Twitterific Writing Links

by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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• Books to Film: The Option Versus The Shopping Agreement: @MattKnightBooks @JaneFriedman
• Business Musings: Time and Money: @KristineRusch
• How to Identify Your Author Level: @NickThacker @SelfPubForm
• Writing And Business Lessons Learned From 500 Episodes And 11 Years Of The Creative Penn Podcast: @thecreativepenn
• The Indie Author’s Guide to Managing Piracy: @IndieAuthorALLI
• How to Use Your Book’s Themes to Create Discussion: @Sara_HeartStory @DIYMFA

• Coronavirus Impact: Nigeria’s Aké Arts and Book Festival 2020 is Digital: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Author Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Translator Michele Hutchison, Win International Booker Prize: @Porter_Anderson @mariek1991 @M_Hutchison @pubperspectives

• Fiction That Will Immerse You in Medicine’s Long, Messy Past: @LydiaYKang
• How to (Actually) Get Better at Writing by Reading: @PSHoffmanAuthor
• Top 5 Speculative Fiction Books with Disability Representation: @_HannahHeath
• 9 Thrillers About Children Gone Wrong: @HankPRyan @BookTrib
• Five Doomed Armies in Science Fiction: @jamesdnicoll @tordotcom
• 7 Books Told From the Perspective of Domestic Workers: @SpiroAnimal @CrimeReads

• How Screenwriters Should Plan Their Writing Days: @CreativeScreen

• The Best-Kept Secret “Real” Writers Use to Crush Writer’s Block: by Jacqueline Myers

• “You Have to Shift From Consuming to Creating.” @marcuswhitney @DanBlank
• How Writer @KaiStrand Chooses What Project to Work on Next and Why She Chose a Pen Name for Some Books:
• Lee Child on Jack Reacher: ‘I don’t like him that much’: @alisonflood @GuardianBooks
• How to Overcome Writer’s Burnout: @NYBookEditors
• Reminder: Toni Morrison took time to become Toni Morrison: @thegirlcanwrite @zoramag
• Lockdown Opportunities for Writers: @dkparsonswriter @SelfPubForm
• Mental Toughness as a Writer: @davidfarland
• Helpful Resources, Opportunities, and Services for Disabled Writers: @WordMothers h/t @jsutt
• Hopeful Strategies For When You Don’t Have Time For Your Dream: @10minnovelist
• 3 Toxic Myths About Writing You Probably Believe: @Bang2write
• How Can I Get the Same Obsession I Had With a Previous Story? by Chris Winkle @mythcreants
• How to Get Stuff Done as a Writer (or How This INTJ Leverages Her Te): @KMWeiland
• Is This the End of Writing in Cafés? On the Appeal of Lingering During (and After) a Pandemic: @knownemily @lithub

• How to Write Comedy Even If You’re Not Funny: @TrueFactBarFact @BryanJCollins

• Memoir’s Primary Argument–How to Make Sure Your Memoir Has Universal Meaning: @writeabook
• Writing Tips: How To Write Memoir: @mroachsmith @thecreativepenn

• Genre for Authors: The Look and Feel Overlap – A System For Defining Genre: @katekrake
• Writing Graphic Novels: 5 Ways to Enliven Stories: @nownovel

• Crime Writing: How Not to Write a Crime Report: @GarryRodgers1 @killzoneauthors

• Five Lies I Believed About Poetry Writing: @10minnovelist

• Screenwriting: 13 Types Of TV Writers’ Rooms Whiteboards: @CreativeScreen
• Screenwriting: Believe, Care, Invest: Frozen: @CockeyedCaravan
• Screenwriting: Believe, Care, Invest: Get Out: @CockeyedCaravan

• Tips To Know If You’re Writing a YA: @KMazeauthor

• How to Sell More Books With the Right Kindle Metadata: @DaveChesson @kristen_kieffer

• How to Make the Most of Your Amazon Author Page: @NinaAmir
• 8 Most Common Book Marketing Mistakes Authors Make Today: @Bookgal

• Mailerlite Review for Authors: @DaveChesson

• Aspen Institute Looks at a Publishing Industry Challenged to Embrace Diversity: @Porter_Anderson @AspenInstitute @adriennebrodeur @pubperspectives
• Writing, Publishing And Book Marketing Q@A: @thecreativepenn
• ‘Race and Power’: Cambridge University Press Opens Free Access: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• PEN America Releases 111 ‘We Will Emerge’ Essays on the Pandemic: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives @PENamerica

• Industry Notes: Kuwait Curtails Censorship; Hong Kong Sees Campus Concerns: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• China Bestsellers in July: Student Reading Drives the Charts: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Self-Publishing News: Nook is Back: @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI
• Belarus Crisis: IPA, Publishers Federation Back European Writers’ Council: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Germany’s Springer Nature: Transformative Agreements Can Flip Markets: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Canada’s Access Copyright Foundation Announces Professional Development: @Porter_Anderson Grants @pubperspectives @AccessCopyright
• Rights Roundup Preview: Finnish Debut Sells English Rights: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
• Spain’s PRH Grupo Editorial and Canada’s Wattpad Strike Rights Deal: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives

• Dealing With Rejection as a Writer: @shaelinbishop @ReedsyHQ

• What Your First 50 Pages Reveals: @manzanitafire @JaneFriedman

• How to Develop a Memorable Character: @ecellenb

• 8 Ways Voice Can Show Emotional Depth: @LisaHallWilson

• How to Make Your Supporting Characters Shine: @mary_russell @CareerAuthors
• Even minor characters need to want something: @NathanBransford

• Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Public Humiliation: @AngelaAckerman
• 5 Writing Tips for Punching up Fight Scenes for any Genre: @JChaseNovelist
• Q&A: Magical Warfare: from How to Fight Write

• Your Quick And Easy Guide To Editing Dialogue: by Robert Wood @standoutbooks

• How to Weave in Backstory Without Stalling Out Your Story: @FoxPrintEd @WriterUnboxed

• “The Hate U Give” (Angie Thomas): An Editor’s Look at the Story Through the Story Grid Lens: @abigailkperry @StoryGrid
• Lessons From the Terrible Writing of Eragon’s Sequel: by Chris Winkle @mythcreants

• 57 Literary Devices That’ll Elevate Your Writing: @SarahCyWrites @smartbloggerhq
• Implementing Theme into Your Story: @SeptCFawkes

• Plot Twists, Surprises, and How to Keep Your Reader Guessing: @LauraHankin @DIYMFA
• Watch Out for Overwriting: Once is Enough: @Margo_L_Dill
• Crafting a Relationship That Matters: @AngelaAckerman @JamiGold
• Theatrical Shortcuts for Dynamic Fiction: @Leannarenee @sfwa
• The Biggest Writing Craft Issue New Novelists Face: 7 Ways to Avoid It: @annerallen

• Resources for Writers: Quick Tips for Avoiding Viewpoint Gaffes in Your Fiction: @JodieRennerEd
• Writing Multiple POVs: @Lindasclare

• 6 Rules of Improv for Writers: How to “Yes, And” Your Way to Better Scenes: by Joslyn Chase @write_practice

• Further vs. Farther (Grammar Rules): @robertleebrewer @WritersDigest

• 8 “Telling” Words to Eliminate in Our Writing: @PeggySueWells @EdieMelson

• Critique Skills for Writers: @Lindasclare

• Use Body Language to Characterize: @AJHumpage

• Tips On Writing A Synopsis: @lomace @WomenWriters

• Write What is Unreal But True: @jamesscottbell @killzoneauthors wkb89

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