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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.
I’m going to take a short summer blog break and will go dark until July 10th, when I’ll return with an extended Twitterific. :) Early wishes for a Happy Independence Day for my blog readers in the States.
Alternate Endings to Great Expectations: http://ow.ly/mZCE301B7nv @TheToast @mallelis
Plot vs Character: What Drives a Great Novel? http://ow.ly/HyU23015k9u @nownovel
Is a Quick Release Schedule Right for Your Books? http://ow.ly/QR1Z3015k6u @ksumnersmith
Take Your Reader to Another World: http://ow.ly/JpLZ3015keB @KeithCronin @WriterUnboxed
5 Places To Find Inspiration For More Interesting Characters: http://ow.ly/gRyU3015lrj @misfitalexa
The Pen Name Pickle: @JayneAnnKrentz on the Pseudonymous Life: http://ow.ly/ZgrT30103xw @SignatureReads
Creative people have psychopathic personality traits: http://ow.ly/aqxN3015mj8 @chelsebaum @ElectricLit
Ernest Hemingway: Middlebrow Revolutionary: http://ow.ly/ChTn3018OhC by Michael Bourne @The_Millions
“The Most Valuable Thing I Learned at Pixar: How to Fail””: http://ow.ly/gr123018NUW @GoIntoTheStory”
The curse of 1st person narration: http://ow.ly/r7uE3018OKO @NovelEditor
What Are The Rules On Mixing Viewpoints When Writing Fiction? http://ow.ly/ssLD3018O5S From Advanced Fiction Writing
How To Express Your Characters’ Thoughts: With Exercises: http://ow.ly/LtqY3018NGO @standoutbooks
The Portrait Of The Antagonist As A Human Being: http://ow.ly/99N13018NDv @MiaJouBotha
Why Are So Many Poets Also Artists? http://ow.ly/FrpB3018Ovx by Maggie Millner @thelithub
A Guide to Characterization http://ow.ly/sjC13018NsD @stupidpenney
70 Idioms with Heart: http://ow.ly/avD13018NAW @writing_tips
More Than Mere Dialogue: http://ow.ly/NmGP3018O9Y from Advanced Fiction Writing
Poetry as Substitute for Medication: http://ow.ly/xTgK30104oJ @rosmance @SignatureReads
How to Start Your Book or Movie with a Bang: http://ow.ly/mb3D3018NYo @patverducci
5 (Dirty Little) Truths about Proofreading: http://ow.ly/MFgv3018OEn @manzanitafire @LitReactor
4 Tips for Avoiding Sentence-Level Clichés: http://ow.ly/ZXNa3019WCG @ceciliaedits
Keeping Your Story Real Even When You’re Lying: http://ow.ly/jYrg3019WTx by PJ Parrish
Do Writers Need To Be Alone to Thrive? http://ow.ly/b39K301B1lc @lithub @angelaflournoy @KatherineTowler
Checklist for redesigning your book cover: http://ow.ly/lcya301AYv0 @Roz_Morris
Images in Posts and an Amazon Anomaly: http://ow.ly/lllA301BflD
How A Book Foreword Can Help An Author’s Career: http://ow.ly/fz9l301z5yf @jckunzjr
Ciphers and coding in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/B7aG301AXbP @mkinberg
How to Get Reviews: Without Cheating: http://ow.ly/7LUD300XoIl @hopeclark
10 Tips For Memoir: http://ow.ly/1rJ23015lBj @MargotStarbuck
What 1 Writer’s Parents Really Think About Her Memoir of Alcoholism: http://ow.ly/qyOJ3015l0h @sarahhepola @thelithub
7 Seeds You Need To Plant For Future Writing Success: http://ow.ly/T2UL3015kAD @colleen_m_story
The Myth About Print Coming Back and Bookstores on the Rise: http://ow.ly/IFps3015lfS @JaneFriedman
Studying Screenwriting: Classic 30s Movie: “It Happened One Night”: http://ow.ly/6zYc3015klS @GoIntoTheStory
How to Get the Most From Your Professional Book Edit: http://ow.ly/hSZS3015lTn @BubbleCow
Happily Ever After: Anatomy of a Romance Novel in 9 Parts: http://ow.ly/S5UQ30103iM @SignatureReads by Catherine M. Roach
5 Reasons Why Moby-Dick Just Won’t Die: http://ow.ly/Ktu6301yyvV @MZBeauregard @lithub
3 Tips To Writing A Great Acknowledgements Page: http://ow.ly/fENp301z54w @jckunzjr
Why Indie Presses Are Opening Bookstores: http://ow.ly/DyUj301tRhm @JonSealy @lithub
Writers’ Wedding Tips: 6 Adaptations to Guide You: http://ow.ly/gXrC301039A @Keith_Rice1 @SignatureReads
Is crowdfunding right for you? A roundup with everything you need to know: http://ow.ly/aipW301ypEW @PAShortt
Can My Indie Book Be Discovered? http://ow.ly/UMQX300XoF9 @hopeclark
A Familiar Newcomer to Czech Books: Empresa Media: http://ow.ly/6dfj301wuF8 @jaroslawadamows @pubperspectives
Troubled Waters: Causeways of Shingle, Sand and Ice in Horror Fiction: http://ow.ly/cny33012CEi @ThisIsHorror by V.H. Leslie
The Building Blocks of Great YA Fiction: http://ow.ly/SFc33012BZs @SophieMasson 1 @WriterUnboxed
How to Start a Story in First Person: 8 Tips: http://ow.ly/MQJN3012Cfn @nownovel
4 Ways to Spark Your Writing Ambition If You’ve Been Feeling a Bit Meh: http://ow.ly/7tXg3012Cps @reallucyflint
How to Survive the Edit Letter: http://ow.ly/Gxmg3012Cna @Ava_Jae
The Inciting Event: http://ow.ly/xi3Y3012CuA @HunterFaith @magicalwords
Character Type: Addict: http://ow.ly/lbhS3012C84 @GoIntoTheStory
Giving it Away: How the Gift Economy is a Great Model for Professional Writers: http://ow.ly/KlRq3012DKJ by Jasper Bark @ThisIsHorror
‘Wayward Pines’: Developing Elements of Suspense in Fiction http://ow.ly/ZftP3012Cc3 @crisfreese @WritersDigest
Dangling Modifiers: http://ow.ly/pjaM3012CjR @HopeTDougherty
How to Become a Ghostwriter: http://ow.ly/aIvD30102MX @Roz_Morris @JaneFriedman
Show, Don’t Tell: Micro vs Macro: http://ow.ly/8xIt30102JC @AnnetteLyon
How Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’s Monster Became Human: http://ow.ly/mSUy301tQZZ by Francine Prose @NewRepublic
Tune in to the @ReedsyHQ live chat on Facebook each Wednesday at 3p ET (now). http://bit.ly/28TpYzb . Today’s topic: Covers
How to Figure Out Who Raised Your Hero (and Why You Need to Know): http://ow.ly/Fxoh30101Xl @RuthanneReid
Railing against the grammar police on exclamation points: http://ow.ly/QExj30101NC @annerooney
The Visual Writer’s Guide to Pacing & Tension: http://ow.ly/aXNS30101Ui @sacha_black
Publishing & Politics: ‘ ‘Trumpian Dystopia’: http://ow.ly/O5tz301wuXQ @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Nordic Noir is a Reflection of Modern Europe: http://ow.ly/Uh4o301wk3H @emelieschepp @JoakimZander @ElectricLit
The Dystopian Future in Which Everyone is the Boss: http://ow.ly/miDk301wjHd by J.C. Pan @lithub
Market to Your Preferred Readership: http://ow.ly/ts2u300XoCx @hopeclark
Australia’s Debate on Book Imports, Copyright and Fair Use: http://ow.ly/A5CO301qV3v @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Garth Williams, Illustrator of American Childhood: http://ow.ly/5LeQ30101gw @asarahlarson @NewYorker
Lose the Guilt: You Don’t Have to Write Every Day: http://ow.ly/hkec30102aa @RuthanneReid
3 Best Practices in Life and Writing: http://ow.ly/aMpO30101C5 @lisajlickel
Beats, Revisited: The Shifting Legacy of a Literary Generation http://ow.ly/XYrN301018J TobiasCarroll @SignatureReads
6 Self-published Novels That Made the Big Screen: http://ow.ly/lnvF30101m2 @rosmance @SignatureReads
A profile of the world’s least effusive travel writer (Geoff Dyer): http://ow.ly/izeB30100zo @ArrowsmithUSA
Our Adored Cadavers: Dead Women in Lit: http://ow.ly/OTUZ301tP0u @CadaverFormosus @Hazlitt
Swiss Academic Publisher @KellyShergill Steps Onto World Stage: http://ow.ly/DX6O301qUzN @Porter_Anderson
Dead Dogs Are More Than Metaphors: http://ow.ly/GGDj301tOt4 @lithub @thelampton
Why women are writing the best crime novels: http://ow.ly/W7ty301tQEQ by Terrence Rafferty @TheAtlantic
Pulp Friction: if Barnes and Noble goes out of business: http://ow.ly/9Db8301tPVR @PassiveVoiceBlg @NewRepublic
Stepping off the Hamster Wheel: http://ow.ly/mBoZ300WqTR @Jeannie_Moon
Bates Motel: Building Suspense When You Already Know The Ending: http://ow.ly/Ob2T300WqWb @DBlakeAuthor
4 Tips for Depicting Characters With Disabilities: http://ow.ly/ejuu300WrdO @mythcreants by Chris Winkle
Where To Start: Beginnings: http://ow.ly/UGYq300Wr3y @JillWilliamson
A Pre-Writing Checklist: http://ow.ly/oGsH300Wras @HeatherJacksonW
Using Minor Characters to Explore Theme: http://ow.ly/GbKY300WqRe @dougeboch
Genuine fears for your characters: http://ow.ly/fMZt300Wrfz @ShanDitty
Plumb the Emotional Depth of Your Setting: http://ow.ly/2wZ1300Wr8J @kcraftwriter
7 Tips for Paranormal Writers: http://ow.ly/X3YV300WrcG @worddreams
Pursuit plots: http://ow.ly/YYRs300Wrby @HeatherJacksonW
How to Break Up Your Novel into Definable Sections: http://ow.ly/11wU300WqUz @CSLakin
Horror Hiding In Other Genres: Why You Shouldn’t Write ‘Horror’: http://ow.ly/pohX300WqYi @DBlakeAuthor
Show Don’t Tell: http://ow.ly/det0300UImA @sjaejones
News coverage: consumers say reading text is quicker than video: http://ow.ly/W5xS301qTft @Porter_Anderson @risj_oxford @pubperspectives
Insular settings in crime fiction novels: http://ow.ly/eUaD301qMax @mkinberg
Why Free is Still a Smart Marketing Strategy: http://ow.ly/lZda301rx8e @storyrally
Research Your Way to a More Believable Book: http://ow.ly/o8cb301qLzQ @Robin_Gianna @jemifraser
World-Building Tips and Tools: http://ow.ly/QV4M301qLa6 @TheIWSG @AlexJCavanaugh
Book Formatting Tips: Cleaning up the Word Document: http://ow.ly/Ozpy301qMVZ @SpunkOnAStick @DancingLemurPre
Canada’s @MargaretAtwood to receive 2016 Pinter Prize: http://ow.ly/kKT1301qT1b @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Character Development Is a 2-Edged Sword: http://ow.ly/gJ1p300UIdw @JamiGold
5 Ways to Use Dialogue to Spice Up The Middle of Your Novel: http://ow.ly/jndC300UItu @MartinaABoone
Resisting the Shiny New Idea: http://ow.ly/4kBs300UIeb @Janice_Hardy
Develop Regional Appeal for Greater Readership: http://ow.ly/QvYf300UIiu @WhereWritersWin by Lynda Bouchard
Combining 2 Ways to Plot: http://ow.ly/Nr4z300UIg6 @Ava_Jae
Why you need both CreateSpace and IngramSpark: http://ow.ly/P9lg300UIvx @NewShelvesBooks
The Grant of Rights Clause (Contracts/Dealbreakers): http://ow.ly/eThc300UIsx @KristineRusch
Time Management for Writers: http://ow.ly/i4ry300UIrA @katemoretti1
What Pinch Points Are All About: http://ow.ly/yNxc300UIuB @CSLakin
7 Quick Journaling Exercises To Improve Your Fiction Writing: http://ow.ly/uOlw300UIfs @DanielleLHanna
How to Build and Grow Your Email List: http://ow.ly/2VvU300UIlz @WhereWritersWin
‘The Last Book My Father Read’: After Decades of Hard Work, a Retirement in Books: http://ow.ly/BKO8301piKM by Patrick Ryan
Write to Satisfy the Reader’s Ear: http://ow.ly/92gG300UIUn @Lindasclare
Turn a Cliché Into a Reader’s Surprise: http://ow.ly/bY1N300UIFL @ZoeMMcCarthy
Gretchen Marquette on the unexpected poetry of her father’s life as a cop: http://ow.ly/zKXd301piHL
Fatherhood: Ruining the Writing Career, Saving the Writing: http://ow.ly/Ae3y301pipV @lithub @The_Big_Quiet
How to Make Your Novel Universal: http://ow.ly/bNLS300TNZv @SPressfield
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Thanks for including my post on world building!
Alex–Great post!
Enjoy your break! I always love your Twitterific list. It’s like having a writing magazine delivered to my house every week. Thanks!
Heather–Thanks so much! I enjoy the articles, too. :)
Thanks for including Now Novel once again, Elizabeth. Have a wonderful break.
Thanks, Bridget!
Ahhh! There are so many, and they all sound awesome. I could spend all week here just clicking links. Thanks for the quick connection.
Crystal–Thanks for coming by!
Thanks so much, Elizabeth. Love the “Poetry as Substitute for Medication.” Such a great idea! That needs to be on Writing & Wellness! :O)
Colleen–It would fit your blog perfectly! And thanks for all your great posts for writers.
Thanks for linking to my blog! :)
There’s a few here I’m off to check out – always so many helpful tips!!
Jemi–It was a great post! Hope you have a great week!