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Mike Fleming and writing coach James Scott Bell are
offering an online, interactive, writing program to help make your next novel
great. It’s called “Knockout Novel” and you can learn more about it
at Knockout Novel.com.
offering an online, interactive, writing program to help make your next novel
great. It’s called “Knockout Novel” and you can learn more about it
at Knockout Novel.com.
8 online writing communities: http://dld.bz/cMUCn @SMisDynamite
Seven Deadly Sins Of Novel Writing: http://dld.bz/cNcFC @angelaackerman
Scene and Sequel: http://dld.bz/cNnJS @Wix
“It’s all about pre-orders these
days,” says agent Kristin Nelson. http://dld.bz/cNJby
@Porter_Anderson
days,” says agent Kristin Nelson. http://dld.bz/cNJby
@Porter_Anderson
Tips for Authors on Amazon: http://dld.bz/cNnKU @tonyeldridge
7 Hemingway quotes on writing: http://dld.bz/cNf3V @InkTanked
Donald Wollheim and the Ace Double Novel:
http://dld.bz/cMUCB @KirkusReviews
http://dld.bz/cMUCB @KirkusReviews
Swapping in Writing: http://dld.bz/cN2h6
Should Authors Post Negative Reviews? http://dld.bz/cN2h9 @MsBessieBell
“Yes, I’m An English Major. No, I
Will Not Be Working At McDonald’s.” http://dld.bz/cN2hB
@HeyThereFuture @ThoughtCatalog
Will Not Be Working At McDonald’s.” http://dld.bz/cN2hB
@HeyThereFuture @ThoughtCatalog
Thinking and Marketing a Novel Outside
the Box: http://dld.bz/cN2hF @Riduna
the Box: http://dld.bz/cN2hF @Riduna
Carbohydrates for Writers: Finding
Creative Fuel: http://dld.bz/cN2hH @YAHighway
Creative Fuel: http://dld.bz/cN2hH @YAHighway
What Are Amazon’s Weaknesses? http://dld.bz/cN2hT @arhomberg
4 Signs That Your Manuscript Isn’t Ready:
http://dld.bz/cN2jr @ava_jae
http://dld.bz/cN2jr @ava_jae
3 Sentences Most Overused by Beginning
Writers: http://dld.bz/cN5EQ @ventgalleries
Writers: http://dld.bz/cN5EQ @ventgalleries
5 Ways to Keep Your Writing Sharp: http://dld.bz/cN5F5 @KristinaLudwig1
In defense of ‘bad’ writers: http://dld.bz/cN5FM @TobarWriter
9 Reasons to Keep A Reading Journal: http://dld.bz/cN5FU @DollyGarland
KDP Quality Notices: http://dld.bz/cN7Y4 @marla_ann
Mapping a writer’s brain: http://dld.bz/cN7YM @joycedyer2010 @NYTimes
A creative’s work is never done, and what
it means for us: http://dld.bz/cN7YR @tannerc
it means for us: http://dld.bz/cN7YR @tannerc
What Makes A Better Writer – Deliberate
Practice or Writing for a Purpose? http://dld.bz/cN7YW
@DollyGarland
Practice or Writing for a Purpose? http://dld.bz/cN7YW
@DollyGarland
An editor addresses gender disparity in
the bylines at the @nybooks : http://dld.bz/cN7Zj
@alexnazaryan
the bylines at the @nybooks : http://dld.bz/cN7Zj
@alexnazaryan
Writing life: Chunks vs. bites: http://dld.bz/cN7Zt @apalanca
How to Trick Yourself into Writing: http://dld.bz/cN7ZH @emarianaranjo
10 Things Emerging Writers Need To Learn:
http://dld.bz/cN8ax @mpnye
http://dld.bz/cN8ax @mpnye
Accurately Representing Your Novel: http://dld.bz/cN8b5 @tipsylit
3 short story lessons from Graham Greene:
http://dld.bz/cN8bG @icess
http://dld.bz/cN8bG @icess
11 tips for editing your own writing: http://dld.bz/cN8dg @rebeccaberto
5 literary movements that shook the
world: http://dld.bz/cN8dn @InkTanked
world: http://dld.bz/cN8dn @InkTanked
To Blurb or Not to Blurb? http://dld.bz/cN8dR @JLDelbourgo
40 Books for Every Writer’s Library: http://dld.bz/cN8dV
Writing Short Stories – Worth the Time? http://dld.bz/cN8dX @h_mccoubrey
A Brief Tutorial on Fanfiction: http://dld.bz/cN8eb @thealiasjones
A minister attends writing classes to
learn how to deliver sermons that won’t be boring: http://dld.bz/cN8eu
learn how to deliver sermons that won’t be boring: http://dld.bz/cN8eu
Introduction to SFF – Pulp: http://dld.bz/cN8ez @AmazingStories0
Five Rules of Writing: http://dld.bz/cN8eB @sleepybard
How Not to Write a Superhero Novel: http://dld.bz/cN8eH @mixerpublishing
10 Basic Writing Tips:
Writing Your Way Through Depression: http://dld.bz/cN8f9 @cateartios @christybis
Successful Schmoozing with Agents at
Conferences: http://dld.bz/cN8gs @jennybent
Conferences: http://dld.bz/cN8gs @jennybent
13 ways to be a better writer: http://dld.bz/cN8gw @rebeccatdickson
On Staying Motivated: http://dld.bz/cN8g4 @BlueMesaReview
5 Places to Find Critique Partners: http://dld.bz/cNA9z @ava_jae
A Book Trailer for Structuring Your
Novel: http://dld.bz/cNA93 @KMWeiland
Novel: http://dld.bz/cNA93 @KMWeiland
A character therapist answers writers’
questions on guilt and Intermittent Explosive Disorder: http://dld.bz/cNA9D @jeanniecampbell
questions on guilt and Intermittent Explosive Disorder: http://dld.bz/cNA9D @jeanniecampbell
A character development exercise: http://dld.bz/cNAAp @SCBWI_BI
The Most Serious Screenwriting Mistakes: http://dld.bz/cNAAv
5 Tips for Writing a Memoir: http://dld.bz/cNAA6 @Writers_Write
An analysis of diversity in children’s
books: http://dld.bz/cNADc @4everYA
books: http://dld.bz/cNADc @4everYA
Action/Thriller Writing: The DIE HARD
Method: http://dld.bz/cNADK
Method: http://dld.bz/cNADK
‘Twilight Zone’ Creator Rod Serling
Shares Great Screenwriting Insight in Final Interview: http://dld.bz/cNAFX @nofilmschool
Shares Great Screenwriting Insight in Final Interview: http://dld.bz/cNAFX @nofilmschool
Setting the Tone with Style: http://dld.bz/cNFz7
The Puritan Work Ethic and Writing with
Passion: http://dld.bz/cNFzE @ShanJeniah
Passion: http://dld.bz/cNFzE @ShanJeniah
Tips for covering your self-pubbed book: http://dld.bz/cNFzJ @aimeelsalter
A scam affecting freelance writers: http://dld.bz/cNFzZ
Writers behaving badly: http://dld.bz/cNF6m @kemiogunniyi
The Documentary Screenplay: http://dld.bz/cNGAd
1 Simple Way To Resolve Plot Issues In
Your Novel: http://dld.bz/cNGAh @vgrefer
Your Novel: http://dld.bz/cNGAh @vgrefer
More Tips 1 Writer Learned From Her
Editors: http://dld.bz/cNGSA @lkblackburne
Editors: http://dld.bz/cNGSA @lkblackburne
5 Ways to Write a Killer Plot Twist: http://dld.bz/cNNgr @KMWeiland
Character Differentiation: http://dld.bz/cNNgV @ajkandathil
On Keeping a Notebook: http://dld.bz/cNNhm @SarahNumber4 @parisreview
Finish What You Started: How To End Your
Story: http://dld.bz/cNNhx @btmargins
Story: http://dld.bz/cNNhx @btmargins
10 Remarkable Posthumously Published
Novels: http://dld.bz/cNNh2 @mashable
Novels: http://dld.bz/cNNh2 @mashable
How 1 writer has learned to write faster:
http://dld.bz/cNNhC @GuyHaley
http://dld.bz/cNNhC @GuyHaley
15 Writers and Their Bedrooms: http://dld.bz/cNNhF @Writers_Write
A Story is a Story. Write It. http://dld.bz/cNNje
What NOT to do when Writing: http://dld.bz/cNNjp @stefanvucak
Structure of Pulp Fiction: Method in the
Madness: http://dld.bz/cNNj2 @TheScriptLab
Madness: http://dld.bz/cNNj2 @TheScriptLab
6 Public Speaking Tips From Ashton
Kutcher: http://dld.bz/cNNjB @RobBiesenbach
Kutcher: http://dld.bz/cNNjB @RobBiesenbach
Creating Tension: http://dld.bz/cNNjW @RebeccaLuElla
The Writing Tools of 20 Famous Authors: http://dld.bz/cNNka @flavorwire
A ghostwriter on being a ‘writer for
hire’: http://dld.bz/cNRdm
hire’: http://dld.bz/cNRdm
The tell-all memoir 1 writer decided not
to tell: http://dld.bz/cNRdH @deprangy @salon
to tell: http://dld.bz/cNRdH @deprangy @salon
Writing Memoirs–What to Leave in – And
Take Out: http://dld.bz/cNRdX @emmabrockes
Take Out: http://dld.bz/cNRdX @emmabrockes
Meanest Feedback for Writers–a Worst Ten
List: http://dld.bz/cNRe5
List: http://dld.bz/cNRe5
5 things 1 writer learned as a YA debut
author: http://dld.bz/cNRe9 @TheClassof2K13
author: http://dld.bz/cNRe9 @TheClassof2K13
This Is Your Writing On Drugs: http://dld.bz/cNReK @kenyonreview
Why You Should Write in a Closet: http://dld.bz/cNRf6 @donaldmiller
Writing A Novel Proposal: Outline: http://dld.bz/cNRfA @NovelRetreatsAu
Hard writing makes easy reading: http://dld.bz/cNRfY @annwrite @rebeccaberto
Turning our notes into a novel: http://dld.bz/cNTa7 @nownovel
Tips for giving feedback: http://dld.bz/cNTaC @flyingknuckle
Reuse and Recycle Your Words: http://dld.bz/cNTba @WordsmithStudio @JenJChow
Social Reading: The OFF Button: http://dld.bz/cNTuk @Porter_Anderson
After self-editing, find someone else to
look over your manuscript: http://dld.bz/cNTbr
@digitaldeborah
look over your manuscript: http://dld.bz/cNTbr
@digitaldeborah
Avoid Trashing a Book Online: http://dld.bz/cNTb6 @Tamela_Murray
@stevelaubeagent
@stevelaubeagent
What sucks and what’s great about letting
go of the novel you’ve been working on for 2.5 years: http://dld.bz/cNTbC @lucas_klauss
go of the novel you’ve been working on for 2.5 years: http://dld.bz/cNTbC @lucas_klauss
Talking about your character: hands: http://dld.bz/cNTbK @nownovel
List Of Literary One Hit Wonders: http://dld.bz/cNTbS @huffingtonpost
Should fans of YA instead read books
written for their own age group? http://dld.bz/cNKzN
@catagator @Porter_Anderson
written for their own age group? http://dld.bz/cNKzN
@catagator @Porter_Anderson
Pursuing Intellectual Rigor In Fiction: http://dld.bz/cNTbU @mycropht
Be a renaissance writer: http://dld.bz/cNTcb @matadornetwork
@joshywashington
@joshywashington
“I didn’t think it would
happen…but then it did.” One writer takes a break from writing: http://dld.bz/cNTgW @CassieCook2
happen…but then it did.” One writer takes a break from writing: http://dld.bz/cNTgW @CassieCook2
Writing Companions: http://dld.bz/cNThb @vanessab73
Writer’s Block: AKA, The Seventh Circle
of Hell: http://dld.bz/cNThe @twoodwriter
of Hell: http://dld.bz/cNThe @twoodwriter
A Writer’s Rules, A Writer’s Tools: http://dld.bz/cNTkk @scriptmag @KDelin
Cross-Training for Writers: http://dld.bz/cNTkr @PStoltey @KatValdezWriter
Tips for Writing a Successful Review: http://dld.bz/cNTkH @parajunkee
Synopses: Love the Burn: http://dld.bz/cNTmz @AMBuxton
The Geeky Kings & Queens of Comedy
Writing: http://dld.bz/cNTm5
Writing: http://dld.bz/cNTm5
YA Authors Speak Out About Clichés: http://dld.bz/cNTm8 @lvoisin
What Good Memoir Can Teach You About Good
Copywriting: http://dld.bz/cNTmA @jeffgoins
Copywriting: http://dld.bz/cNTmA @jeffgoins
Tips for accessing your creativity: http://dld.bz/cNTnkThe Alphabet in Crime
Fiction: Dangerous Undercover Operations: http://dld.bz/cNAtX
@mkinberg
Fiction: Dangerous Undercover Operations: http://dld.bz/cNAtX
@mkinberg
What does social reading mean for the
future of books? http://dld.bz/cNR4q @Porter_Anderson
@damiengwalter @brianoleary
future of books? http://dld.bz/cNR4q @Porter_Anderson
@damiengwalter @brianoleary
What to do when you get a bad review: http://dld.bz/cNTmY @enthom72
Even a Tweet from IO9 today!
Alex–Yes indeed! They’ve had some really interesting stuff there lately. Hope you’re having a good holiday weekend.
Awesome! Thanks.
Clarissa–Thanks for coming by!
Elizabeth – Ah, once again, a session of Writing 101 – love it! I really want to check out that post on writing communities. And the one on differentiating characters. I know, they’re quite different, but that’s what I love about this feature of yours – so many different topics!
Thanks, Elizabeth! Right now I’m using your Writer’s Knowledge Base like crazy. I appreciate all the resources :)