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.
One question to make your novel sell: does it turn? http://ow.ly/VpPE304kVwd @kseniaanske
Your Online Writing Portfolio: Must-Haves and More: http://ow.ly/DeYV304kRvj @MerylWilliams
47 Tips Writers Need When Their Creativity Goes AWOL: http://ow.ly/VyTb304kUN5 @LauraJTong
5 Questions to Test Your Story Concept: http://ow.ly/DPEl304kVsH @GoIntoTheStory
In Praise of the Micro Landscape: http://ow.ly/MBOa304kR1B @angpalm @lithub
The Most Neglected Resource for Reviews: YouTube: http://ow.ly/78AA304kR8P @AndyPeloquin
How to Get the Most Out of Your Sequel Scenes: http://ow.ly/RUt9304kR6h @KMWeiland
Braiding Your Book: http://ow.ly/ygJS304kUz0 by Laurie Schnebly Campbell
Craft Your First Story With This Creative Writing Reference Chart: http://ow.ly/CaAT304kVkv @LordRavenscraft
Why the doppelgänger motif is so popular: http://ow.ly/SMSX304lTJm @alanglynnbooks @lithub
What Do We Mean When We Say Women’s Fiction? http://ow.ly/tjRy304lTXM @lithub @lizkay09
The Novelist ( @rabihalameddine ) Whose Twitter Feed Is a Work of Art: http://ow.ly/xHfr304JxOB @JonathanBlitzer @NewYorker
13 Things Learned From Completing Draft Two of a Novel: http://ow.ly/x7yV304nE7f @sacha_black
Does This Third-Person POV Suspense Opening Work? http://ow.ly/FS1V304nDf7 @Janice_Hardy
3 Problems with Parenthesis: http://ow.ly/kwfp304nEgq @writing_tips
4 E’s of an Effective Critique Group: http://ow.ly/4ZIJ304nEcm @lisajlickel
5 Blog Post Mistakes: http://ow.ly/kknR304nDn1 @allisonmaruska
The Ultimate Blogging Checklist: http://ow.ly/5XEf304nE3A @Writers_Write
On the Irresistible Pull of Tidal Metaphors: http://ow.ly/bNbz304nCZ3 by Hugh Aldersey-Williams @lithub
Is “Show Don’t Tell” a Universal Truth or Colonial Relic? http://ow.ly/AM0j304nCGK @poddar_namrata @lithub
7 Key Elements To Include In Your First Chapter: http://ow.ly/7fO9304nDSm @ClaireABradshaw @WritersEdit
Ratchet Up Your Novel’s Tension: http://ow.ly/Bn57304nDIy @KelsieEngen
Perfecting First Person POV: http://ow.ly/VMlv304nDDe @AJHumpage
Writing Scenes for Your Story’s Goals: http://ow.ly/YRpv304nD6s @Lindasclare
A Writer Looks Back at His First Novel: http://ow.ly/N3cD304nJPN @leverus @lithub
Creating Mood In A Scene Using Light and Shadow: http://ow.ly/GmMT304oTse @angelaackerman
Is too much pre-writing immobilizing you? http://ow.ly/oa9i304Jh8G
How to Guest Blog Successfully: An Interview with Sara Pence: http://ow.ly/UBtA304jHoF @LisaTener
Should a writer have children? http://ow.ly/wpt6304kV4L @nevalalee
Working With Cover and Interior Designers: http://ow.ly/qgZp304kRjJ @JFbookman
New Amazon Guidelines Work to Curb Review Fraud: http://ow.ly/6txa304Ghco @LorcaDamon @Goodereader
12 Book Marketing Tactics: http://ow.ly/MgX1304jGVn @Rachel_Aaron
Covers Can Make or Break a Book: http://ow.ly/OKRh304jGOW @DarrenDBeyer
The Only 5 Ingredients You Need for Story Subtext: http://ow.ly/I5z1304jGtY @KMWeiland
Using Dialogue to Build Conflict: http://ow.ly/Zvcw304jGr9 @Eileenwriter @WomenWriters
Query Letters: The Extras: http://ow.ly/uJGH304jGvU @AnnieNeugebauer @WriterUnboxed
5 Rules For Success At Crowd Funding: http://ow.ly/uubk304jGFV @111publishing
The Power of Pods: Ask Your Friends to Lead a Mini-Brigade on Your Behalf: http://ow.ly/lDSD304jGSt @RobertTWilder
How to Avoid Book Publishing Blunders: http://ow.ly/DFYA304jGAU @mybookshepherd
Goodreads for Authors: http://ow.ly/e9zQ304jGNA @CaballoFrances
A Key to Using Twitter That Most Authors Overlook: http://ow.ly/qONl304jGI2 @losapala
Pitch Your Novel Perfectly: 6 Tips: http://ow.ly/ldc2304jGxF @SusanSpann
Hunting Down Story Holes Using a Novel Journal: http://ow.ly/GwGi304jGvi @AngelaAckerman
The Lost Art of Custom-Illustrating Your Favorite Books: http://ow.ly/SxWL304iKL1 @lithub @Amy_Stewart
Agatha Christie on how her lack of education and boredom led her to write: http://ow.ly/qzZ8304iKJQ @austinkleon
Why Is the Basic Marble Notebook Still So Popular? http://ow.ly/Jnsy304iKI9 @UpperEastRob
The 3 Biggest Obstacles for INFP Writers: http://ow.ly/FoO4304jHje @losapala
Does ‘The Bestseller Code’ Divulge its Secrets? http://ow.ly/zDnn304EIT4 @ThadMcIlroy
A Leader in Canadian Writing Takes Stock of Self-Pub: http://ow.ly/RR04304EJ9l @CarlaJDouglas @pubperspectives @MerilynSimonds
Writing Authentic Settings And Keeping A Series Fresh: http://ow.ly/1Phq304EIAb @tobywneal @thecreativepenn
14 Quotes From Censored Authors: http://ow.ly/20AC304DKj8 @SignatureReads @TomBlunt
Writing Groups 101: http://ow.ly/KLKc304iL83 by A. Howitt @mythicscribes
3 UK Book Market Challenges (Including: ‘Too Many Titles in a Small Space’): http://ow.ly/tW82304z3Ua @Porter_Anderson @JasonCoopr
What Is Lost in a Nation That’s Reading Less Literature? http://ow.ly/QBUY304iKVo @derekberes
Writers: Listen To Miss Frizzle: http://ow.ly/M08c304iL3F @mikemartinez72
The Importance of Storytelling in Turbulent Times: http://ow.ly/aoNQ304iKTK @VaughnRoycroft
Ursula K. Le Guin: How I Started Writing: http://ow.ly/t1So304iKOH @ursulaleguin @parisreview
How to Chose Your Next Read When You’re Sick: http://ow.ly/dmRz304iLgU @wutheringreads @BookRiot
Write What Your Family Knows: http://ow.ly/vj7y304iL9F @AuthorJuliaDay
This is How Literary Fiction Teaches Us to Be Human http://ow.ly/vzM5304iKQp @SignatureReads @TomBlunt
Beware of attention residue when you’re writing: http://ow.ly/7OW9304iL6N @pubcoach
7 Variations on the Epistolary Novel: http://ow.ly/1ei8304BYTk @jrc2666
From Passive Voice To Active Voice: How To Spot It and How To Change It: http://ow.ly/qu21304i5jd @MiaJouBotha
Change as an element in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/hlZ5304z2B8 @mkinberg
Margins Be Damned: 4 Books with Inventive Formats: http://ow.ly/u8wD304i54v by Molly Livingston @SignatureReads
Making a Series Bible Using Excel: http://ow.ly/u6BM304z1YP @HeidiHormel @TheIWSG
How to Start a Blog in 2016: http://ow.ly/7Qhh304BByG @BlastYourBlog
A Quick Tip for Finding Repeated (and Weak) Words: http://ow.ly/7XhB304i5c9 @Janice_Hardy
Authors: Here’s All You Need to Grow Your Email List: http://ow.ly/Pow3304i5ao @EmilyWenstrom
Writing the Crime Scene: Dead Bodies: http://ow.ly/Dmry304fp0E @repokempt
Latest Ukrainian Ban of Russian Book Imports Under Consideration: http://ow.ly/hvIF304z3nq by Eugene Gerden @pubperspectives
3 Ways Essential Oils Make It Easier To Be Creative: http://ow.ly/28t1304i5mu @colleen_m_story
Becoming a Writer in Your 40s, 50s, and Beyond: http://ow.ly/IJBF304jHha @losapala
10 suggestions to overcoming writing obstacles: http://ow.ly/OfWw304i5Ia by Jill Roman Lord
A Pop-Up Strategy: The Autoresponder Series: http://ow.ly/6BnC304i5E5 @JaneFriedman
The 5 Most Common Mistakes Writers Make When Seeking Book Reviews: http://ow.ly/KDWu304i5pt @CSLakin
The Balance Between Hooking Readers and Setting up the Story: http://ow.ly/VRXI304i5eM @Janice_Hardy
5 Fictional Vegetarians Who Defy Stereotypes: http://ow.ly/351s304i5wG @kwistent @lithub
The Great Gatsby as a Crime Novel: http://ow.ly/57lj304z2ua @mkinberg
20 Book-Title Hacks for Any Genre: http://ow.ly/VN3g304AMeX @DavidHSafford
5 things 1 writer didn’t expect when she released her first novel: http://ow.ly/YXhz304ALJw @Roz_Morris
Balancing the main story and character subplots: http://ow.ly/Vwu2304z39w @mike54martin
5 Ways to Have an Awful Book Cover: http://ow.ly/jdSQ304cv8J @AuthorKSBrooks
A 6-Step Guide to Creating a Book Fair: http://ow.ly/STMX304z1JN @DemiStevens19 @TheIWSG
Want to Sell More Books? Give Consumers What They Want: http://ow.ly/jLmw304cu5N @KristenLambTX
A new species of poetry: The making of Lyrical Ballads: http://ow.ly/25c2304fowJ by Jonathan Kerr @WordsworthTrust
5 Ways to Be a More Mindful Writer: http://ow.ly/wXB9304foh2 @deborahsosin
How to Write a First Draft: http://ow.ly/hThX304fp6L @hodgeswriter
The Secret To Overcoming Perfectionism In Your Writing: http://ow.ly/dWul304fopn @patverducci
What Does Silence Mean in the Age of Digital Noise? http://ow.ly/xw1g304fo72 by Laurence Scott @lithub
A Quick Lesson in the Writing Process: http://ow.ly/lBNk304fpd5 @JerryBJenkins
A Writer’s Guide to Hacking the Reader’s Brain (in 5 Steps): http://ow.ly/viob304fnJO @LisaCron @SignatureReads
Why Do Creative People Burn Out? http://ow.ly/idK7304fnXA @MegDowell
Athens Named World Book Capital as 118-Year-Old Bookstore Closes: http://ow.ly/4OUU304z3vz @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
Thoughts on trigger warnings: http://ow.ly/yigd304fosy by Colleen Hoover @PassiveVoiceBlg
10 Books Featuring Subversive Women: http://ow.ly/FG6T304fpiM @Ginsburgmelissa
7 Lies We Tell Ourselves About Finding Time To Write: http://ow.ly/Dw0V3049YYW @colleen_m_story
Boost Book Marketing with These 5 Apps: http://ow.ly/PA2L304cu34 @CaballoFrances
4 Ways to Use Video to Promote Your Blog Posts: http://ow.ly/Sd5M304cuwT @Soffi_Propp @SMExaminer
How Secretive Are You About Your Writing Projects? http://ow.ly/3NHV304cuKd @annkroeker
How to Be a Writer: 10 Tips: http://ow.ly/rOZF304cuNL by Rebecca Solnit @lithub
What If You Couldn’t Write? http://ow.ly/dAST304cuiT @KBullockAuthor
7 Different Ways Fantasy Has Used Language as Magic: http://ow.ly/qsi7304cuU9 by Bailey Miller @tordotcom
Why book covers should reflect our author brand: http://ow.ly/PVD5304cu8y @authordesigner @IndieAuthorALLI
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Thanks for including the IWSG’s article this week!
Alex–Another great post from the IWSG!
Thanks, as ever, for these great links, Elizabeth. I’m glad you’ve included several related to Banned Books Week. I think it’s important that we be mindful of that.
Margot–Always good to keep in mind.
I need the one about using Twitter.
Diane–Twitter has really been changing lately!
Hope you have a great week.
Just wanted to pop in and say thank you, you’ve included me a couple of times, and it’s always a really big honour to see one of my articles in amongst some ridiculous talent. So thank you for making my day <3