by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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Create a Compelling Character, Addendum: His or Her Unique Perspective: http://ow.ly/z9jTA @CockeyedCaravan
Authors Will Soon Be Able to Sell their eBooks on Facebook: http://ow.ly/zkGvj @Goodereader
Where To Set Your Story and Tips for Researching Locations: http://ow.ly/zlTFh @LovelyAuthor
How can we ease the summer’s debate? http://ow.ly/zkRCm @Porter_Anderson @HughHowey @philipdsjones
How to Start Your Story: http://ow.ly/zc9vQ @HGComan
3 Steps to Taking Your Character Further and Deeper With Anger: http://ow.ly/zc9yr @angelaackerman
Should you revise, rework or reject your book? http://ow.ly/ @emma_darwin
12 Hashtags for Promoting Your Book: http://ow.ly/zca8k @ReadersJournal
4 Ways To Write Every Day: http://ow.ly/zcadP @woodwardkaren
Choosing and Staying True to A Point of View: http://ow.ly/zcbhZ @amyjmcelroy
Creating a Scene Outline for Your Novel: http://ow.ly/zcbVu @JodieRennerEd
Always Open To The Possibility Of Writing: http://ow.ly/zcah8 @jrobertlennon
100 Writing Prompts: http://ow.ly/zcapg @Wiseink
Pricing Strategies for Ebooks in a Series: http://ow.ly/zcbOz @goblinwriter
Why children’s literary heroes need to be less white: http://ow.ly/zcaTe @amymcculloch
26 Ways Writers Can Make a Workshop Successful: http://ow.ly/zcbdS @themjkelley
Write an irresistible book blurb in 5 easy steps: http://ow.ly/zcavb @writers_write
In Defence of Ghostwriting: http://ow.ly/zcb5B @GMcDuling
How Authors Can (and Should) Use Author Copies: http://ow.ly/zc9br @outskirtspress
20 Ideas for Sharing on Social Media: http://ow.ly/zgfuO @CaballoFrances
11 Author Quotations to Help Reluctant Readers Find Their Way: http://ow.ly/zgeAH @geekerydo
Friendships Among Your Characters: http://ow.ly/zgfqp @CantrellJason
You’re not behind and writers are not in a race: http://ow.ly/zgeJc @deanwesleysmith
Successful Querying: ItÂ’s Not All About The Letter: http://ow.ly/zgfSD @mmfinck @womenwriters
When Real Life Happens To Your Fiction: http://ow.ly/zgeZ5 @chgriffinauthor
Freelancing: Make a Living as a Writer: A Simple Strategy That Works: http://ow.ly/zgemq @hopeclark
9 Things Writers Need to Know Before the Book Deal: http://ow.ly/zkO8C @MartinaABoone
The Arc of The Indie Author Journey: From First Book to CEO Of Your Global Media Empire: http://ow.ly/z9icl @thecreativepenn
July 2014 Author Earnings Report: http://ow.ly/zkGEI @AuthorEarnings @HughHowey
How to Write a Negative Character Arc: The First Act: http://ow.ly/z9jc4 @KMWeiland
Do Writers Practice Their Art? http://ow.ly/z9j84 @janice_hardy
History’s Most Heinous Typos: http://ow.ly/z9juZ @drummondmoir
How to Live the Brave Story You Must Write: http://ow.ly/z9izU @JeffreyDavis108
3 Ways to Brand Your Covers: http://ow.ly/z9iTG @janetkgrant
What to blog about: 5 top tips for new and aspiring authors: http://ow.ly/z9iY2 @altait
Never let research get in the way of a good story: http://ow.ly/z9ijN @IrishTimes
7 Questions that Will Change How You Publish: http://ow.ly/z9iPD @cjlyonswriter
Situations in crime fiction when characters are faced with difficult choices: http://ow.ly/zja2R @mkinberg
7 Things Writers Can Learn from Stand-up Comedians: http://ow.ly/z9jhE @byagoda
How To Begin Your Book With A Knockout: http://ow.ly/z9j23 @huffpost
Enjoy what you’re writing or you’ll never finish: http://ow.ly/z9iox @Eliz_Mallory
One Thing Authors Shouldn’t Leave Out of A Story’s “Big Moment”: http://ow.ly/z9j5R @vgrefer
Even Harvard Business School advice may not work for publishers in their struggle with Amazon: http://ow.ly/zgrBH @MikeShatzkin
How To Change the Future of Publishing Now, Even Though It’s Too Late: http://ow.ly/zgvkn @vaporbook
5 Things Every Screenwriter Should Know About Writing A Novel: http://ow.ly/z6F9G @Abdaddy
Stereotypes, Tropes, and Archetypes: http://ow.ly/z6ET1 from Clever Girl Helps
A Crash Course in Mystery Sub-Genres: http://ow.ly/z6ENF @MarcyKennedy
A digital renaissance for the science fiction short story: http://ow.ly/z6EY3 @damiengwalter
Preparing for Success (and finding more time to write): http://ow.ly/ @DanBlank
5 Signs Your Character Is Fully Developed: http://ow.ly/z6GbN @mythcreants
Mystery Novelist Daniel Friedman on Amazon v. Hachette: http://ow.ly/zgDvv @junglereds @DanFriedman81
Songwriting Tip: Rhyming http://ow.ly/z6EM9 @harrietschock
Uses of the Past Participle: http://ow.ly/z6ES4 @writing_tips
Character Checklist: http://ow.ly/zgBQF @MartinaABoone
Putting An End To Plot Conveniences: http://ow.ly/z6F5b @litreactor
Why characters are the heart of your novel – & how you can write them effectively: http://ow.ly/z6FgI @roz_morris
How to Get Successfully Published Today: Big 5, Indy, or Self-Publish? http://ow.ly/z6F6S @passivevoiceblg
Submit Queries Using Real Name or Pen Name? http://ow.ly/z6FWG
$5k advances for lifetime rights of works that can’t go out of print is indefensible: http://ow.ly/zguS2 @HughHowey
What Is the Future of the Physical Bookstore? [Smart Set] http://ow.ly/zgrwe @Janefriedman
Writer Nightmares: http://ow.ly/z6FfR @rebeccamakkai
Sentence clauses and commas. http://ow.ly/z6EUN @ericjbaker1
5 Free Tools of Social Media Success for Writers: http://ow.ly/z6G95 @SMisDynamite
How to fix a plot hole: http://ow.ly/z6Fc8 @roz_morris
How character POV affects word choice: http://ow.ly/z4W6h @weifarer
3 Quotes every Writer should Ink to their Souls: http://ow.ly/z4VWH @EudaimoniaJanne
If Writers Wrote as Some People Talk: http://ow.ly/z4WmJ @Massim0Marin0
Common Plotting Faults and What to do About Them: http://ow.ly/z4Uq4 @barbbradley
6 Things That Will Happen a Few Days Before Your Book Comes Out: http://ow.ly/z4VdK @Petermball
Handling eBook Pirates http://ow.ly/z4VTN @BadRedheadMedia @macpetreshock
For Writers, Are Bars the New Coffee Shop? http://ow.ly/z4Ws0 @UrbanMuseWriter @contently
Here’s why you shouldn’t underestimate the power of setting: http://ow.ly/z4WLD @standoutbooks
Take Your Characters Out to Lunch: 5 Development Exercises: http://ow.ly/z4VPe @adearinthewoods
8 Reasons All Authors Need Business Plans for Their Books: http://ow.ly/z4VIX @ninaamir
How to Personalize Your Revision Checklist: http://ow.ly/z4Wjj @writing_tips
Finding an Agent: What No One Wants to Talk About: http://ow.ly/z4V2p @arnabontemps
Battling Cliches & Tired, Old Tropes: Hate-at-First-Sight Love Stories: http://ow.ly/z4Xda @stdennard
Harper Lee gave the US a story for the ages. Just don’t ask her about it: http://ow.ly/z4W8J @CharlesLeerhsen @SmithsonianMag
How To Maintain Your Writing Voice: http://ow.ly/z4Vn8 @SITSGirls
What does #Steampunk Mean? 10 Authors Share their Vision of the Genre: http://ow.ly/z4WE3 @Fuelforwriters
6 Things Your Book Publicist Won’t Tell You: http://ow.ly/z3RJ2 @SarahPinneo
Writing with Emotion: http://ow.ly/z3Oxa @JanalynVoigt
Having Trouble Plotting Forward? Try Plotting Backward: http://ow.ly/z3Phq @Janice_Hardy
How NOT to write disabled people: http://ow.ly/z3OV7 @disabilityinlit
The Daily Routines Of 26 Of History’s Most Creative Minds: http://ow.ly/z3JPv @FastCoDesign
Standalone or series? http://ow.ly/z3RTk @Author_DFarland
An agent on agent guidelines and querying: http://ow.ly/z3KqS @Janet_Reid
Script To Screen: “Cinema Paradiso”: http://ow.ly/z3RQV @gointothestory
#FutureChat recap: How can we pay authors what they deserve? http://ow.ly/zbu56 @Porter_Anderson @MirabilisDave @camillelaguire
What Should an Author Expect from an Agent? http://ow.ly/z3JHC @susanspann
5 Top Tips To Boost Writing Productivity | Self-Publishing Advice http://ow.ly/z3JBf @CSheehanMiles
On Writing the First Kiss: http://ow.ly/z3KHi @AnnaCampbelloz
What Is Voice In Fiction? http://ow.ly/z3KAR @MartinaABoone
Query question: how much less enticing is a second novel? http://ow.ly/z3OE4 @Janet_Reid
So You Want To Make A Living Writing? 13 Great Truths: http://ow.ly/z3L1g @bob_mayer
20 Ways To Reuse, Recycle and Repurpose Content: http://ow.ly/z3JsP @bookgal
10 things most writers don’t know about the woods: http://ow.ly/z3Rqm @DanKoboldt
What 1 writer learned while reading for an agent: http://ow.ly/z0qf9 @OrlyKonigLopez
Continue writing a successful series? Or take time out for something new? http://ow.ly/z8DWP
5 Essential Questions to Ask When Writing Your Protagonist: http://ow.ly/z0oet @bridgetmcnulty
How to Respond to Alarming Industry Changes: http://ow.ly/z0ozO @rachellegardner
4 Reasons We Sometimes Write (Too) Slowly: http://ow.ly/z0pKP @vgrefer
Will Publishing Change The Tone as Rhetoric on Both Sides Heats Up? http://ow.ly/z9cIZ @thoughtcatalog @Porter_Anderson
Why We Need ‘Ugly’ Heroines: http://ow.ly/z0p3t @buzzfeed
Dinner parties featured in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/z8u5k @mkinberg
The Author-Reader Amazon Revolution:Mirage or Reality? http://ow.ly/z0opa @claudenougat
10 Tips to Beat Writer’s Block: http://ow.ly/z0pk0 @sdwriter
6 Writing Tips From John Steinbeck: http://ow.ly/z0o65 @verbicide
The 8 laws of Foreshadowing: http://ow.ly/z0ppn @nownovel
9 Great Tools and Programs to Help You Edit: http://ow.ly/z8oyF @alexjcavanaugh
The Art of the Opening Sentence: http://ow.ly/z0nPq @jrc2666
Recharge Your Writing Batteries: http://ow.ly/yX1It @CarolineLawrenc
When a Writing Dead End Becomes a Detour to Success: http://ow.ly/yWUA6 @NinaBadzin
Magical Creatures for Magical Worlds: Fairies http://ow.ly/yWUvo @Chilari
Point of view shifts and head-hopping: always bad? http://ow.ly/yWUqT @roz_morris
Hidden Emotions: How To Tell Readers What Characters Don’t Want To Show: http://ow.ly/z0p7O @angelaackerman
What Defines Traditional Publishing? What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You. http://ow.ly/z6HxJ @annerallen
The 7 Paragraph Synopsis: http://ow.ly/yWTfw @HopeRamsay
3 Ways to Plan a Marketable Novel without Losing Creativity: http://ow.ly/yWSHK @ninaamir
Dissecting Your Characters: http://ow.ly/yWRqg @TerriLAustin
Positive Versus Negative Description: http://ow.ly/yWTpV @Kid_Lit
3 Ways to Train Your Brain to be More Creative http://ow.ly/yWSVP @AlexZamorski @thewritelife
A normal life for our characters? http://ow.ly/yWRv0 @VickyThinks
Writing Workshops: Tough Love, Indulgence, or Shark Tanks? http://ow.ly/yWRA8 @BTMargins
Why Words Matter in Fiction and Story: http://ow.ly/yWUol @noveleditor
How to Create a Compelling Character: The Moment of Humanity http://ow.ly/z9jGa @CockeyedCaravan
Hey, thanks for including my IWSG post! And the one from Martina.
Alex–You’re welcome–great posts!
Elizabeth – As always, such a wonderful list of helpful links. I must absorb that article that reminds us that this isn’t a race. It’s a journey…
Margot–I felt calmer when I read that post. :)
I don’t always comment, Elizabeth, but I always really appreciate these links. Helps me catch up on what I missed! Thanks.
Anne–And thanks to you for great posts that make their way into my roundups. :)
Soooo much great stuff this week. Thanks so much, Elizabeth!
Julie–Thanks! Hope you have a great week.
Elizabeth, thanks so much for adding my blog article on writer workshops to your list! So awesome. Appreciate it. And what a great list you have here.
M.J.–It was a great post! Thanks for the great resource for writers.