by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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New Stuff to Try
Reedsy now has a free curated directory of 100+ writing exercises and prompts. I have an entry there. :)
Here’s something a little different for anyone struggling with writer’s block or for someone who can’t move forward with a story because of a desire to edit. Floor 23 (free for 2 weeks with no credit card needed). Title your work, set a word goal for your session, and start typing. The words fly away as you type…and are retrieved for you later after your session is over. Created by Patrick Krabeepetcharat.
- How to Quit Your Day Job to Write Full Time: @jasonbougger
- Blockchain For Books: @IndieAuthorALLI
- Looking for Professional Help with Your Book? Try Reedsy: @MJBowersock @ReedsyHQ
- What’s a sample edit? Who does it help? And is it free? @LouiseHarnby
- Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Terms Used by Writers: @KathySteinemann
- How To Back Up Your Work Like An Author: by Paige Duke @standoutbooks
- 10 Things You Need to Know About Going to Conventions as a Writer: @johnhartness
- London Book Fair Adds Authors Joanna Trollope and Jacqueline Wilson: @Porter_Anderson @FansofJWilson
- Things to Know Before You Set a Goal: @10MinNovelists
- Your Best Writing Year Yet: Getting Started and Staying Motivated: @writingthrulife
- One Essential Way to Boost Productivity: @JodyHedlund
- 100+ Creative Writing Exercises for Fiction Authors: @ReedsyHQ
- Writing Prompts: 7 Inspirational Ideas to Spark Your Creative Writing: @DavidHSafford @write_practice
- Story Ideas: The Complete Package or the Fragment: @SueBEdwards @womenonwriting
- Tackling Your 2018 Reading Goals: @RDCwrites @RMFWriters
- How to Read like a Writer: @DIYMFA
- The 10 Best Places to Find Quality Short Fiction: @EmmanuelNataf @ReedsyHQ
- Overcoming Creative Procrastination: @sarahlynnereul @WritersRumpus
- Perfectionism and Procrastination: by Crystal Otto @womenonwriting
- Taking Inventory of Your Creative Health: @FinishedPages
- How to organize your books: @unclutterer
- Where Do You Write? @denisebarnesuk @WomenWriters
- 7 Ways To Stay Positive As A Writer: @sara_crawford @thecreativepenn
- Refueling Your Creativity–How to Plan in Recovery Time as You Write (and Finish) Your Book: @writeabook
- Taking Writing breaks, especially when you don’t want to: @whimsicallyours
- Getting into Editing as a Writer: by Alex J. Coyne @hopeclark
- Becoming a Healthy Writer (podcast): @DanBlank @thecreativepenn
- How Writers Can Stop Holding Themselves Back: @losapala
- 5 Questions to Help You Find Your Creative Writing Sweet Spot: @colleen_m_story
- 5 Morning Habits to Add to Your Writing Routine: @emi1y_morgan
- Using Your Constructed Language Without Ruining Your Story: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
- History for Fantasy Writers: Barber Surgeons: by E.L. Skip Knox @mythicscribes
- Breaks in narrative in crime fiction: @mkinberg
- The Secret of a Successful Mystery: Making the Reader a Participant: @SeptCFawkes
- Character flaws as an element in crime fiction: @mkinberg
- How Google Is Killing the Independent Movie Industry: @cassianelwes @newsweek
- What 1 Writer Learned About Writing Romantic Subplots from “I, Tonya” and “Downsizing”: @dougeboch
- Is There Such a Thing as a Good Book Review? @egabbert @ElectricLit
- 5 Creative Ways to Highlight Your Book Reviews and Sell More Books: @Bookgal
- Improve Your Skill Set: Best Single-Strategy Marketing Books for Authors: @cksyme
- 8 Ways for Authors to Promote & Launch Their Books: by Marquis Williamson @theindiepubmag
- How to Use and Understand SEO as a Beginner: @HelloMorganTimm @teachable
- Optimum Author Website Content for Media Response: @BuildYourBrandA @BookWorksNYC
- France’s Arnaud Nourry and that ‘Stupid Product’ Description of Ebooks: @Porter_Anderson @ArnaudNourry
- Self-Censorship in Publishing: World Industry Leaders on a Subtle, Growing Challenge: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Serial Box Has New Funding for Audio Bundling as a ‘Publishing Studio’: @molbarton @porter_anderson
- PEN America Names Close to $350,000 in Literary Honors for 2018: @Porter_Anderson
- Readers to Choose the ‘Golden Man Booker Prize’: 50 Years of Winners: @Porter_Anderson @ManBookerPrize
- The UK’s Republic of Consciousness Prize for Names its 2018 Shortlist: @Porter_Anderson @neilgriffiths
- International Prize for Arabic Fiction Names Six 2018 Shortlisted Novels: @Porter_Anderson
- British Book Awards Shortlist for Independent Bookshop of the Year: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Flog a Pro: would you pay to turn the first page of this bestseller? @RayRhamey @WriterUnboxed
- How to Lose Readers: Not Starting in Media Res: @byStevenRamirez
- Real Life Diagnostics: Would You Keep Reading this Fantasy Opening? By Maria D’Marco
- The First Act: Nailing Your Novel’s Opening Chapters: @kristen_kieffer
- Personalizing Your Character’s Emotional Wound: @JerryBJenkins
- 9 Tips for Crafting A Large (And Well-Developed) Cast of Characters: @_HannahHeath
- 5 Key Ways to Balance Internal Monologue with Pitfalls to Avoid: @JordanDane
- Top 3 Risky Moves for Writers: @PaulaSMunier @CareerAuthors
- How to Lose Readers by Abandoning Your Protagonist: @byStevenRamirez
- How To Write Diverse Characters: @AlexAndersBooks @thecreativepenn
- When Diversity Is Bad: from Tropes are Tools
- Writing About Eating Disorders: Bulimia Nervosa: @SloanTamar
- 3 Tips for Research Management: @RobinRWrites
- 10 Extra Ways To Proofread Your Writing Like A Boss: @LesleyVos @writerswrite
- The Different Kinds of Editing: A Breakdown (with Examples): @jennienash
Floor 23 sounds wild. Kind of like your password disappearing with every letter you type.
I tried it out. It made me realize how many I quickly backspace to correct a typo (no backspacing with the app).
As always, Elizabeth, I love this set of links. Thanks. Glad to see the ones on promo there. I need to think about that right now, as my new release comes out on 16 March. Promo’s near the bottom of the list of things I like to do as a writer. But it’s necessary. I also like the ‘New Stuff…’ category.
Excited for you for your new release! Let me know if you’d like to guest on my blog…plenty of openings right now. :)
Thanks for the feedback on the ‘New Stuff’ :). I plan to point out conferences, apps, resources, etc, there.