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by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig

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Happy 2022! Hope everyone has a happy, productive year. My apologies for the wacky formatting in this post! Your next Twitterific will be nicely-organized, as usual, ha! This post includes the most-clicked links for 2021 (or the #TopTweets).

World Reading Habits in 2021: http://ow.ly/IxTt30s4Zt1 #wkb63

The Inciting Incident and Character Void:  http://ow.ly/AMgn30rC6qk  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Screenplays Are Stories, Not Formulas:  http://ow.ly/5vya30rMvoQ  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Work More Sales into Your End of Summer Book Marketing Plan:  http://ow.ly/63iy30rQAcZ  @Bookgal #TopTweets2021

It takes a lot of manure to grow a few good roses:  http://ow.ly/ByVB30rLzVs  @AlanBaxter #TopTweets2021

Alexander Payne on appealing characters vs. sympathetic characters:  http://ow.ly/RJEg30rLSBX  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021″

Catch Readers With The Unexpected:  http://ow.ly/WTRz30rIW6H  @jessicastrawser @CareerAuthors #TopTweets2021

What Makes a Great Story? http://ow.ly/ba3f30rwZ4q  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

When All Else Fails: Plot Jumpstarters:  http://ow.ly/EzMY30rza05  @PaulaSMunier @CareerAuthors  #TopTweets2021

Improving your first page:  http://ow.ly/Z7Ji30rwt4L  @ReadAlessandra @AuthorsAi #TopTweets2021″

What is Dramatic Tension? http://ow.ly/I3SW30rxU8g  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Author Peter Hotez’s Vaccine ‘Cormevax’: @Porter_Anderson  http://ow.ly/fqor30s5KN7 @PeterHotez  @pubperspectives #wkb88

Page One: “Knives Out”(2019):  http://ow.ly/GXI830rKQdF  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Introducing Unique Story Elements without Confusing Readers: http://ow.ly/eMPt30rttdb  @beccapuglisi #TopTweets2021

5 Tips For Marketing Your Book In Multiple Languages: http://ow.ly/7E8R30rvUJa  @ofertirosh @Writers_Write  #TopTweets2021

Create Story Worlds with Land, People, and Technology:  http://ow.ly/1vau30rINCg  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Exploring Female Character Archetypes “The Wild Woman”:  http://ow.ly/6a1q30rvGYR  @Writing_Nomad @CreativeScreen #TopTweets2021

An Explanation of Thematic Roles:  http://ow.ly/YWYX30rB1DW  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

The 36 Best (Old) Books We Read in 2021:  http://ow.ly/yqL230s5Gx7 @knownemily @lithub

7 Ways to Stay Sane When Working by Yourself:  http://ow.ly/gF3v30rsFsG  by Tom Meitner @ProWritingAid #TopTweets2021

Your Story Can Start After The Inciting Incident:  http://ow.ly/cQ9X30rJxPE  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

The One Thing You Need to Do: Write:  http://ow.ly/lDuz30rrreJ  @SueBEdwards @womenonwriting #TopTweets2021

How Literary Female Friendships Shaped the Fiction Market :  http://ow.ly/JjRi30rsaL4  @SarahJLonsdale @lithub  #TopTweets2021

How (and why) to personalize a query letter: http://ow.ly/bo2W30rZoSM  @NathanBransford #TopTweets2021

What Horror Writers Can Learn from Horror Films: http://ow.ly/K8A030s0l4B  by B.A. Kockaya @HorrorTree  #TopTweets2021

Page One: “Twilight”(2008):  http://ow.ly/kcML30s055V  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Podcast: How to Dictate a Novel with Kevin J Anderson: http://ow.ly/VRhP30rZoQU  @TheKJA @BookTrib #TopTweets2021

The Heroine’s Journey:  http://ow.ly/8Zlc30rZQbS  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Antagonists for the Crone Arc: Death Blight and Tempter:  http://ow.ly/mfH430rZhuj  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Is My Screenplay Big Enough to Be a Movie? http://ow.ly/VzSU30rYykk  @GoIntoTheStory  #TopTweets2021

Russian High Court Closes 2021 Michalski Prize Winner, Memorial International: @Porter_Anderson  http://ow.ly/hCEV30s5wCO @pubperspectives #wkb64

IPA’s Bodour Al Qasimi’s Focus on Publishing Solidarity and Freedom to Publish: @Porter_Anderson  http://ow.ly/p9Mh30s48Y0  @Bodour @IntPublishers @pubperspectives #TopTweets2021

If It’s Worth Living, It’s Worth Recording: Thoughts on Memoirs: http://ow.ly/ytvK30rYioz  by Lucie Ataya @KiingoCreative  #TopTweets2021

The Heroine’s Journey: Part 1:  http://ow.ly/wHpu30rZoRU  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

The Importance of Defining Your Online Writer Brand: http://ow.ly/3ypG30rX5rn  by Lucie Ataya @KiingoCreative  #TopTweets2021

Screenwriting Back to Basics: Reader Identification:  http://ow.ly/b6b430rVYZH  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Book Contracts: Let’s Talk Rights:  http://ow.ly/q22g30s1QOs  @kate_mckean @CatapultStory #TopTweets2021

The Do’s and Don’ts of Storytelling According to Marvel:  http://ow.ly/HN0230rWl7U  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Antagonists for Each of the Six Archetypal Character Arcs:  http://ow.ly/eqAM30rVxkS  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Page One: “The Terminator” (1984):  http://ow.ly/pmJK30rVYXn  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

3 Most Common Worldbuilding Mistakes for Writers and How to Fix Them:  http://ow.ly/pOV630rWJ36  @WorldAnvil @NaNoWriMo #TopTweets2021

At Guadalajara: Bologna Children’s Book Fair Makes Its Next Stop: @Porter_Anderson  http://ow.ly/bpxB30s1LPj  @pubperspectives #TopTweets2021

A Former Copyeditor’s Tricks for Grammatical Mastery:  http://ow.ly/fxSC30rUnpK  @FoxPrintEd #TopTweets2021

7 Questions For Writers On Rejection:  http://ow.ly/Za2S30rSpxk  @MiaJouBotha @Writers_Write #TopTweets2021

Great Scene: “The Godfather”:  http://ow.ly/MXtq30rTheX  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

The Business of Being Edgar Allan Poe: http://ow.ly/cwt630rXTC2  @CatBaabMuguira @WSJ #TopTweets2021

Don’t Finish Your Book: http://ow.ly/Orjw30rSYL2  @AllieLarkin @WriterUnboxed #TopTweets2021

The Main Reason Your Story’s Premise Is Important:  http://ow.ly/SNEY30rUVtu  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

The Business of Screenwriting: Everything You Wanted to Know About Specs:  http://ow.ly/yYqn30rUqzE  @GoIntoTheStory  #TopTweets2021

Self-publishing News: Amazon expands its network of “Star”stores:  http://ow.ly/dzNS30rWWGO  @agnieszkasshoes @IndieAuthorALLI #TopTweets2021

The 18 Most Memorable Trees in Literature:  http://ow.ly/ebXT30rUMjC  @cwhe @lithub #TopTweets2021

Let’s All Be Final Girls:  http://ow.ly/lK9t30rVGWH  @SGJ72 @CrimeReads #TopTweets2021

12 Authors Answer the Question “How Do You Write in Tough Times?”http://ow.ly/iCD230rTFTg  @charliejane @tordotcom  #TopTweets2021

Plot Archetypes: http://ow.ly/O1Wc30rP1sc  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

How much does it cost to self-publish? That depends:  http://ow.ly/pt2K30rSGp0  @Roz_Morris #TopTweets2021

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (in Publishing): http://ow.ly/ceaT30rRFyN  @msheatherwebb #TopTweets2021

Writing Collaborative Horror:  http://ow.ly/rKkc30runvT  @ChadLutzke @timmmeyer11 @thebookdad @LitReactor #TopTweets2021

Mood Is The Most Underrated Literary Device And The Most Valuable:  http://ow.ly/ERON30rqY25  by Kelly Jensen @BookTrib #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Character Arcs: How to Use Archetypal Character Arcs in Your Stories:  http://ow.ly/rw1R30rPWeL  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Script to Screen: “Witness”:  http://ow.ly/KAsM30rRMGp  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Plot Archetypes: http://ow.ly/O1Wc30rP1sc  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Writing and the Creative Life: The Joy of Running, Creatively Speaking:  http://ow.ly/3dIi30rQp0M  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Booktok: how TikTok and Gen Z re-invented the book club:  http://ow.ly/BxGb30rU4AR  by Alex Bryson @PulsarPlatform #TopTweets2021

How To Introduce a Character in a Novel: http://ow.ly/U6ge30rP1rS  by Katie Khan @thenovelry #TopTweets2021

Types of Flat-Arc Characters: http://ow.ly/ssSt30rOFu8  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Right-Brained Revisers: http://ow.ly/oYlV30rM5Yg  @MichalskiLiz @WriterUnboxed #TopTweets2021

How reading helps writing:  http://ow.ly/lxD630rNgws  @pubcoach #TopTweets2021

Release Checklist For Writers:  http://ow.ly/vkOR30rPIfK #TopTweets2021

Belarus One Year After the Election: Writers, Translators, Journalists Speak Out: @Porter_Anderson  http://ow.ly/7ap130rQwq1  @pubperspectives #TopTweets2021

How to Handle Critiques and Negative Reviews: http://ow.ly/V7Z730rMm4Z  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

How to Expand on a Story Idea: http://ow.ly/m9WD30rMQwd  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Hemingway’s Writing Routine:  http://ow.ly/ngVK30rMFdX  @Astrohaus  #TopTweets2021

What is the point of the scene? http://ow.ly/FWBO30rMZtI  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Character Arcs: The Flat Archetype of the Child:  http://ow.ly/sp6D30rLA0d  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

You Can’t Sell an Idea:  http://ow.ly/dy3X30rNklK  @straczynski @JaneFriedman #TopTweets2021

Penguin Random House: New Stories of Social Impact: @Porter_Anderson   http://ow.ly/lwIO30rOGms  @pubperspectives @penguinrandom #TopTweets2021

Assessing Your Writing Career:  http://ow.ly/wE6430rOYxg  @WriteNowCoach @TheIWSG #TopTweets2021

How to avoid the willpower trap:  http://ow.ly/AsUq30rJ1FU  @beprolifiko #TopTweets2021

Use Societal Transitions for Your Story World: http://ow.ly/6KEW30rJPzG  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Screenwriting Resource: Movie Script Scene-By-Scene Breakdowns:  http://ow.ly/Cw5930rKMGz  @GoIntoTheStory #TopTweets2021

Dramatizing Inner Conflict: http://ow.ly/Xcqk30rKMG7  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Dear Black Woman Writer:  http://ow.ly/puyN30rJnJn  @whattamisaid @WomenWriters  #TopTweets2021

Why You Didn’t Finish Your Novel During COVID:  http://ow.ly/PMQw30rIAvl  @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor #TopTweets2021

The 10 Creepiest Gothic Novels: http://ow.ly/vqhc30rJTO1  @ManxWriter @The_Millions #TopTweets2021

Latinx Horror Author Roundtable:  http://ow.ly/h9bR30rJxOz  @cinapelayo @LitReactor #TopTweets2021

Writing: Wintering and Dormancy:  http://ow.ly/J0Jz30rHVxB  @austinkleon #TopTweets2021

Historical Fiction: Write What You Know, or Know What You Write:  http://ow.ly/Jp0030rHUyR  @davidgilmanuk @WritersDigest #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Character Arcs: The Mage Arc:  http://ow.ly/qzVE30rFlPe  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Women Writing Extreme Horror by Kenzie Jennings and Janine Pipe:  http://ow.ly/WRad30rEvv9  @Night_Worms @JaninePipe28  #TopTweets2021

The 10 Best Zombie Books You May Not Have Heard Of:  http://ow.ly/HuVv30rGz62  @AmongTheZombies @LitReactor  #TopTweets2021

Introduction to the 12 Shadow Archetypes: http://ow.ly/YA7M50Ez5zL  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Character Arcs: The King Arc:  http://ow.ly/A8sJ30rDJtY  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Character Arcs: The Maiden’s Shadow Archetypes:  http://ow.ly/SG1230rGOiG  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

PEN America’s New Report on Turkey: Five Years After the Failed Coup: @Porter_Anderson  http://ow.ly/t2B930rMheU  @PENamerica @pubperspectives #TopTweets2021

Ten Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About James and Nora Joyce: http://ow.ly/EFOq30rDJuk  @NualaNiC @The_Millions #TopTweets2021

Stepping into the portal:  http://ow.ly/yrhB30rEJS4  @austinkleon #TopTweets2021

Road Trips as Elements in Crime Fiction:  http://ow.ly/JcxU30s4ZsP @MargotKinberg #wkb44

Take Two: 3 Mistakes Writers Make in Act I:  http://ow.ly/KgCG30rHUxZ  @jeannevb @WritersDigest #TopTweets2021

How Do You Keep a Novel Alive When It Keeps Trying To Die? http://ow.ly/3Tsg30rDnpB  @katehopeday @lithub #TopTweets2021

7 Things You Can Do With Dialogue In A Story:  http://ow.ly/DQsd30rDvE5  @MiaJouBotha @Writers_Write  #TopTweets2021

Write or Die: Is This the Tool That Finally Conquers Your Procrastination? http://ow.ly/LaFy30rDvC6  @JDEdwinAuthor @write_practice #TopTweets2021

The 4 Pillars Of Literary Fiction:  http://ow.ly/zzbR30rAhDJ  by Oliver Fox @Writers_Write #TopTweets2021

Writing Comedic Essays:  http://ow.ly/jhiM30rCSCu  by Vanessa Newman @WomenWriters  #TopTweets2021

What’s the Three-Act Structure? http://ow.ly/KRMx30rDnpr  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Steal these email sign-offs from famous writers:  http://ow.ly/T0ji30rAwH6  @jessiegaynor @lithub #TopTweets2021

How Do Characters Move a Story Forward? http://ow.ly/Gf8230rBkBj  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Finding Solace in Horror Fiction: http://ow.ly/AM5T30rzH9c  @thebookdad @LitReactor #TopTweets2021

Archetypal Character Arcs:  The Maiden Arc:  http://ow.ly/Xmwu30rB1Eb  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

On Literature and Consciousness: http://ow.ly/3RX230rBraJ  @WithEdSimon @The_Millions #TopTweets2021

The Hot Sheet: Industry Newsletter for Writers (2 Free Issues for Subscribers) from @JaneFriedman @HotSheetPub : https://hotsheetpub.com/

Go long and cut, or write short and add? http://ow.ly/Xass30rvUIV  @LibbyCudmore @TheWriterMag  #TopTweets2021

What’s a Dangling Cause? http://ow.ly/AwnG30ryTau  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

5 Essential Exercises For Creating Characters:  http://ow.ly/K1aW30rx176  @Writers_Write #TopTweets2021

The Existential Horror of Making an Author Website:  http://ow.ly/Egrn30rxgZ9  @christophpaul_ @LitReactor #TopTweets2021

Exploring Female Character Archetypes: “The Mother”: http://ow.ly/EV2730rwZaA  @Writing_Nomad @CreativeScreen #TopTweets2021

10 Things I Learned Editing an Anthology in Three Weeks:  http://ow.ly/Dejh30ryF26  @Gabino_Iglesias  #TopTweets2021

An Introduction to Archetypal Stories:  http://ow.ly/uxkM30rzeQl  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Foreign Terror-tories: 8 Translated Tales to Terrify:  http://ow.ly/N7Ww30rza2x  @SadieHartmann @LitReactor #TopTweets2021

3 Character Arcs in the Karpman Drama Triangle:  http://ow.ly/GA9430rwt5I  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Why You Should Write Three Pages of Garbage Every Morning:  http://ow.ly/lSWd30rwbGC  @jaimealyse @lifehacker #TopTweets2021

That time Sherlock Holmes appeared in an Arsène Lupin story as “Herlock Sholmes”:  http://ow.ly/hnzY30rxyuB  @oldrutigliano @CrimeReads #TopTweets2021

Ten Ways to Lose Your Literature:  http://ow.ly/qGQs30ry7oA  @WithEdSimon @The_Millions

How to Create Tension:  http://ow.ly/PSNQ30ru0ob  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

5 Ways to Have More Fun Writing:  http://ow.ly/RMO530runqq  @jessicastrawser  @CareerAuthors #TopTweets2021

Crime Fiction: Characters Who Keep Being Pulled Back Into a Criminal Life: http://ow.ly/FzZ030rwX4L  @MargotKinberg #TopTweets2021

Why Comedy is Crucial in Crime Writing: http://ow.ly/FOL330ruz38  @Peculiar @CrimeReads #TopTweets2021

Analyzing “Gone Girl” – Middle Build Two:  http://ow.ly/Lsv530rsIZJ  @TheWritership @StoryGrid #TopTweets2021

A Writing Process Is Like Building a House: http://ow.ly/osAd30rs57p  @jordynhtaylor @WomenWriters  #TopTweets2021

How To Write An Epic First Line:  http://ow.ly/wNn430rt95s  @MiaJouBotha @Writers_Write #TopTweets2021

Humanizing Characters and Overcoming The Limits of Empathy: http://ow.ly/E6GU30rueVE  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

Write Like No One Is Watching: http://ow.ly/UA2b30rvRhb  @AmyImpellizzeri @WomenWriters  #TopTweets2021

Questions to Ask When Your Story Isn’t Working:  http://ow.ly/Eeag30rvPLf  @KiingoCreative #TopTweets2021

“What Gandhi Taught Me About Telling Stories that Mean Something”:  http://ow.ly/wzuE30rtYFa  @KelseyAllagood @WriterUnboxed #TopTweets2021

Releasing a Book Into the Pandemic: A Time of Anti-Science: @Porter_Anderson  http://ow.ly/8P7K30rzafm  @PeterHotez #TopTweets2021

Top 5 Twitter Tips to Market Your Books:  http://ow.ly/2KLp30rtYFK  @BadRedheadMedia #TopTweets2021

An At-Home Writing Retreat:  http://ow.ly/Cu1e30rykXR  @aprildavila #TopTweets2021

From literary journal to 10 books a year:  http://ow.ly/ASFR30rqSVp  @MsBessieBell @Roz_Morris #TopTweets2021

How to Effectively Manage Multiple Narrators in Your Novel:  http://ow.ly/eRIf30rrg5S  @KenBrosky @JaneFriedman  #TopTweets2021

What Writers Can Learn From 5 Unusual Male Characters:  http://ow.ly/tzPs30rqvlR  @Bang2write #TopTweets2021

Screenwriting: 7 Tips for Emerging Creative Entrepreneurs:  http://ow.ly/2iWp30rryKG  @CreativeScreen #TopTweets2021

How To Write An Epic First Scene:  http://ow.ly/MT3O30rqSXm  @MiaJouBotha @Writers_Write #TopTweets2021

How to Publish with KDP:  http://ow.ly/Sc2w30rqGdp  @harmony_kent @StoryEmpire #TopTweets2021

How Has The Character Of James Bond Evolved?  http://ow.ly/ccgF30rqFUE  by Michael Lee Simpson @CreativeScreen #TopTweets2021

What goes into a good cozy mystery novel:  http://ow.ly/crU330rsdQo  @ReadAlessandra @AuthorsAi  #TopTweets2021

The Long, Dark Legacy of William Hjortsberg’s Supernatural Neo-Noirs:  http://ow.ly/VkOl30rrcrZ  @Pulpcurry @CrimeReads #TopTweets2021

How much research is enough?  http://ow.ly/Polp30rryKy  @pubcoach #TopTweets2021

101 Softly-Delivered Writing Lessons:  http://ow.ly/s7jc30rwHRy  @booksofm @apexmag #TopTweets2021

USA: Princeton University Press Opens Diversity-Driven Development Grants: @Porter_Anderson  http://ow.ly/RV9O30rx8c7  @pubperspectives @PrincetonUPress #TopTweets2021

Staying True to Yourself after Publication:  http://ow.ly/DmMe30rqXbY  @ErinLBartels @WomenWriters #TopTweets2021

Why Classic Crime Fiction Was Obsessed With Fashion:  http://ow.ly/izag30rsFvV  @Tara_Moss @CrimeReads #TopTweets2021

Gifts for writers! (2021’s tongue-in-cheek gift guide):  http://ow.ly/oPGh30s4stC @NathanBransford #wkb31

The Millions 2021 Gift Guide for Readers and Writers:  http://ow.ly/TM1v30s4ssE by Hannah Gersen @The_Millions #wkb31

More Holiday Gifts For The Writer In Your Life:  http://ow.ly/J3jT30s4ssQ @KMAllan_writer #wkb31

Rights Edition: Foreign Rights Sold to 12 Percent of Italy’s New Books: @Porter_Anderson  http://ow.ly/qLR630s4ss2 @pubperspectives #wkb64

The CrimeReads 2021 Holiday Gift Guide:  http://ow.ly/mmCz30s4ss9 @oldrutigliano @CrimeReads #wkb31

How To Be A Writer:  http://ow.ly/KXFj30rqROq   @oliviablacke @WomenWriters #TopTweets2021

2021 Gift Guide For Authors:  http://ow.ly/ITlE30s4snU @StuartConover @HorrorTree #wkb31

What Is Dreamzoning? (7 Steps to Finding New Story Ideas):  http://ow.ly/i1VV30rqzO3  @KMWeiland #TopTweets2021

Crime Stories Where the Death May be Suicide or Murder:  http://ow.ly/NiUX30s3Zat @MargotKinberg #wkb44

How to Write a Vomit Draft (And Why It’s So Important):  http://ow.ly/mxGr30rrkDl  @Write_LA @CreativeScreen #TopTweets2021

Make eBooks Into Decent Gifts:  http://ow.ly/uYrj30s4str @helpfulsnowman @LitReactor #wkb31

A Gift Guide for the Writer in Your Life: http://ow.ly/XgMf30s4st2 @theladygreer @WriterUnboxed #wkb31