Links of Interest to Writers

Here's a little writing inspiration for your reading pleasure.

• Lauren Sapala:  Trimming the Fat (a post about time) @losapala

• Seekerville:  Settings That Captivate Readers by Janet Dean @lihauthor

• Writing is Hard Work:  Dialogue and Description:  The Delicate Balance by Roger Colby @RogerDColby

• Positive Writer:  A Crazy Myth Writers Need to Kill by Bryan Hutchinson @ADDerWORLD

• Kayla Curry:  My Self-Publishing Journal:  The Costs @KaylaCurry1

• Sandy Appleyard:  Email Subscribers Lists:  The Why and The How @SandyAppleyard

Links of Interest to Writers

Write because you love it!

• Writer's Digest/Brian Klems:  A 12-Day Plan of Simple Writing Exercises

• Artzicarol Ramblings:  Ordering Your Words by Carol Riggs

• Seize The Day:  Novel Craft:  5 Common Scene Problems by Molly Blaisdell

• The Write Practice:  Make The Most of Your Writing Time

• A. Victoria Mixon, Editor:  3 Reasons Description Is Important; 3 Reasons It's Not

• Live, Write, Thrive:  Novel Construction Begins With Concept by C. S. Lakin

Links of Interest to Writers

It's almost Christmas - why not write a holiday story? Here are some writing links that might help.

• Daily Writing Tips:  Transition Words by Maeve Maddox

• Helping Writers Become Authors:  The Moral Villain by Becca Puglisi

• Brain Pickings:  The Year's Best Books on Writing & Creativity by Maria Popova

• Amanda Bumgarner:  On Setting the Mood

• Get Me Writing:  Getting into Your Writing Headspace

• Fiction Notes:  Writing Out of Sequence by Darcy Pattison

Links of Interest to Writers

Here's a great way to spend a day - reading and listening to info about writing!

• Writers Helping Writers:  Character Descriptions by Jodie Renner

• QueryTracker Blog:  Going in Deep:  Point of View (POV) by Ash Krafton

• Copyblogger:  3 Ways the Magic of Dr. Seuss Can Help You Create Unforgettable Copy by Amy Harrison

• Jami Gold, Paranormal Author:  How to Strengthen Emotions in Our Writing

• Courtney Summers:  YA Recs for The Holiday Seasons (Young Adult Book Recommendations by Categories)

• Publishers Weekly:  Podcasts
• Publishers Weekly:  PW Kidscast (Interviews with children's & YA authors conducted by Publishers Weekly children's reviews editor John A. Sellers)
• Publishers Weekly:  PW Litcast (Conversations between Publishers Weekly editors and authors of new fiction & nonfiction books)

Links of Interest to Writers

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

Links of Interest to Writers

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

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

Are you serious about writing? Study and write - two important secrets!

• Emma Dryden:  Falling In Lust With Our First Draft (Or, What Not To Do On A First Date)

• A Writer's Journey:  Structured Descriptions by Nat Russo

• The New York Times Sunday Book Review:  Writing Bytes (Writers talk about what new technologies mean for storytelling.)

• Project Mayhem: Chris Eboch Writing Tip: How to Write Vivid Scenes

• Writing Forward:  Your Characters Aren't Your Children by Joshua Danton Boyd

• GalleyCat:  NaNoWriMo Tip #1:  Establish a Writing Schedule

• GalleyCat:  NaNoWriMo Tip #2:  Create an Outline

Links of Interest to Writers

Hope you find one of these articles helpful in motivating your writing!

• i09:  10 Ways to Make Everyone Root for Your Amoral Protagonist by Charlie Jane Anders

• The Atlantic:  The 8 Habits of Highly Successful Young-Adult Fiction Authors by Nolan Feeney

• dwiFilms:  How to Speed Read (YouTube)

• Project Eve:  Amateur Blogging:  Getting Started

• Live, Write, Thrive:  Use Camera Angles to Supercharge Your Novel by C. S. Laken

• YARN:  Commit to Your Writing Now...And Later.

• HootSource:  5 Authors Using Social Media to Reach Readers & Sell Books by Alyssa Kritsch

Links of Interest to Writers

Happy reading! Then, get to work and write that novel!

• AuthorCulture:  The Top Ten Writing Fallacies by Kevin B. Parsons

• Now Novel:  Talking About Your Character:  Eyes

• Babbles from Scott Eagan:  Your Query Letter Did Not Sell Your Book

• Storyfix:  A Paradoxical Perspective on the Creative Process by Larry Brooks

• Beyond the Margins:  Help! My On-Line Presence is Killing Me

• The Writer:  Improve Your Writing:  Step Away From The Desk by Megan Kaplon

• Guide to Literary Agents:  The Writer's Promise:  How to Craft a Book's Pitch by Tony Vanderwarker

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

Links of Interest to Writers

Here's to good writing! (And to good reading about writing!)

• Books & Such Literary Agency:  Are You in This for the Long Haul? by Rachelle Gardner

• Galley Cat:  Manuscript Wish Lists Hashtag Returns (on Twitter) by Jason Boog

• Prescription for Murder:  Prologues - To Use or Not to Use! by James J. Murray

• Jane Friedman:  Why Don't Publishers Believe in Author Websites? 

• Lauren Sapala:  Bring the Storm! How Ugly Emotions Can Ignite Your Setting

• LitReactor:  How Precocious is Too Precocious? Writing Smart But Believable Kids by Leah Dearborn

• Script:  Writing Wrap Up: You Can Do It - Setting Writing Goals by Paula Landry (This article is about writing films, but can easily be adapted to any writing!)

• Writer's Digest/Guide to Literary Agents:  5 Easy Steps to Conquer the Heartache of Rejection by Jessica Anya Blau

Links of Interest to Writers

We read, we write, we publish!

• Prolific Living:  32 Simple Rules Successful Entrepreneurs Live By

• Query Tracker:  Stereoscopic Writing by Jane Lebak

• BookBaby Blog:  5 Mistakes New Authors Often Make

• Dan Pollock's Thriller Blog:  Describing Stuff

• Blood Red Pencil:  Writing Through Life's Messes

• The League of Extraordinary Writers:  Using Evernote for Research by Tamara Ireland Stone

• Script Mag:  The 5 Keys to Being Unstoppable in Your Career

• The Write Practice:  How to Find Your Writing Workspace