Links of Interest to Writers

A few blog posts on writing to get you motivated.

• Writability:  How to Sprinkle Background into Your WIP by Ava Jae @Ava_Jae

• Anna Staniszewski:  Getting into the Creative Zone @annastanisz

• Janet Reid, Literary Agent:  Question:  The Oft Maligned Prologue  @Janet_Reid

• Writing and Illustrating:  Tips on Writing A Synopsis Kathy Temean @KathyTemean

• Gail Carson Levine:  Vexing Complexity

• Writer's Digest:  25 Tips to Make You a Better Non-Fiction Writer by Mike Sager @therealsager @BrianKlems

Links of Interest to Writers

Here we go -- more blog posts writers will love!

• The Other Side of The Story:  6 Tips on Making Similar Scenes Feel Different by Janice Hardy

• Writer's Digest - Chuck Sambuchino's Guide to Literary Agents Blog:  Conferencing for Introverts by Angela Ackerman

• Molly Greene:  101 Fabulous Plot Resources for Novelists

• Justine Larbalestier:  Writing Under Different Names

• Stavros Halvatzis:  Scene Checklist

• My Book Therapy:  Backstory, Flashback, Memory Moment:  The Difference by Rachel Hauck

Links of Interest to Writers

Articles to inspire your creativity!

• Writer's Digest/Brian Klems:  6 Ways to Write Better Bad Guys 

• Positively Positive:  Trust Your Procrastination by Kate Northrup

• Poets & Writers:  I Wasn't Born Yesterday:  The Beauty of Backstory by Eleanor Henderson

• Storyfix:  Making Your Characters Extreme by Larry Brooks

• A Writer's Wings:  A Study of Character:  At the Mall by Cynthia D. Griffin

• How About We...  The 12 Best Dates in Fiction by Amanda Bullock

• The Plot Whisperer:  Grasp Plot & Theme with the Help of a Picture Book

• Project Mayhem:  Connecting Music to Story by Yahong Chi