Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Happy holidays to everyone!  I’ll be on a blog break to spend time with my family. I’ll be back on the blog on Monday, Jan. 6.  :) 

• Get the Most of Writing Coaching: @KarenHWhiting @EdieMelson
• Six Things Editors Want Writers to Know: from Jeanette the Writer @DIYMFA

• List of Book Fairs and Book Festivals by State: @robertleebrewer @WritersDigest
• PEN America Announces 2020 Longlists in Its $330,000 Literary Awards: @Porter_Anderson @PENamerica @pubperspectives
• International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The 2020 Longlist: @Porter_Anderson

• Writing Tips: Using Visual Inspiration For Your Stories: @JillHedgecock @thecreativepenn
• The Ultimate Writing Prompt: @wordgrower @ProWritingAid
• Want a More Creative Life? Read a Novel: @kcmaher3 @BookTrib

• Reading Makes You a Better Writer: @ShanDitty @GoTeenWriters
• 7 Books About the Struggle of Being a Writer: @v_gnesis @ElectricLit

• How to Make Time For Writing Outside Your Day Job: A Quick Guide: @MegDowell
• Snatch Writing Time When You Can: @terrywhalin

• Don’t Let Your Confidence Issues Stop You From Writing: @MegDowell
• How to Become a Full-Time Writer: @sacha_black @jennamoreci
• 3 Ways to Get Past What’s Holding You Back: @sandrabeckwith @JFbookman
• Be Kind To Yourself: @mishy1727 @TheIWSG
• Capturing Natural Coincidences, in Fiction and Life: @signoramartha @lithub
• 3 Ways to Sneak in Writing During the Holidays: @BeingTheWriter
• How to deal with a new book idea: @pubcoach
• Swimming Sideways: Navigating Grief As A Writer And An Artist: @ChuckWendig

• Things to Consider When Writing a Dystopia: from Sandy Dragon

• Crime Writing: Avoiding an Ambush: @LeeLofland

• A Picture-Perfect Picture Book — Five Tips: by Trinka Hakes Noble @DIYMFA

• Tips for Writing a Flirty Conversation: @rfwriters

• The Other Final Frontier: Writing Ocean Settings: @victoriarius_ @sfwa

• Why Do Movie Monsters Keep Kidnapping Women? by T.L. Bodine

• 14 Things No One Ever Tells You About Having a Blog: @MegDowell

• What Makes Readers Give an Unknown Author a Chance? by Barbara Linn Probst @JaneFriedman

• Whatever You Do, Make it New: @BE_Sanderson
• Using Audiobooks As Part Of Your Author Marketing Strategy: @KimberleyGrabas
• Yes, Writers, it is Possible to Get Past Your Fear of Marketing Yourself as an Author: @losapala @TheRyanLanz

• McNally Jackson Independent Booksellers’ Workers Opt to Join Union: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• AAP Joins Broad Opposition to Proposed Trump Policy on Journal Articles: @Porter_Anderson @AmericanPublish @scholarlykitchn @ThomTillis @pubperspectives

• Top Russian Titles and Highlights at Moscow’s 2019 Non/Fiction Book Fair: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
• China Bestsellers November 2019: ‘Weathering’ Heights: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Sharjah World Book Capital Program Backs Kenyan Library Restoration: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s World Outreach Prompts Seven Translations: @HannahSJohnson @pubperspectives
• Translator Marilyn Booth on Arabic in Publishing: ‘An Encouraging Sign’: @Porter_Anderson @UniofOxford @TheBookerPrizes @magdalenoxford @sandstonepress @HoopoeFiction @CityLightsBooks @OneworldNews
• Rights Perspectives From Guadalajara as a ‘Gateway to Latin America’: By Adam Critchley @pubperspectives
• Rights Roundup: A Season of Sales: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• How to Ground (and Hook) Readers in Your Opening Scene: @Janice_Hardy

• The Villain Checklist – How to Create a “Great & Terrible” Villain: @LexicalForge @CareerAuthors

• How to describe a character (with free character development crib sheet): @amabaie
• Five Things Readers Need to Know About Character In Your First Pages: @Kid_Lit
• A Writer’s Guide to Understanding People: @KMWeiland

• 5 Questions for Choosing a Protagonist Who Represents Your Story’s Theme: @KMWeiland

• Use Your Secondary Characters Wisely: @beccapuglisi

• Top 5 Edits Mistakes Writers Make: @Bang2write

• Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Discovering a Spouse’s Secret: @beccapuglisi

• Narrative Drive – Do You Have It? @JordanDane @killzoneauthors
• Motive: The Key to Writing Stories Readers Can’t Put Down: @KristenLambTX
• Back to the Basics: What Makes a Great Story: @eseckman @TheIWSG
• Free Indirect Discourse: Its Advantages: @woodwardkaren

• Plot Mapping With Characters: from Fix Your Writing Habits

• How to Develop your Book Idea: 8 Exercises: @nownovel

• Punctuation Series: How to Edit Slashes: @tishmartin1416 @A3writers

• Pre-Editing Checklist: by Bucket Siler

• 5 Tips for Building a House or Setting That Comes Alive for Readers: @DMPulleyAuthor @WritersDigest

• How to Properly Portray Mental Health Issues in Fiction: @shy_holland @ebdawsonwriting @_HannahHeath

• Six Rape Tropes and How to Replace Them: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

• Tools for writing: 3 mobile dictation apps that save writers time: by Paul Morton @wearearticulate

• Did Hemingway say “write drunk, edit sober”? Nope—he preferred writing sober. @JessZafarris @WritersDigest #TopTweets2019
• Make Free Book Trailers with Lumen5: @MJBowersock @IndiesUnlimited #TopTweets2019
• Why “Bird Box” Starring Sandra Bullock Was Such a Ginormous Hit for Netflix: @JeffYorkWriter @CreativeScreen #TopTweets2019