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.

Happy Holidays! I will be taking a blog break until I return two weeks from today for an especially long Twitterific that will include my top shared links for 2016.  :)

Conferences and Events / NaNoWriMo

• Editing Your NaNoWriMo Novel @_theverbs

Creativity and Inspiration / Inspiration

• Creativity Prompts for Writers, Journalers, Artists and Speakers @WritingReader

• Ways for Caregivers To Support Children’s Writing Lives @MelanieMeehan1

• Nurturing Our Notebook Work @rdgtchr13

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Fitting in Writing

• Accomplish More with a 3-Item To Do List @joshua_becker

• 10 Tricky Things You May Have To Do To Achieve Your Goals @10MinNovelists

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / When to write

• Why we were wrong about writing habits (but right about writing routines) @Write_Track

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writer’s Block

• Don’t Be a Scaredy-Cat Writer @EdieMelson

• Writer’s Block @JennyBravoBooks

Creativity and Inspiration / Productivity / Writing Quickly

• How to trigger your writing routine @Eva_Bec

• Beat Overwhelm @SukhiJutla

• How to Make the Most of Writing Sprints (video) @Ava_Jae

Creativity and Inspiration / Writing Life

• For the French Gift Recipients on Your Holiday List @Porter_Anderson

• The Writing Retreat From Hell @lesleykinzel

• 16 Ways to De-Stress This Holiday Season @emi1y_morgan

• Beyond the Notebook @WriterUnboxed

• 30-Day Challenge For A Better 2017 @cksyme

• The ‘Cannon’ of Literature @grantdraws

• Choose Your Own Memoir @grantdraws

• How to Keep Stress from Destroying Your Creativity @colleen_m_story

• Is It Really Possible To Do It All? @KaraIsaac

Genres / Miscellaneous

• Adapting Novels Into Comic Books @mythicscribes

• Pros and Cons of Writing Cross Genre @paisleypiranhas

Genres / Horror

• When Horror Isn’t Scary Enough @nataliezutter

Genres / Memoir

• How to Write a Collage-Style Memoir @Tarn_Wilson

Genres / Non-Fiction

• 9 Women Writers Breaking New Nonfiction Territory @bustle

Genres / Romance

• Should You Force Romance into Your Story? @Tamela_Murray

Genres / Science Fiction

• 19 Positive Approaches to Religion in SF and Fantasy @tordotcom

Genres / Screenwriting

• The 2-Act Structure [Because You Write The Rules] @ozzywood

• The Hero’s Journey vs. Superhero Stories @GoIntoTheStory

• Create Your Pitch @CreativeScreen

• An Introvert’s Guide to Film Festival Networking @scriptmag

Promo / Miscellaneous

• Increase Book Visibility with Meta Tags in Your Book Metadata @IngramSpark

• 10 Tips Learned about Getting Book Endorsements @hopeclark

• An Overview of Mason Canyon Book Tours @cluculzwriter

• 12 Surprises Found Marketing a Debut Novel @WordDreams

• Launching Your Book @IndiesUnlimited

Promo / Book Reviews

• 7 Book Reviewer Complaints @IndiesUnlimited

• Death of the hatchet job book review @NewStatesman

Promo / Social Media Tips

• Simplify Social Media Promo @cksyme

• How to create ‘best of 2016’ tweets with Twitter analytics:

• Gaining more followers on Twitter @RMFWriters

• Harnessing the power of YouTube for books @thebookseller

• How to Sell More Books with Less Social Media @DigiBookWorld

Promo / Speaking

• Public Speaking for Writers @AliciaOltuski

Publishing / Miscellaneous

• Preparing for the Writing Battle @NovelRocket

Publishing / Options / Traditional Publishing / Rejections

• A writer hits a milestone of 100 rejections @brevitymag

Publishing / Process / Book Design

• Book Layout Basics @IngramSpark

Writing Craft / Miscellaneous

• How to Write Unexpected Story Events @KMWeiland

• Writing Personal Essays With Help From @nytimes @NYTimesLearning

• How-To Techniques to Establish Pace @ProWritingAid

• Book Title Generator for the Holidays @annerallen

• A Key to Great Writing: Make Every Word Count: by Stephen Wilbers

• Backstory: How Much is Too Much? by Jaiden M. Pierson

• Rhythm and Pacing of Writing @jennienash

Writing Craft / Arc

• The Man In A Hole Arc: by Shawn Coyne

Writing Craft / Beginnings

• Your Novel’s First Scene @JaneFriedman

Writing Craft / Characters / Development

• 5 Quick Tips For Crafting Believable Characters: by Amanda Fink

Writing Craft / Conflict

• Understanding Inner Conflict @michael_hauge

Writing Craft / Drafts

• 9 Ways You Succeed When Your First Draft Fails @theladygreer

Writing Craft / Lessons from Books and Film

• 6 Keys to Writing Stories That Will Scare Readers @crisfreese

Writing Craft / Literary Devices

• Irony Wakes Up Your Reader With the Unexpected @ZoeMMcCarthy

• Heavy-Handed Imagery and Theme @Kid_Lit

• Playing With Personification: by Bonnie Randall

Writing Craft / POV

• Are Filter Words Weakening Your Story? @Janice_Hardy

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Outlining

• How to Write a Scene Outline You Can Use @KMWeiland

• 7 Details You Need to Think About When Writing Historical Fiction @WarrenAdler

Writing Craft / Pre-Writing / Plotting

• The Key Event and the Difference From Your First Plot Point @standoutbooks

Writing Craft / Punctuation and Grammar

• Commonly Confused Words of the Month: “I Could Care Less” by Chris Saylor

• 3 Cases of Unnecessary Punctuation @writing_tips

• 3 Sentences That Lack Just One Word to Be Correct @writing_tips

• 6 Ways To Shorten Your Sentences And Improve Your Writing @MiaJouBotha

Writing Craft / Revision

• What is Developmental Editing and Does Your Story Need it? @katiemccoach

• Turn Off the Static So You Can Hear the Tiny Whisper @virginiafranken

• Revision Checklist @MartinaABoone

Writing Craft / Tension

• High Stakes? ‘Death. Always Death’ – An Interview with @jamesscottbell @TheIWSG

Writing Craft / World-Building

• World-Building Resources @jackalediting

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