Sunday, January 6, 2013

Twitterific


by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig


Twitterific is a compilation of all the writing links I shared the previous week.

 
The links are fed into the Writer’sKnowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 19,000 free articles on writing-related topics. It's the search engine for writers.


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A 3-point revision checklist: http://bit.ly/T9Pa7Z @annastanisz

Point of View in Science-Fiction: http://bit.ly/XP9U3q @VeronicaSicoe

The Final Battle (Elements of Act Three): http://bit.ly/XPai21 @AlexSokoloff

Tips for hooking readers: http://bit.ly/T9PtzS @write_practice

Visual Editing: Color Coding Your Way to a Cleaner Manuscript: http://bit.ly/XPaBtO @danyelleleafty

How Unnecessary Creating Changes Everything: http://bit.ly/T9PAeH @beAccidental

A site with daily, succinct , screenwriting tips: http://bit.ly/T9QpnI @XanderBennett

Writing A Story? Make Sure You Have A Concept Not Just An Idea: http://bit.ly/T9QDeC @woodwardkaren

Top Ten Rules of Space Opera: http://bit.ly/XPe2kd @io9

The Muppets and Mahna, Mahna – the Untold Story: http://bit.ly/T9QIyN @thisishorror

3 Quiet Fears that Stop Writers from Writing: http://bit.ly/R8Iszy @writersdigest

Most Common British/American English Spelling Mistakes: http://bit.ly/R8Ix6h @thecreativepenn

Promoting Science Through Science Fiction: http://bit.ly/UUvimL

Even the Underground Needs Editors: http://bit.ly/R8IHdV

Profanity in fantasy: http://bit.ly/R8IUgZ @nkjemisin

So you wrote a novel. Now what? http://bit.ly/UUwl6m @p2p_editor

10 Colloquial Terms and Their Meanings: http://bit.ly/R8IZ4v @writing_tips

Change is not the enemy: http://bit.ly/R8J0Fs @pbr_writer

Learning to See the Good in Bad Writing: http://bit.ly/UUwOWc @Christi_Craig

Actions and Reactions: The End-All-Be-All of Storytelling: http://bit.ly/U4sbv4 @jamigold

Misconceptions About Writing Careers: http://bit.ly/UUwWoG @cockeyed_caravan

10 E-Newsletter Tips For Authors & Bloggers: http://bit.ly/R8Jhs3 @mollygreene

How to Cut the Filler and Tighten Your Book: http://bit.ly/XYvJxy @KMWeiland

10 Best Writing Workbooks: http://bit.ly/RKNVOk @charmaineclancy

Tips for Getting Published in Literary Magazines and Journals: http://bit.ly/XYwhDR @melissadonovan

Tips for avoiding writing bloopers: http://bit.ly/RKO4RV

Tips for working through writer's block: http://bit.ly/XYwUNN

Story Crisis & Climax: http://bit.ly/RKOMPk @shalvatzis

Using Beats To Strengthen Characters And Setting: http://bit.ly/Ul6SmL @rlbelliston

Moral Causes in Fantasy Worlds: http://bit.ly/RKOWpC @mythicscribes

The 19 Most Popular Articles on Writing of 2012 for Writer's Digest: http://bit.ly/Y0fK2g @writersdigest

Get Your Novel Moving: Cure for Stagnant Openings: http://bit.ly/ZrpuZG @Lindasclare

Literary Journal Submission Tip: Avoid Clichés, or Twist them into Treasure: http://bit.ly/Y0giVM @MsBessieBell

The Daily Routines of Famous Writers: http://bit.ly/ZrpQPQ @brainpicker

Tips for satisfying story payoffs: http://bit.ly/Y0hfxd

Too much characterization? Too little? Prioritize: http://bit.ly/ZrqaOz @laurelgarver

Psychoanalyzing your villain: http://bit.ly/Ul6AMM @theheraldryang

Creating Memorable Supporting Characters: http://bit.ly/VCsw5j @woodwardkaren

Creating tension: http://bit.ly/ZbnWBx @Christina_Lee04

4 Options for Improving Your Fiction: http://bit.ly/TRpXz4 @writeitsideways

Four Levels of Showing and Telling: http://bit.ly/Y0i1KK @pyrosama

3 quick self-editing tips: http://bit.ly/ZrqLQm @Lindasclare

Where Do Successful Authors Get Their Most Brilliant Writing Ideas? http://bit.ly/Y0ixsj @melissadonovan

Dean Wesley Smith's Advice To Indie Authors For 2013: How To Sell Fiction: http://bit.ly/WAcQ56 @woodwardkaren

The Multifunctional Life of Dialogue Tags: http://bit.ly/UhDRdO @behlerpublish

Perfecting the Query Letter--tips: http://bit.ly/WAdsrq @lynnettelabelle

How to Write a Page Turner: http://bit.ly/UhDTTa @juliemusil

Writer's Block: 5 Top Tips for Finding Inspiration: http://bit.ly/WAdvn7 @fcmalby

How to Write a Reader-Friendly Essay: http://bit.ly/WAdzmP @writersdigest

Measuring Creative Success: http://bit.ly/UhE3ty @diymfa

Post NaNo Revisions: The Agents' Perspective: http://bit.ly/WAdEad @yahighway

How Blogging a Book Provides You with a Continuous Flow of Blog Posts: http://bit.ly/UhEJiL @ninaamir

Creating a homelike, appealing setting: http://bit.ly/UhETGP @donaldmaass

5 blog tour tips: http://bit.ly/UhEZOB @BwitchedBkworms

Taking On Insecurity And Kicking It To The Ground: http://bit.ly/WAeJi3 @VeronicaSicoe

I'm Not a Real Writer If… : http://bit.ly/WAeSCe @LyndaRYoung

Your Author Brand – How to Make the Most of It: http://bit.ly/UhFk3Q @ollyrhodes

Test Your Characters: Are They Strong Enough? http://bit.ly/UhFnN3 @woodwardkaren

10 Lessons From a Completed Novel: http://bit.ly/WAfdEQ @kmweiland

Writerly Uses For Excel – Part 2: http://bit.ly/UhFvw1 @JennyHansenCA

Starting a New chapter: Defeating the Blank Page: http://bit.ly/WAfqIn @fictionnotes

Settings in Your Novel That Work As Triggers: http://bit.ly/UhFGYg @livewritethrive

How to Survive a Critique: http://bit.ly/WAfwzJ @MarcyKennedy

How to Manage Expectations, Prologue: Every Criticism is the Product of an Unmet Expectation: http://bit.ly/UhFN64 @cockeyed_caravan

Craft: Revision: http://bit.ly/WAfFDj @fantasyfaction

How To Storyboard a Book for Marketing Purposes: http://bit.ly/TRbO3S @bob_mayer

The Theology of Screenwriting: Congregation: http://bit.ly/TRc3Mf @gointothestory

22 rules of successful storytelling: http://bit.ly/10aCFNI @lawnrocket @pbjpublishing

Working with reader assumptions as a writer: http://bit.ly/10aCUbD @bluemaven

10 Ways to Kill Your Book Club: http://bit.ly/10aD0zZ @WallaceYovetich

Bragging without killing our online credibility: http://bit.ly/TRcSoh @kristenlambtx

How to Research an Ancient Society for Your Fiction: http://bit.ly/TRcZjP @laurapauling @hp4writers

The Difference Between Conflict and Tension: http://bit.ly/10aDt52 @kmweiland

Reconnecting with Your Lost Love of Writing: http://bit.ly/10aDwOl @CKKellyMartin

'You Are All Alone': The Best And Worst Things About Freelancing: http://bit.ly/TRddaE @passivevoiceblg

30 minutes daily to building a platform: http://bit.ly/TRdme7+|+Duolit%29 @duolit

When to shut down a creative life: http://bit.ly/10aE9HT @emergentpublish

Writing a better climactic scene: http://bit.ly/10aEDOb @Lindasclare

Forging Your Own Independence as a Writer: http://bit.ly/10aEQAR @philjourdan

The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains: http://bit.ly/10aEVEE @LeoWid

Ghosts of Writers Future: http://bit.ly/Ujg9hs @kristinerusch

Write Smart, Not Fast: http://bit.ly/VZtlVH @DannyIny

Spicing Up a Story With Similes & Metaphors: http://bit.ly/UjgiBD @jodyhedlund

What The Hobbit Taught 1 Writer About Writing: http://bit.ly/VZtsk7 @joebunting

Developmental editing tips: http://bit.ly/Ujgwsh @rebeccaberto

How To Write An eBook: Pulling Your Team Together: http://bit.ly/VZtyIw @inkybites

Every writer should learn to self-publish: http://bit.ly/UjgBw5 @namenick

How to de-risk book publishing: http://oreil.ly/VZtA3f @Magnify

Writing Horror: What Makes A Story Scary? http://bit.ly/UjgGjq @woodwardkaren

4 Tips For Understanding KDP Select: http://bit.ly/VZtHvw @BadRedheadMedia

Writing fiction with animal protagonists: http://bit.ly/UjgPDp

How to Write a Book Review: http://bit.ly/VZtLLK @writing_tips

Losing the (Historical) Plot: http://bit.ly/Ujh0P8

How Do You Know If Your Work is Any Good? http://bit.ly/VZtV5V @rachellegardner

Patriarchal societies and historically accurate sexism in fantasy? http://bit.ly/UjhqoG and http://bit.ly/UjhqoH @TheMarySue @tansyrr

Writing, Rejections, and Going for that Overhead Smash: http://bit.ly/VZuhJW

The Anatomy and Value of Fictional Violence: http://bit.ly/UjhG79 @KgElfland2ndCuz

Use non-fiction angles to promote your novel: http://bit.ly/VZumNM @LauraPepWu

Need to Get in the Head of Your Character? Try a Mask Poem: http://bit.ly/UjhLI0 @artsyletters

The Business of Screenwriting: Withdrawing screen credit and pseudonyms: http://bit.ly/VZuqNq @gointothestory

Writing Sex: Kaleidoscope, or, How paranormal helps when you're tired of tab A and slot B: http://bit.ly/UjhTHD

How to Write Dynamic Dialogue: http://bit.ly/VZuuww

Tips for tackling revisions: http://bit.ly/Ujih8T @stdennard

Writing A Book: What Happens After The First Draft? http://bit.ly/UjirNq @thecreativepenn

What Dialogue Can Do for Your Stories--And What It Should Never Try to Do: http://bit.ly/UjisRz

How to Manage Expectations, Step 1: Choose a Genre: http://bit.ly/VZuMUi @cockeyed_caravan

Use only 1 coincidence in a book: http://bit.ly/UjiA3s @karalennox

Debut Author vs. Career Author: http://bit.ly/VZuVa7 @susankayequinn

How to Write When You Don't Want To: http://bit.ly/VZuVH6 @ava_jae

Beat sheet of the movie "The Flight": http://bit.ly/Ut58uR

Is some popular YA really fan fiction? http://bit.ly/V4tPLI @BooksAreMyBFs

Print and eBooks cannot co-exist after all: http://bit.ly/Ut5u4L @thefuturebook

10 Unlikely Things That Were Influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien: http://bit.ly/Ut5WQr @io9

How and why 1 writer chose to self-pub: http://natpo.st/V4ugpq @lisleong

Free Sites to Promote Your eBook: http://bit.ly/N1E5D6 @galleycat

Writing--goals and rewards: http://bit.ly/V4ulJG @diymfa

Why 1 writer paid for a book review and why he won't again: http://bit.ly/Ut6fea @erikwecks

Editing & Critiquing: http://bit.ly/V4uo8r @woodwardkaren

Lessons From 'The Godfather' On Sticking To Your Creative Vision: http://bit.ly/Ut6nKB @danblank

How to Structure a Killer Novel Ending: http://bit.ly/V4uvRf @writersdigest

Why Netflix Makes You a Better Writer: http://bit.ly/Ut6t56 @robdyoungwrites

The Theology of Screenwriting: Grace: http://bit.ly/V4uAVe @gointothestory

What Writers, Editors, and Publishers Should Worry About: http://bit.ly/Ut6FBa @robertleebrewer

5 Ways to Find an Agent for Your Book: http://bit.ly/UOSRhG @galleycat

Why Women Writers Still Take Men's Names: http://on.wsj.com/V4vBfY @wsj

A Simple Approach to Revisions: http://bit.ly/Ut7VEq @cathyyardley

What are your scene's goals? 5 questions to ask: http://bit.ly/Uy2cfB @Porter_Anderson @KMWeiland

Flawed characters add depth to crime fiction: http://bit.ly/ZTUn9b @mkinberg

The problem with writers reviewing their own books on Amazon: http://bit.ly/UJllLS @Porter_Anderson @andrew_hough @jeremyduns

Adult sibling relationships in crime fiction: http://bit.ly/Wkgvlt @mkinberg

Thinking Commercially: http://bit.ly/V4vGAd @fictionnotes

Quick recap of literary elements we could consider using in our writing: http://bit.ly/Ut94vO

4 Songwriting Tips For Scoring Film and TV Placements: http://bit.ly/RQGMus @usasong

You ought to be in pages (or should you?): http://bit.ly/V4wOUq @bufocalvin

Getting Readers Onboard Without Infodumping: http://bit.ly/Ut9wdl @janice_hardy

7 Ways Writing a Screenplay is Different Than Writing a Novel: http://bit.ly/U2ULNg @writersdigest

Rebellious characters: http://bit.ly/UAi66B @jeanniecampbell

10 Television Cliffhangers That Make Great Series Finales: http://bit.ly/Y9zhBY @io9

Tightening your plot by layering: http://bit.ly/Y9BJbN @juliettewade

12 Tips On How To Write Antagonists Your Readers Will Love To Hate: http://bit.ly/WHFBgd @woodwardkaren