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 30,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

Revising for Pacing:  http://ow.ly/T8C53034ebt @p2p_editor

Communication in our story world:  http://ow.ly/H3Po3034dSI by A.D. Shrum

10 Tricks for Getting Your Book Reviewed by a Book Blogger:  http://ow.ly/bipZ3034e1i  @sugarbeatbc  @annerallen

3 Cases of Complicated Parenthetical Punctuation:  http://ow.ly/Cy4Z3034dBX @writing_tips

12 Stages of Physical Intimacy: Info for Writers http://ow.ly/P7ih3034e82 @FionaQuinnBooks               

Is Your Character Considering Suicide? Info for Writers:  http://ow.ly/Rhvd3034dYH @FionaQuinnBooks

A Look at Plot Twists and Smoking Guns:  http://ow.ly/MBh83036fvv @CSLakin

Common Structural Problems in Manuscripts:  http://ow.ly/PJQU3036g7d @Book_Arch

3 Ways to Build a Better Plot:  http://ow.ly/QaZA3036gKg @Janice_Hardy

Dealing in uncertainty, the essay may be the perfect form for our time:  http://ow.ly/90HR3036gST @colindickey  @latimesbooks

Sister act: female friendship in fiction from Woolf to Ferrante and Zadie Smith:  http://ow.ly/HFPj3031Kcj @AlexClark3  @GuardianBooks

The Geek Writer: Using Technology to Self-Publish Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/8idE3031KAb @ProWritingAid

9 Essential Social Media Platforms:  http://ow.ly/ggTv3034dEs @Writers_Write

The Character/Plot Connection:  http://ow.ly/NYky3034ee9 by Art Holcomb @storyfix

How to Run a Contest on Your Blog:  http://ow.ly/eEzu3034dKu @DebraEckerling

Content Marketing Examples for Authors: Fiction & Nonfiction:  http://ow.ly/MRI33034ekp @iconiContent  @WritetoDone

How to Succeed as a Female Writer in TV & Film:  http://ow.ly/NeW03031LpV @RosanneWelch  @WritersDigest

Ted Hughes and Simon Armitage: How to get teenagers reading poetry: http://ow.ly/pC0h3031L3U @GuardianBooks

8 Tips on Writing Dual-Time Mysteries:  http://ow.ly/raTp303o0Au @MKTodAuthor

5 things 1st-time authors should have in place on launch day:  http://ow.ly/ZKgn303nZyT @stephfaris @MasonCanyon

The Benefits of Talking Through Your Scenes:  http://ow.ly/Qdyr3031Lyf @Janice_Hardy

20 Comics to Read at the Beach This Summer:  http://ow.ly/2wfY3031KXp @abrahamjoseph  @vulture

10 Writers Who Did Quit Their Day Jobs:  http://ow.ly/ZCuV3031KvQ @TheBookMaven  @lithub

8 Ways to Make Your Story Boring: http://ow.ly/guvW3031KV8 @ProWritingAid

In Praise of Minor Literature:  http://ow.ly/oY8V3031LgW by Matthew St. Ville Hunte @parisreview

5 Guerilla Tactics for Promoting Your Debut Novel: http://ow.ly/bZ0g3031Lv7 @manzanitafire

Of Thee I Read: The United States in Literature:  http://ow.ly/sdkQ3031KrV @jennymedina  @nytimesbooks

Warning Signs that You Landed a Bad Agent:  http://ow.ly/TBH13031KD6 @katrinschumann  @GrubWriters

What do readers want in a good, old-fashioned whodunnit?  http://ow.ly/ido93031KRK @CalebPirtle

4 Classic Writing Techniques That Belong in the Past: http://ow.ly/bis23031KJR @DBlakeAuthor  @mythcreants

Criticism in YA Can Come From Within: http://ow.ly/MzVZ302ZAuX @KimSabatini

Heists as elements of crime fiction: http://ow.ly/7fKs303jxwY @mkinberg

Sharjah Pub. aiming to form ‘a bridge between Arab cultures and with the rest of the world’:  http://ow.ly/SWsQ303jyyZ @Porter_Anderson

3 Painless Ways to Exercise Your Writing Skills:  http://ow.ly/rZTz302ZAZe @sarahvmusgrove

Affect Versus Effect: Quick and Dirty Tips:  http://ow.ly/Se0C302ZAs1 @GrammarGirl

10 Steps to a Successful Book Launch:  http://ow.ly/QfoX302ZB46 @msheatherwebb

How To Get into the ‘Flow State’ and Be a Productive Writer:  http://ow.ly/CbdF302ZAzg @SukhiJutla

Social media: what to put ‘out there’:  http://ow.ly/Mx8E302ZAQ1 @jodimeadows

How to create an effective website:  http://ow.ly/z1YK302ZL9t @DanBlank

Adding wonder into your manuscript:  http://ow.ly/aP9K302ZAK4 @DonMaass

7 Forms of Emphasis in Writing:  http://ow.ly/3M0p302ZAql @writing_tips

5 Ways to Make People Hate a Hero:  http://ow.ly/XvaQ302ZAwG @mythcreants  by Chris Winkle

How Spotify Can Make You a Better Writer:  http://ow.ly/5y72302ZAi3  @MahinWriter

Adding Subtext with Dialogue Cues:  http://ow.ly/gkTc302ZB5a @MargieLawson

Authors on Short Stories, Novellas, and Write for Hire: http://ow.ly/8N3G302ZANB

After Years of Contention, Israel’s National Library Gains Kafka Collection:  http://ow.ly/7fCm303jytk @DennisAbrams2 @pubperspectives

Creating Believable Characters:  http://ow.ly/BpKE303jxrz @jerdipego @annerallen

Revive a scene with verbs:  http://ow.ly/WF3r302Zsfg @NovelEditor

You’ve Published Your First Story in a Pro Magazine…Now What? http://ow.ly/R4AO302Zse0 @chris_shultz81

Decoding Brazil’s Beleaguered Publishing Market:  http://ow.ly/WH5L303jyjQ @Porter_Anderson @sextante @pubperspectives

5 Steps to a Killer Book Talk:  http://ow.ly/IFxE302Zsoi @katrap40

Theme As the Engine Of Plot:  http://ow.ly/CbzB302ZsiJ @AnthonyEhlers

How to Write a Romantic Novel for All Genre Lovers: http://ow.ly/vh0E302ZsKS @nownovel

Narrative Distance and Deep POV: http://ow.ly/JcCt302ZshJ @NovelEditor

Heroes, Heroines, and Anti-ones:  Too http://ow.ly/wRa0302Zsqm @Margo_L_Dill

Why You Should Stop Selling Your Book (and Do Something Better): http://ow.ly/XVGQ302Zstd @AP_Fuchs

10 Steps to an Unputdownable Book:  http://ow.ly/GDxh302ZsHj @nownovel

12 Questions to Ask Your Character about the Setting She Is In:  http://ow.ly/f1Kf302Zsni @CSLakin

Blog to Book: What You Should Consider:  http://ow.ly/sBWY302ZsIZ @ZoeMMcCarthy

Exercise on Character and Story Development:  http://ow.ly/kWsE303iNgO @Roz_Morris

“When Are You Going To Write for Adults?” http://ow.ly/CKy2302Zsks @joypreble

Rejection isn’t Failure:  http://ow.ly/K7WK302XkOk @tamsinsilver

10 eye-opening tips to add impact to your storytelling: http://ow.ly/yXgQ303iNcr @Roz_Morris

Learning The Ropes As A Hybrid Author: http://ow.ly/ozUL302XjX2 @katieorourke78  @WomenWriters

The Fading ‘Romance of Publishing’: http://ow.ly/xQUj303eYgQ @pressfuturist @leenanorms @pubperspectives

What Makes Zombie Stories So Popular:  http://ow.ly/aD3r302Xkoq @DBlakeAuthor

How to Use a Photo Shoot for Character Development: http://ow.ly/SjyS302XfhF @hodgeswriter

Burn after Reading: On Writerly Self-Immolation:  http://ow.ly/Yr2S302Xfpu @nickripatrazone  @The_Millions

Story Structure Case Study of  “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”:  http://ow.ly/fX4A302XkqW @kylieday0

The Difference Between Character Habits And Quirks:  http://ow.ly/c8rO302Xf2M @paulawynne

How to Tap into Your Passion Every Time You Write:  http://ow.ly/kNdr302XkTb @CSLakin

128 Words Writers Can Use Instead of ‘Very’ :  http://ow.ly/M1fw302Xf88 @WhereWritersWin

Dialogue and Subtext: The Spoken and the Unspoken:  http://ow.ly/MX7O302XjMM @WomenWriters  by Joni M. Fisher

10 medical SF/F novels:  http://ow.ly/ysgm302Xk8L @tordotcom  by Stubby the Rocket

How to Find and Reach Influencers to Promote Your Book:  http://ow.ly/DhvX302UWUH @AngelaAckerman

President Obama’s Summer Reading List:  http://ow.ly/QdXV303gsb8 @SCBegley @TIME

Poland’s Sonia Draga on the short shelf life of Polish books and 3 other points of concern:  http://ow.ly/hDJM303eY4J @Porter_Anderson

Creating Sizzling Conflict Between Hero and Heroine:  http://ow.ly/foZx302UWMc  @lansi26

How to Create a Website That Works in 10 Easy Steps:  http://ow.ly/Or8E302UUxt @Bookgal  @BookWorksNYC

Does Fiction Actually Make Us More Empathetic? http://ow.ly/DFbf302UTUk by Miguel Conde @lithub

#Wordmongering and How it Made One Writing Career Possible:  http://ow.ly/zwSv303f3eu @MonicaMarieV for @allieburkebooks

10 steps to writing a book: 100 writing tips:  http://ow.ly/fqpp302UUMS @nownovel

Nuns who leave convents behind as an element in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/p9x5303eXAU @mkinberg

1 Writer’s Reasons for Self-Publishing http://ow.ly/3pvJ302UURt @lucindafwhitney

Writing For Digital Publication: The 3 Things You Need To Know: http://ow.ly/e51n302UUIG @standoutbooks

6 Easy Steps to Planning Out Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/QmQB302UXxr @LMacNaughton

Poetry in contemporary art:  http://ow.ly/f6Pf302UTOV  @newinquiry  @dwpenny

Use Pinterest to Boost Your Website’s SEO:  http://ow.ly/DuFA302UUsB @CaballoFrances  @BookWorksNYC

Delay the Gratification of Launching Your Book:  http://ow.ly/7HkI302UUuO from Fix My Story

115 words for ‘walks’ and 90 words for ‘looks’:  http://ow.ly/UQFg302UX8R @GoIntoTheStory

The Process of Editing: 4 Versions of a Paragraph:  http://ow.ly/wydp303eWVj @Book_Arch @TheIWSG

10 Low-Cost Ways To Market Your Book:  http://ow.ly/j2uo302RAO9 @jckunzjr

Indie Success M. Louisa Locke With Tips for Writers: http://ow.ly/Qmm5303dGBV @mlouisalocke @IndieAuthorALLI

Getting a Big Name to Write Your Book’s Foreword:  http://ow.ly/2JS4302RARd @jckunzjr

Let Go of Perfectionism:  http://ow.ly/M3zR303b4PD @woodwardkaren

International Publishing Notes: Canada, Turkey, UK, USA:  http://ow.ly/1dhV303aWyv @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

3 Things a Writer Stopped Doing That Got Him Writing Again:  http://ow.ly/EJbb302RB24 @J_ToddScott @writersdigest

4 Places to Find Your Best Story Conflict: http://ow.ly/3GLP302RAM5 @KMWeiland

Book Cover Redesign as Marketing Tool:  http://ow.ly/igut302RAK6 @AlexandervonNes

5 Top Benefits Of Being An Older Writer: http://ow.ly/bAPN302RBll  @RobinStorey1

4 Truths and 4 Myths That Every New Novelist Should Know: http://ow.ly/xnY9302RAYK @FlorenceOsmund