by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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For those writers who would love to learn to write a Hallmark Christmas movie, my writer friend H.R. D’Costa is offering a special course outlining how to do it. It’s $57 and you can find out more information here.
- What Is Developmental Editing? @victoria_grif7
- Is Your Book Ready for an Editor? @ReedsyHQ
- Self-publishing News: What Will a Vaccine Mean for Publishing? @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI
- UK-Born Lucy Moffatt Wins Norway’s 2020 NORLA Translator’s Award: @Porter_Anderson @LucyTranslator @pubperspectives
- The UAE’s Physical Sharjah International Book Fair Hosts 1,024 Exhibitors: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- 5 Reasons to Review Old Conference Notes: @Julie_Glover
- PEN America Names First Recipients of L’Engle-Rahman Prize: @Porter_Anderson @PENamerica @pubperspectives
- Canadian Campus-Based Publishers Observe University Press Week: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
- Conexión Alemania-España Frankfurt: Guest of Honor Spain and Germany: @Porter_Anderson
- Frankfurter Buchmesse Announces Restructuring and Streamlining: @Porter_Anderson @Book_Fair @pubperspectives
- 300+ Story Ideas: @GoIntoTheStory
- Cataloging Your Influences:
- Resources for Writers in Need of Inspiration: @mike54martin
- Train Your Writing Muse: @Lindasclare
- Seances as an Element in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Mysteries that Feature Teamwork: @MargotKinberg
- Self-deprecating Humor as an Element in Crime Fiction: @MargotKinberg
- Fear and Self-Doubt for Writers: @MichaelLaRonn
- Can You Be a Full-Time Writer on a Chromebook? by Tom Meitner @ProWritingAid
- Return to the Five Ws of Writing: @tickledpinktam @EdieMelson
- Refilling the Writer’s Well: @dreamstobecome @FloridaWriters1
- Remembering Our “Why”: by Crystal J. Casavant-Otto @womenonwriting
- Sustaining Hope–An Artist’s Specialty: @VaughnRoycroft @WriterUnboxed
- Arrogance vs. Confidence, Self-deprecation vs. Humility: @SeptCFawkes
- Literary puzzle solved for just third time in almost 100 years: @alisonflood @GuardianBooks
- 11 Ways to Ignite Your Writing Passion: @diannmills @EdieMelson
- Don’t Fall Prey to The Dark Side of Good Writing Habits: @ShannaSwendson
- Five More Things You Could Be Saying To Yourself That Will Guarantee Failure: @10minnovelist
- You can stay in the house where F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald lived for $72 a night: @cesegal @lithub
- Depicting Historical Cultures With Problematic Behavior: by Fay Onyx @mythcreants
- For the Love of Pretend Maps: @PhilAthans
- Crafting the Master Detective: by Victoria R. Girmonde @StoryGrid
- How to Write Suspects in a Mystery Novel: by Michelle Schusterman
- Adding Suspense to a Mystery With Macabre Interest in the Crime: @MargotKinberg
- Locked Room Murder Mysteries: Tips for Writers: by Kevin G. Chapman @BooksThatThrill
- Great Scene: “This is Spinal Tap”: @GoIntoTheStory
- Screenwriting: The Ultimate Story Checklist: “The Farewell”: @CockeyedCaravan
- Storyteller’s Rulebook: Specificity is Universal: @CockeyedCaravan
- Marketing from Reader Feedback: @KarenHWhiting @EdieMelson
- How to Market a Self Published Book Without Wasting So Much Time: @Bookgal
- How to Manage Instagram From Your Computer: @jenns_trends
- Social Media for Writers: Practical Tips and Tricks: by J.D. Edwin @write_practice
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- How to Hone Your Virtual Speaking Skills: @nedadallal @PRHDigital
- Audiobook Narration, Production And Marketing Tips: @AuthorSecrets @thecreativepenn
- Graphic novels are overlooked by book prizes, but that’s starting to change: @BethBDaley @ConversationUS
- Why There Aren’t More Jointly Authored Novels: by Christine Ro @BookTrib
- Rights Roundup: Summer Dreams in November: @Porter_Anderson @pubperspectives
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- Use a Character’s Career to Support Your Story’s Theme: @beccapuglisi @annerallen
- How to use hopes and dreams to make a character come alive: @NathanBransford
- Writers can learn from comic books: by Josh Langston
- Tumbleweed, Gunslingers, and Suspense: 5 Films that are Both Westerns and Thrillers: by Jill Hand and @BrandonBarrows @BooksThatThrill
- Epistolary Storytelling: from How to Fight Write
- Managing your Cast: by Dave King @WriterUnboxed
- Holding Back Story Info Doesn’t Always Create Suspense: @ZoeMMcCarthy
- Road, Neighborhood, Sky: A Three-Layered Approach to Writing a Novel: by Barbara Linn Probst @WriterUnboxed
- Grammatical Expletives: @LouiseHarnby
- A No-Stress Guide to Using Italics: by Dana Isaacson @CareerAuthors
- When you fear your book has a major flaw, how to diagnose what’s really wrong @Roz_Morris
- The Beginning Writer’s Guide To Finishing A Novel: 6 Questions To Ask When Editing: @StephMorrill @GoTeenWriters
- Ten Editing Tricks that Will Make Your Writing Better: @Gabino_Iglesias @LitReactor
- Book Scenes: Four Key Things To Establish: @KMAllan_writer
- First sentence in the scene — Starting the experience: from Edittorrent
- Fictionalizing your hometown: @laurpuckett @TheWriterMag
- Make Your Setting Realistic: @JoanHallWrites @StoryEmpire
A Hallmark movie? Well, I guess they are formula, like a specific genre.
There’s definitely a pattern to them, from what I’ve seen. And the pattern is extremely popular, too!
Thanks for these links, Elizabeth. I’m really glad there are some about reflecting on why we become writers in the first place, and what our writing motivation. It’s not easy to be a writer, and it helps to keep in mind what ignites our passion in the first place.
It does help, doesn’t it? It’s sometimes not the easiest life, otherwise!
Hi Elizabeth,
Thanks for sharing a link to the Christmas Movie Writer Starter Kit! I really appreciate it.
I also enjoyed the link to the Body Language Cheat Sheet. You always find such great stuff.
Hope you had a great weekend!
It looks like a great kit, HRD!
There are so many good resources out there…happy to share them. :)