Links of Interest to Writers

Love to write? These links to articles about writing are for you!

• Writin Geekery:  A Balance of Strengths to Take Your Story Higher by MJ Bush @Writingeekery

• Wordcraft:  The Key to Suspense by Avi

• Anne R. Allen's Blog:  How to Write Blog Content:  9 Tips to Entice Readers to Your Author Blog @annerallen

• Daily Writing Tips:  100 Exquisite Adjectives by Mark Nichol @writing_tips 

• Amanda Bumgarner:  Tips for Humor Writing (Part 1) (Part 2)

• Creative Writing Video Tutorials for the Multimedia Age:  If You Have a Great Character but No Plot by Cy Porter 

Links of Interest to Writers

Writing today? Why not read some inspiration first?

• Charlotte Rains Dixon:  The Creative Trance

• How To Plan, Write, & Develop a Book:  Patterns of Change -- How Do You Create Strong Conflict in Your Fiction or Memoir? by Mary Carroll Moore

• Writer's Digest:  7 Ways To Create a Killer Opening Line for Your Novel by Jacob M. Appel

• Marcy Kennedy:  What To do When Your Loved Ones Want You To Quit Your Dream

• Positive Writer:  How To Motivate Yourself Right Now! by Bryan Hutchinson

• Wordserve Water Cooler:  Ten (Plus) Tips on Humor Writing by Dena Dyer

Links of Interest to Writers

You never know what great writing advice you'll find on the Web! Here's some that I came across:

• The New York Times Opinionator:  Helpful Definitions for Modern Authors by Steve Macone

• Hub Pages:  The Fairies are Afoot! - Modern Fairy Beliefs by Carolyn Emerick (For fantasy writers!)

• A Writer's Journey:  Behave Yourself on Social Media by Nat Russo

• Association of Writers & Writer Programs:  8 Questions Writers Should Ask Themselves by Roxanne Gay

• Author, Jody Hedlund:  Character Building:  Using Quirks to Reveal a Personality

• Charlotte Rains Dixon:  Procrastinating on Your Writing? Try This

Links of Interest to Writers

Here are a few articles about writing you might find useful.

• Writers Helping Writers:  Conflict vs Tension by Becca Puglisi

• The Write Practice:  What is an Idiom? Funny Examples by Liz Bureman
• Wikipedia:  List of English-language Idioms

• Poets & Writers:  Literary Magazine Database

• Ploughshares:  14 Ways to Tick Off a Writer by Rebecca Makkai

• Buffer:  What Storytelling Does to Our Brains

• Brian Klem's Writer's Digest Blog:  How to Make Your Setting a Character

Links of Interest to Writers

Motivation, inspiration, and passion - three important elements of the writing life. Here are some articles to help you spark all three!

• The Institute of Children's Literature:  Ten Tips for Wowing Editors with Your Verse by Jan Fields

• The Guardian:  Making Your Writing the Best It Can Be:  Top Tips from Children's Books Editors

• Books & Such Literary Agency:  Negotiation:  A Primer by Mary Keeley

• Babbles from Scott Eagan:  What Makes Your Character Interesting?

• YA Confidential:  Roundtable:  "Strong" Female Characters

• Writer Unboxed:  A Cautionary Tale: 3 Writing Rules That Can Derail Your Story by Lisa Cron

• Huff Post Parents:  What Classic Kids' Books Are REALLY About. (Photos)

• Real Life, Beautiful Planet:  Seven Virtuous Ways to Avoid Writing Your Novel by Belinda Pollard

Links of Interest to Writers

Here are some links to get you inspired to write:

• Daily Writing Tips:  5 Tips on How to Work with an Editor by Mark Nichol

• BuzzFeed:  19 Jokes Only Grammar Nerds Will Understand

• Sue Fliess:  When It's Done (Parody of Cups, When I'm Gone) (You're going to love this video!)

• YA Muses:  Real People = Believable Characters

• Institute of Children's Literature:  Q & A Report:  Characters by Jan Fields 

• Tom McAllister:  107 Ironclad Rules for Writers Who Want to Be Better at Writing (Hilarious!)

• Unsettling Wonder:  Mythically Thinking (Some thoughts on attempting to define the Mythic Arts by Jane Yolen & Unsettling Wonder)

• Write to Done:  Scene Stealers:  Funny Writing by Vinita Zutshi

• Copyblogger:  10 Rules for Writing First Drafts (a poster)