own it: http://ow.ly/Q69l3 @womenwriters @dlwebb
Story Equation: Applying the 4 Variables: http://ow.ly/Q698e @michaelschilf
The unexpected effect of the €œperma free€ strategy on 1 writer’s productivity: http://ow.ly/Q8Ony @mlouisalocke
Success Feels Better, But Doesn’t Necessarily Make You Better: http://ow.ly/Q68T2 by Susannah Grant
The Sprint Method of Writing: http://ow.ly/Q7nxt @ramonadef
Character Creation: Personality Core: http://ow.ly/Q691B @michaelschilf
The role of the village policeman in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/Q7qit @mkinberg
Audio Book Sales Increase: the Rising Popularity of the Digital Download http://ow.ly/Q7njC @SpunkOnAStick
Wired in Series: http://ow.ly/Q68Bj @EButlerBooks @SouthrnWritrMag
Boulevard: A Great Lesson on Torturing Your Protagonist: http://ow.ly/Q68XG by Douglas Soesbe @CreativeScreen
The Art of the Pitch and Synopsis: http://ow.ly/Q69dM @northerain
Productivity Methods for Writers: http://ow.ly/Q69ck @northerain
Surviving the Space Between: A Writer€™s Journey: http://ow.ly/Q4XPV @MSHeatherWebb @WriterUnboxed
Tax Tips for UK Authors: http://ow.ly/Q4Wu1 by Natalie Butlin
Podcasts as content: is it right for your marketing strategy? http://ow.ly/Q4WqW @wearearticulate @KatelynPiontek
Lessons Learned from Foreign Sales: http://ow.ly/Q4WkX @lnelsonspielman
How to Build a Book Audience: http://ow.ly/Q4Wos @nownovel
The Plot Hole That May Not Be A Plot Hole: http://ow.ly/Q4WnC @vgrefer
Put Blog Readers First: http://ow.ly/Q4WKC @robertleebrewer
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One of my writing blogger buddies is dealing with severe writing depression right now. I will send him that link.
Alex–Whenever I come across a good article on writers and depression, I share it on Twitter. And I *always* get a response back from writers. It really seems to be a problem many writers encounter at least at some point through their career. And I’ve watched as advice in the articles has shifted over the last 5 years…away, most recently, from medication and into lifestyle and therapeutic options.
Oh, Elizabeth, these are some great links! But then, of course, they always are… I really need to read that one about turning criticism into practical things to do. I think we all learn we need to develop thick skins as writers. But it helps if we can look at criticism as a part of the revision process, if that makes sense.
Margot–I liked that one, too. I’ll sometimes use negative customer reviews to make future books in my series better. Thanks for coming by!
Hey Elizabeth,
Looks like a very cool and very comprehensive list. I have to dive into it, for sure there are a couple of gems to be found. Thanks a bunch for including me!
Alex–Thanks for the great post!
Loved the article “Advice for Authors from a Bookseller’s Perspective.” Lots of great information there. Thanks for sharing, Elizabeth, and thanks for including me. :O)
Colleen–Nice post, as always! Thanks for the resource you provide to writers.