Twitterific Writing Links

August 3, 2014 / Twitterific / 6 COMMENTS


by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraigBlog

Twitterific links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 23,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers.

Working with Unexpected Character Questions: Finding Your Character’s (or Narrator’s) Inner Story:  http://ow.ly/zDjVV @writeabook

A new, free phrase thesaurus for writers:  http://ow.ly/zOP6e @phrasehq

De-Stress Your Writing Life:  When Life Creates Factors Beyond Your Control:  http://ow.ly/zDjGd  @JessBaverstock

Writing and the Creative Life: The Magic of Ambient Noise: http://ow.ly/zDjcP @gointothestory               

Structuring the Novel: The Miracle Finish:  http://ow.ly/zDjTA @CalebPirtle

7 Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Self-Publishing Company:  http://ow.ly/zDjSb @HelenSedwick

10 Reasons Running Makes You a Better Writer http://ow.ly/zDjeE @StacyEnnis

Are authors running out of book titles?  http://ow.ly/zDjXa @guardianbooks

Writing Rules: (Almost) Never Say Never:  http://ow.ly/zDjLE

How Can Authors and Publishers Partner Better on Book Marketing? [Smart Set]:  http://ow.ly/zO3xX @Janefriedman

5 Things Writers Should Ask Potential Agents:  http://ow.ly/zDk6r @writersdigest

How to Write About Death:  http://ow.ly/zDk58 @enderawiggin

The 10 Greatest Literary Parties:  http://ow.ly/zDk9F @Novelicious

Bestselling ghostwriter reveals the secret world of the author for hire: http://ow.ly/zGphj @guardianbooks

29 Words That Mean Something Totally Different When You’re A Writer:  http://ow.ly/zGq4C @BuzzFeed @wordsbydan

How Writing a Synopsis is Like Carving Soap:  http://ow.ly/zGpVw @hollyrob1

Publishers should take advantage of their backlists: http://ow.ly/zGpQc @MikeShatzkin

Pulling the Plug http://ow.ly/zGpoI  @theprosecons

Are You Building Your Writer Platform at Gunpoint?  http://ow.ly/zGpxG @WriterPlatform

Improve Your Dialogue:  http://ow.ly/zGpDX @jamesscottbell @thecreativepenn

Creating Dread in a Short Story Opening:  http://ow.ly/zGpNS @Janice_Hardy

9 Things 1 Writer Did To Become A Full-Time Writer:  http://ow.ly/zGpJO @write_practice

Self-Published Book Awards: Are They Right for You? http://ow.ly/zGq04  @MarcyKennedy

The Science of Storytelling:  http://ow.ly/zGpBM  @Writers_Write

6 Qualities That Make an Agent Say Yes:  http://ow.ly/zGpdz @JanetKGrant

Writer Mantra: Don’t Make Assumptions:  http://ow.ly/zGqdz @kcraftwriter

Useful Links for Writers: Author Voice:  http://ow.ly/zGqwM  @writing_ie

Imagining Beyond One’s Own Experience: http://ow.ly/zGqGu @THahnBurkett @writerunboxed

The Structure of a Short Story:  http://ow.ly/zGp8N @woodwardkaren

Know Your Audience:  http://ow.ly/zJhb1

Mining the Data: Genre and Gender:  http://ow.ly/zJgGJ  @nico1esinger

4 Tips for Writing a Short Story:  http://ow.ly/zJfFa  @Julie_Glover

Irony in Dialogue: Intentional Irony:  http://ow.ly/zJfHp @cockeyedcaravan

Turning Your Novel into a Screenplay:  http://ow.ly/zJfWd @storyfix

How to Run a Successful Book Signing:  http://ow.ly/zJgL0 @MHartnerAuthor

Quality writing is not subjective:  http://ow.ly/zJhjg  @damiengwalter

7 Steps To Get Endorsements for Your Book:  http://ow.ly/zJgUC  @trainingauthors

How to Use Alliteration and Assonance:  http://ow.ly/zJfSs @WritersEdit

The Philosophy of Writing and Reading:  http://ow.ly/zJg4R @Shaina_Jade

How to Give your Characters a Distinctive Attitude:  http://ow.ly/zJfZ0 @shalvatzis

Top 10 Character Flaws That Don’t Work For Me:  http://ow.ly/zJfNA @pyrosama

Costuming Your Characters:  http://ow.ly/zJhqv @mythcreants

Personality Typing Characters http://ow.ly/zJgbU @glencstrathy

4 Revision Tips:  http://ow.ly/zLmmb @MichelleA_Smith

6 Things to Consider When Writing Promotional Copy for Your Book by Karl Bunker for @JFBookman :  http://ow.ly/zLlQs

Noticing Filler:  http://ow.ly/zLnqf @Kid_Lit

YA market opens up a new world for authors:  http://ow.ly/zLnLv @latjasonsong

Michael Crichton’s Method for Plotting Out a Story:  http://ow.ly/zLnAK @angelaackerman

Each character needs swoons and wounds:  http://ow.ly/zLmIS

We’re losing all our Strong Female Characters to Trinity Syndrome:  http://ow.ly/zLo9I @TashaRobinson @thedissolve

Douglas Preston: On Amazon, Hachette, and Indie Authors:  http://ow.ly/zMLpF @Porter_Anderson @TheFutureBook

Being Kind to Our Creative Self:  http://ow.ly/zDjOZ @DouglasEby

Time Management for Writers:  http://ow.ly/zDjIZ @Jeannie_Moon

Identifying bloated writing:  http://ow.ly/zDjZl  @ACFlory

The Ironic Conclusion:  http://ow.ly/zDk1V @cockeyedcaravan

155 Words to Describe an Author’s Tone:  http://ow.ly/zDjHD @writers_write

Great Character: Jackie Brown:  http://ow.ly/zDjbo @gointothestory

A Closer Look at the Upcoming Writer’s Digest Conference In New York Aug. 1-3:  http://ow.ly/zML71 @Porter_Anderson

5 Myths About the New Era of Publishing:  http://ow.ly/zDjED @leftonbomb

Acknowledgments … Who’s in Your Village? http://ow.ly/zDjB2 @mybookshepherd

The 3 things every horror author must understand:  http://ow.ly/zC9pn @standoutbooks

Your characters need their potatoes:  http://ow.ly/zC870 @JaneLebak

Emergency Communications Information for Writers:  http://ow.ly/zC7jQ @FionaQuinnBooks @djswykert

Writer Without Residence: Keeping it Lit on the Road:  http://ow.ly/zC8zE @EAyC

Making Writing Happen:  http://ow.ly/zC9hX @AbstractChicken

Tips for formatting a chapter: http://ow.ly/zC7wJ

The Thing About Theme: http://ow.ly/zC89N @Frank_Zafiro

5 Short Masterpieces by the Women of Horror’s Golden Age: http://ow.ly/zC8IB @sfsignal

How to Efficiently Evoke the Setting of a Novel:  http://ow.ly/zC9sS @JoeBunting

3 Myths That Hold Your Best Writing Back:  http://ow.ly/zC7Gw @adderworld

Is there a role for storytelling in science?  http://ow.ly/zC8oR @JonathanLWai

Law and Fiction: Googling potential jurors:  http://ow.ly/zC9CO

The Hero’s Journey: Part One, the Hero & the Journey:  http://ow.ly/zC9QO @AlienNextDoor

Editing Crimes: A Case Study http://ow.ly/zC7CH @kcraftwriter

How To Write A ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Story:  http://ow.ly/zC98M @woodwardkaren

3 Reasons You Should Attend a Writers’ Conference:  http://ow.ly/zC87U @losapala

A Better Way to Open Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/zzQRA @storyfix

The 10 Biggest Mistakes New Authors Make: http://ow.ly/zzPVl  @brooke_warner

On Trolls and Fake Bad Reviews:  http://ow.ly/zzQMK @victoriastrauss

The Secret Of How to Make Your Book Un-Put-Down-able:  http://ow.ly/zzQwn @kmweiland

How Authors Can Use Listmania to Promote Their Book:  http://ow.ly/zzQAG @aBookPublicist

Screenwriting: Sketch Anatomy: Andy Cowan Explains the Origins of ‘Seinfeld’s ‘The Opposite’:  http://ow.ly/zzQaw @splitsider

The Art of Microfiction:  http://ow.ly/zzQJs @GayleTowell

How to Write a Book or Blog (The 6 Danger Stages You Need To Overcome):  http://ow.ly/zA3TG @aliventures

The 3 Most Common Medical Mistakes Writers Make:  http://ow.ly/zzQZc @dplylemd

7 ways to overcome fear and uncertainty about writing:  http://ow.ly/zzQDy @SarahAlexis4

Murders designed to look like accidents in crime fiction: http://ow.ly/zA7hN @mkinberg

Tips for Writing a Short Film Screenplay:  http://ow.ly/zzQs1 @tumbhi

What literary fiction means and why it matters:   http://ow.ly/zzQiE @KOMcLaughlin

Are Your Scenes Causing an Effect? http://ow.ly/zzQ5Z @janice_hardy

Brand Yourself for Indie Success:  http://ow.ly/zA6q8  @BookWorksNYC

Emotional Elements of Plot: Stories that Last Evoke Emotion:  http://ow.ly/zA6C6 @plotwhisperer

Got Plot? A Handy Quick-Check – The Rhubarb Writers Group:  http://ow.ly/zA6dq

Structuring a Novel Part 4: The Critical Decision:  http://ow.ly/zwhBq @CalebPirtle

Why your character’s religion, or lack of it, is important:  http://ow.ly/zwhxS

The Author Earnings Report Methodology:  http://ow.ly/zGtlF @HughHowey @AuthorEarnings

Where are the women in African non-fiction?  http://ow.ly/zwfgJ @MsAfropolitan

Edits, Editors, Editing: ”The Secret Weapon of Every Successful Writer:  http://ow.ly/zGqic @RuthHarrisBooks

Javier Marias’ 7 Reasons Not to Write Novels +1 Reason Why:  http://ow.ly/zwfeQ @pubperspectives

Building a Killer Email List:  http://ow.ly/zwf63  @nick_stephenson

Tips For Better Dialogue:  http://ow.ly/zwdP1 @Flashflood14

Why Your Story’s Ending Determines its Beginning through its Middle:  http://ow.ly/zwhwt @shalvatzis

How to make a living as a writer:  http://ow.ly/zwdR4   @standoutbooks

Setting: Context & Picture:  http://ow.ly/zFOzw  by Jack Smith.

Novel Pacing: 3 Crucial Elements:  http://ow.ly/zwg26 @lindasclare

5 Things to Know about Working with Beta Readers:  http://ow.ly/zwf7g @byondpapr

Tackling the Rewrite:  http://ow.ly/zwfZZ @EAyC

Finding the Right Critique Group for You | Word Cafe:   http://ow.ly/zwdIR

33 Things 1 Writer Learned About Writing at 33:  http://ow.ly/zwfsb  @LorenKleinman

Writing a Memoir: The Ultimate Selfie:  http://ow.ly/zwfpe @writers_write

Tips for Finding Your Writing Groove Again:  http://ow.ly/zwg7e @jawardwrites

The mistake of appealing to readers for support (in the Amazon-Hachette-indie author fracas):  http://ow.ly/zDC56 @Porter_Anderson

Common Writer Advice Revised:  http://ow.ly/ztlbf @HeatherJacksonW

15 Tips To Increase Your Productivity:  http://ow.ly/ztkSm @mollygreene

3 TED Talks That Uncover the Secrets of Storytelling:  http://ow.ly/ztktM @JulieNeumark

Free Indirect Style: what it is and how to use it: http://ow.ly/ztmGs @emma_darwin

When Defending Your Writing Becomes Defending Yourself : http://ow.ly/ztloT @salesses

8 Ways to Reignite Your Passion for Writing and Write:  http://ow.ly/ztlTU @WriterJoMalby

  1. Thanks as ever, Elizabeth, for these great links. There are some good ones this week about accuracy (law, medicine, etc..). Must check those out. I think that’s one way writers can really writer stories that draw readers in – being accurate.

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