by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
A weekly roundup of the best writing links from around the web.
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- 7 Reasons To Attend a Writer’s Conference: @AlyciaMorales
- Planning a Writer’s Conference? Here’s What’s Really Involved: @ascamacho @TheIWSG
- Why You Need to Invest In Yourself First: @SukhiJutla
- How Free Writing Helps You Find Your True Creative Voice: @JamesPrescott77
- Are You Too Nice To Say “No?” @CarolAnneMalone
- 5 Ways to Manage Multiple Creative Passions: by Linda Bernadette Burgess @DIYMFA
- 10 Writing Prompts To Help You Unstick Your First Draft: @10MinNovelists
- Sometimes Instinct Should Take Over the Story: @Margo_L_Dill @womenonwriting
- How 1 Writer Landed a Book Contract at 16: @tessaemilyhall @authorsjournal
- The Second Act Novelist: 6 Ways to Prepare: @joneslepidas @JaneFriedman
- For writers who are recent graduates, broke, in between things, or living at home: @austinkleon
- Writer Struggles: Isolation & Loneliness: @HeatherJacksonW
- Stress and Burnout: Writers can suffer from both. Learn the signs and how to cope: @RuthHarrisBooks
- Can Your Distractions Make You a Better Writer? @charityscraig @tspoetry
- Envy, Perfection, and the Work of Writing: @JoEberhardt @WriterUnboxed
- How to Create a “Writer Productivity Diet”: @CSLakin
- Spectral Awareness: 8 Quotes From Authors With Autism: @TomBlunt @SignatureReads
- Horror and Crime: A Writer’s Education: @Gabino_Iglesias
- Surviving Horror Films Is A Breeze If You Follow These Rules: @IanFortey @cracked
- Suburban life as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg
- How to Write Suspense Like Hitchcock: @TonyLeeMoral
- Writing a Murder Mystery, Character Creation: The Murderer: @woodwardkaren
- Crime Writing: Behind the Scenes: What Happens After The Cuffs Go On? @LeeLofland
- 15 Tips for Writing Poetry: @WordDreams
- 10 Short Poetic Forms: @robertleebrewer
- 10 Reasons Why Poetry is the Manliest of Genres: @Gabino_Iglesias
- Thinking of Writing a Short Film? Ask These Questions First: @scriptmag
- 6 Things To NOT Do When Submitting Your Script: @Bang2write
- The Ultimate Guide to YA Fiction: by Emma Johnson @WritersEdit
- How To Write Young People That Are Actually Realistic: @Bang2write
- Writing the Perfect Blurb: @RayneHall
- Optimizing your Online Book Description: @ml_keller
- How To Chose Your Book Title: @SukhiJutla
- How to Get Attention for Your Book on Amazon: @CaballoFrances
- A Recipe for a Non-Traditional Marketing Plan: @mbhide
- 10 Myths About Marketing Your Book: @diannmills
- How to Develop a Street Team for Your Book: @jenniferprobst
- 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Help a Writer: @CalebPirtle
- 5 Reasons to Submit Your Work to Anthologies: @PStoltey @RMFWriters
- 10 Ways First-Time Writers Can Get Noticed on Social Media: @ParkLiterary @WritersDigest
- Busy Authors Should Simplify Social Media Efforts: @CeceliaMecca
- A Potentially Pivotal Case: Louisiana State University and Elsevier: @Porter_Anderson @AndrewRichard
- SELF-e Indie Awards 2017 – Just another Self-e Libraries Create Sites site @libraryself_e
- This is the #1 Reason an Expert Will Hire a Ghostwriter: @granthony
- Hay Festival Announces Bogotá39-2017 Anthology’s Latin American Authors: @Porter_Anderson
- Industry Notes: Publishing Scotland Opens Translation Grants, Wiley’s Mark Allin Resigns: @Porter_Anderson
- British Book Awards 2017: The ‘Nibbies’ Honor Literature and Industry @Porter_Anderson
- 10 Ways to Make Your Submission Stand Out in the Slush Pile: @MegLaTorre
- How to Use LinkedIn and Twitter to Find an Agent: @evans_writer @RMFWriters
- 8 1/2 Tips for How to Write Opening and Closing Lines: @KMWeiland
- Starting a Novel With Setting Description: @Kid_Lit
- 3 Tips From Being a Failure As An Author: @KelsieEngen
- How to Introduce Characters Memorably: 6 Ways: @nownovel
- Character Motivation Entry: Protecting One’s Home or Property: @AngelaAckerman
- Women Are People, Too: 6 Ways to Write Better Female Characters: @cameron_chapman @scriptmag
- Character Motivation Thesaurus Entry: Escaping a Widespread Disaster: @beccapuglisi
- 3 Fiction Writing Tips For Beginners: Build Your Characters: @angee
- 12 Mistakes You Could Make When Creating Narrative Voice: @10MinNovelists
- “Writing Career Mistakes I Made So You Don’t Have To”: @annerallen
- Don’t Show, Don’t Tell — How to Leave Room for the Reader’s Imagination: by Nils Odlund @mythicscribes
- Why Literature and Pop Culture Still Can’t Get the Midwest Right: @aMandolinz @lithub
- 5 Tips for Creating First Dates for Your Characters: @lisajordan
- Things Your Writing Teacher Never Told You: 9 Aspects of Story Promise: by Tina L. Jens @BlackGateDotCom
- 4 Part Story Structure for Fiction: @lornafaith
- A Fun Way to Brainstorm Story Ideas: @Janice_Hardy
- 7 Ways You’re Treating Your Novel Like A Screenplay (And How To Stop): by Hannah Collins
- How to Research and Write in a Way Your Fact-Checker Will Appreciate: by Megan Jones @maisonneuvemag
- Stop Researching & Get Writing: by Lisa Lepki @ProWritingAid
- AP Stylebook Updates: Singular ‘They’ Now Acceptable: @GrammarGirl
- 5 Errors in Noun-Verb Agreement: @writing_tips
- How to Edit Your Story Like a New York Publisher: @hodgeswriter
- Editing Tips: 7 Smart Ways to Tighten Your Writing: @LisaTener
- How Do Authors Create Suspense in Writing? @AGHackney
- 5 Ways You Can Source Great Character Ideas: @Bang2write
- A tool for using the appropriate vocabulary in your novel: @GaiaBAmman
- The 110 Best Apps, Tools and Resources for Writers in 2017: @geediting
There’s this week’s IWSG post! Thanks.
Science fiction writing ones must be scarce. I guess I could write one…
You sure could!
Hope you have a great week.
As always, Elizabeth, this is such a great collection of links. Thanks for sharing. I’m especially drawn to the ones on the writing life. Always helpful to know you’re not alone in some of the challenges.
And that everyone is going through the same things. So true!
I love how it’s so organized now. Plus I’m loving the ones emailed to me. I’ve found some good stuff that way.
Great! Glad to hear that’s working out well for you. :)
Thanks for compiling and sorting this staggeringly useful list!
Hope you find some helpful links!
Writing Craft Tensions jumps off the page at me. I’m going to check it out now. Thanks for the twitter link roundup.
Stephen Tremp
http://www.stephentremp.com
Thanks for coming by, Stephen!
Wonderful list of resources as always (and grateful for the mention). Looking forward to reading many of these.
Thanks for the helpful articles you publish for writers!