Links of Interest to Writers

If you write, check put these articles for motivation.

• Jamie Gold:  10 Tips for Making Tumblr Work for Writers - Guest: Davonne Burns @JamieGold

• Helping Writers Become Authors:  How to Write the Perfect Plot (in 2 Easy Steps) @KMWEILAND

• Elizabeth Spann Craig:  Twitterific Writing Links @elisabethscraig

• Now Novel:  How to Write  Book Series: 10 Tips for Smash Hits  @nownovel

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Reading, writing, reading about writing, writing about reading, reading good writing, repeat!

• Social Media Today:  SMTookbox:  Tips and Tools for Mastering Google Plus from Martin Shervington @MartinSherv Posted by Steve Rayson @SteveRayson 

• Mary Carroll Moore:  How to Keep Your Writing in Your Over-the-Top Busy Life:  Helpful Techniques from the Experts @writeabook

• Beyond Paper Editing:  Why Editors Use Word--Authors Can Harness Word's Powers, Too! by Corina Koch MacLeod @CKmacleodwriter

• Social Media Just for Writers:  8 Tips for Writers Using Pinterest by Frances Caballo @CaballoFrances

• The Narrative Breakdown:  Character Goals and Philosophies [Podcast] with Matt Bird, Cheryl Klein, and James Monohan @chavelaque

• iO9:  The Universal Shapes of Stories According to Kurt Vonnegut by Robert T. Gonzalez @rtg0nzalez @iO9

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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 

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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

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Do you like to read what people have to say about writing? I do! Just don't forget to write.

• Argh Ink:  Questionable:  Character Watch-ability by Jennifer Crusie @JennyCrusie

• The Plot Whisperer:  The 7 Essential Elements of Scene by Martha Alderson @plotwhisperer [video]

• Hemingway App - A new app to make your writing bold and clear. Great for editing! @HemingwayApp

• GalleyCat:  Louis Sachar:  "Always Be Willing to Rewrite" @GalleyCat

• Daily Infographic:  How To Keep Your Creativity Flowing @dailyinfographc

• A. Victoria Mixon:  4 Tricks for Improving Your Fiction in One Day @VictoriaMixon 

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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

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What will you write today?

• My Book Therapy:  Getting Past Stuck by Reba J. Hoffman

• The Daring Novelist:  Story Game:  Plot Structure & Finding The Wow by Camille LaGuire

• Novel Matters:  Hunting Adjectives With Elephant Guns by Patti Hill

• Scribbles from Jenn:  Top Ten Tips How to Survive a Relationship With a Writer

• Positive Writer:  Why You're Not Finishing The Writing You Started by Shanan Haislip

• Moody Writing:  What a Story Needs to Begin

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Writing is best served with a bit of reading.

• Jami Gold:  NaNo Wrap-Up:  Beat Sheets 101

• The Write Practice:  How to Draw an Image With Your Words by Monica M. Clark

• Moody Writer:  Using Deadlines To Get That Story Finished

• Writer's Digest:  5 Tools for Building Conflict in Your Novel by James Scott Bell

• Susan Kaye Quinn:  Do You Know Your Character's Primary Trait? by Becca Puglisi

• Bestseller Labs:  5 Rules For Conquering Chaos That Every Writer Should Know by Claudette Young

• C. Hope Clark:  Build Your Own Story Pizza by Raazia S. Ali

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Have fun reading about writing with these great articles!

• Huff Post Books:  These Classic Stories Are So Short, You Have No Excuse Not to Read Them by Maddie Crum

• Write to Done:  How to Write Better:  The Art of Dynamic Descriptions by Mary Jaksch

• A Writer's Journey:  Getting the Sequence Right

• The Write Practice:  Finding Big Inspiration in the Smallest Detail by Marianne Richmond

• StoryFix:  From Art Holcomb:  Lester Dent and the Master Fiction Plot

• Writers Helping Writers:  STOP! What To Do Before Revising a Nano Novel

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Here are today's offerings. Writing stuff I found on the Internet:

• The Kill Zone:  Crafting an Effective Opening  by Clare Langley-Hawthorne 

• Mental Floss:  Famous Novelists on Symbolism in Their Work & Whether It Was Intentional by Lucas Reilly

• Kirkus:  Best Children's Books of 2013

• Publishing Crawl: Twisting Your Plot by Marie Lu 

• Stavros Halvatzis:  How to Choose Character Names

• The Bane of Your Resistance:  No Time to Write -- Really?  by Rosanne Bane

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Spent a great four days at a Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators retreat at Silver Falls State Park near Silverton, Oregon. What fun to be in the company of other writers and talk writing, walk writing, and sleep writing! Inspiring and motivating. A similar feeling happens when I read blog posts with great writing advice like these:

• Lauren Sapala:  The One Thing You're Doing to Block Your Writing Success

• Mystery Writing is Murder:  The Ability to Single-Task by Elizabeth S. Craig

• Writers Helping Writers:  Mystery Writing Basics:  Characters & Plot by Staci Troilo

• An Intense Life:  The Elusive Search for Balance by Christine Fonseca

• Slate:  A Textual Analysis of The Hunger Games:  Suzanne Collins' favorite adjectives, adverbs, & ways of starting a sentence. By Ben Blatt

• The New York Times Sunday Review:  Art Makes You Smart by Brian Kisida, Jay P. Greene, & Daniel H. Bowen

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Here are some tips that may help motivate your writing.

• Writing for Kids While Raising Them: PiBoIdMo (Picture Book Idea Month) Day 4:  Katie Davis Illustrates 30 Days of Inspiration

• Writability: Helpful NaNoWriMo Links

• Write it Sideways:  Use a Nonlinear Format to Grab Your Reader by the Eyeballs by Clayton Lindemuth

• Writers in the Storm Blog:  Why Writerly Words Are Not Your Friend by Shannon Donnelly

• Storyfix:  Elevate Your Storytelling Game by Larry Brooks

• Avi:  The Kindest Cut of All

• The Character Therapist:  How to Communicate Needs to Non-Writing Partners by Jeannie Campbell

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Learn something new today!

• Adventures in Agentland:  Copyright Basics:  All You Ever Really Didn't Want to Know (and More) by Natalie Lakosil

• GalleyCat:  Can You Include Song Lyrics in Your Book? by Jason Boog

• YA Muses:  Finding Your Story's True North by Lia Keyes

• Harvard Business Review:  Why You Might Make a Better Decision After a Quick Game of Solitaire by Andrew O'Connell

• Write to Done:  5 Ways Your Journal Can Take You Deeper into Your Story by Claire DeBoer

• Amy Tan on Historical Research

• Writer Unboxed:  You Want to Write, or Do You Want to Be a Writer? by Julianna Baggott 

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A toast to writers everywhere!

• The Write Practice:  How Original Are You? by Sophie Novak

• The Character Therapist:  Helping NonWriting Partners "Get" Your Passion

• Jamie Gold:  How to Avoid a Sagging Middle in Our Stories

• A Writer's Journey:  Eliminate Unnecessary Stage Directions

• Kristen Lamb's Blog:  Novels & The "Knockout" Ending

• All Write - Fiction Advice:  Why You Should Back Your Characters into Corners

• Jody Hedlund:  Having Self-Discipline All Year (Not Just During NaNo)

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Education never stops! Here are some articles that might help you learn more about your writing.

• The Plot Whisperer:  How to Pre-Plot a Series

• GalleyCat:  Free Writing Cheat Sheet (article by Jason Boog, Sheet by Mike Shea)

• Tranquility:  A free text editor that helps you with poems - rhyme helper, syllable counter

• Slick Write:  A free text editor for prose

• Write to Done:  Transform Your Post from 'Good' to 'Awesome': 6 Ways by Francesca Nicasio

• The Write Now Coach:  How to Have Fun AND Create Amazing Characters by Rochelle Melander

• Wordswimmer:  Procrastination and Perspective

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Write, write, and then write some more!

• The Other Side of the Story:  The Alchemy of Inspiration - How to Turn Ordinary Ideas Into Gold by Tiffany Reisz

• Prolific Living:  9 Mistakes that Rob You from Living Your Dream Life 

• A Writer's Journey: Killing Your Darlings by Nat Russo

• Pink Tea & Paper:  Time Management:  Working Full-Time & Writing by Ellen Brickley

• Daily Infographic:  The Psychology of Book Abandonment [infographic]

• Author, Jody Hedlund:  Plotting:  How to Know Which Scenes to Include in Your Book

• A List Blogging:  What Exactly Makes a Blog Fail? by Mary Jaksch (Some great info in the comments on this post!)

Links of Interest to Writers

The fun of writing is knowing what you're doing and doing it well! Here are some articles that might help with that.

• The Other Side of the Story:  Plotting with the Hero's Journey by Janice Hardy

• The Narrative Breakdown:  Character Flaws, Pt 1 (Podcast)  

• Institute of Children's Literature:  "Don't Quit Too Soon" by Jan Fields (Poetry)

• The Daring Novelist:  Story Game:  Erle Stanley Gardner's Plot Wheels  by Camille LaGuire

• Sally Apokedak:  Description - A Little Goes a Long Way

• The Character Therapist:  Your Character's Greatest Fear...or Anxiety? by Jeannie Campbell

• Brain Pickings:  2013 Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate Alice Munro on The Secret of a Great Story

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Writing today? Read one of these to get you motivated!

• Tina Gayle:  Do Authors Need a Website? 

• Yorick Reintjens:  117 Most Beautiful Words in the English Language

• Write it Sideways:  When Fear is a Good Thing for Your Writing by Christi Craig 

• Mythic Scribes:  The Benefits of Outlining:  A Layered Approach by Steven M. Long

• The Write Practice:  Why You Should Use Symbolism in Your Writing by James Hall

• Writability:  Pacing Tip:  Contrast in Plot by Ava Jae

• Lauren Sapala:  Think You Know Social Media for Writers? Here's What You're Missing

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What would motivate you to write? How about a good article about writing?

• Write to Done:  The Surefire Way to Attract New Readers With Every Blog Post You Write by Peter Sandeen

• Writing.ie:  Balancing Plot and Character by Sheila Bugler

• Mythic Scribes:  Ticking Clock as Motivation

• A. Victoria Mixon:  8 Lessons to Learn from Screwing Up Your Manuscript

• All Write:  Expressing Tone in Your Writing

• Jody Hedlund:  The Sacrifices Writers Make in Order to Have Writing time

• Beyond The Margins:  Leaving a Literary Legacy:  Who Will Watch Over Your Work? by Ann Bauer

• The Write Practice:  Are You in the Stare-Into-Space Phase of the Writing Process? by Joe Bunting

• The Hermit in The Woods:  Guest Post:  Author Bruce Blake on Maximizing Your Writing Time

Links of Interest to Writers

Want to read something to inspire you?

• Writer's Digest:  How to Turn Traumatic Experiences into Fuel for Your Writing by Lydia Crichton

• Cynsations:  Guest Post:  Franny Billingsley on Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks:  Connecting Character & Plot

• Daily Infographic:  How Does Writing Affect Your Brain? [Infographic] by Micaela Lacy

• Lauren Sapala:  The One Thing that Separates Great Writers from the Rest

• The Write Practice:  Your Characters Are Lost:  4 Ways to Find Them by Alicia Rades

• Huffington Post:  7 Surprising Secrets to Skyrocket Your Productivity by Kristen Brown

• QueryTracker:  Change to Goodreads Policies by Sarah Pinneo (Polices regarding the policing of reviews that have nothing to do with the book.)

• StoryFix:  How to "Write Like Rowling" by Larry Brooks