Posted on June 10, 2011 - by Nicole Humphrey Cook

Favorite Tweets for Writers – Week Ending 6/10/2011

Every week I scour Twitter for the best articles and posts that are shared. These are just a few of the best tweets for writers I have seen this week.

Some of these links I may have re-tweeted throughout the week, but I will tell you that most I have not (yet).

On Agents/Editors:

• Before You Hit Send
• Dream Agents
• How to Read a Book Contract
• Please Don’t Serial Query
• Rejection is Not Personal
• Slush Pile Triage
• Queries Beware
• What Are the Odds of Getting an Agent
• What to Look for in an Agent
• 5 Articles on Knowing When To Submit
• 7 Questions To Ask a Prospective Agent

On Character Development & Dialog:

• Adding Character Depth With the Zodiac
• Bare Bones of Dialog
• Character Clinic Day 2
• Character Clinic Day 3
• Character Clinic Day 4
• Introduce Important POVs As Soon as Possible
• Man Up: Writing Male POV
• Places To Find Character Names
• Talking About Heroes
• Villains: Empathy and Motivation
• When Setting is Characters
• Your Character’s Family of Origin
• 25 Things You Should Know About Character
• 5 Fluctuating Forms of Gender-Specific Language

On Genre Specifics:

• Adolescence Sucks, Which is Why YA Rocks
• Bold New Frontiers
• How To Craft a Mystery in a Novel
• Preaching in YA
• Sex in YA (pt. 3) Stereotypes
• Should YA Books Explore Difficult Issues?
• What is Steampunk?
• YA Literature: Realistic or Too Dark?

On Publishing:

• The Completely Backwards Way to Self Publishing Success
• Trading Excerpts With Other Authors in the Back Matter of Your Ebook
• Self-publish first book, seek an agent for the second? Good, bad, risky?
• 2 Ways to Become a Published Author

On Revision/Editing:

• A Bad Book? No, It’s a Good Book You Haven’t Fixed Yet
• Checklist for Editors
• Chip Scanlon Offers Revision Tips
• Edit in an Instant: It Ain’t Gonna Happen
• Is Your First Person Narrator Overpowering Your Story?
• Reading From The end – An Effective Way to Troubleshoot Your Writing
• Revision – The Long View
• The Critique Pact
• Working Within a Critique Group
• 4 Ways to Make the Most of a Critique Group

On Outlining & Plotting:

• A Writing Map to Use For Large Projects
• Actions vs. Choices: Crafting a Better Plot
• Are You a Pantser or a Plotter?
• Conflict Lock: The Fuel of a Story
• Does This Opening Work?
• How to Plot Wrong, in 3 Easy Steps
• How to write a rockin’ sequel.
• How to Write a Scary Scene
• On Story Arcs
• Pinpointing the Points of Your Plot
• PreDrafting Your Novel
• Sharpening Our Narrative
• Subplots – How to Find Them and Where to Use Them
• The First Line
• Time to Write: Stop in the Middle
• Warning Signs of an Idiot Plot
• 11 Resources to Make Editing Your Novel Easier
• 3 Easy Ways to Build Suspense

On Social Networking/Blogging & Other Online Stuffs:

• Get the Best Bang For Your Blog
• How Do You Choose Blog Topics?
• Sexy, Saucy Secrets to Successful Blog Posts
• Why You’re Not Too Shy To Promote

On Writing in General:

• A Book That Speaks For Itself
• A Musical Secret – great post about music and writing
• Branding 101: To Pen Name or Not To Pen Name
• Chasing Trends
• Creating Writing Structure
• Do Writers Need to Read?
• How To Write Short Stories
• Is Your Motor Running?
• Journal Prompts For Bookworms
• Six Signs It’s High Time To Give Up Writing
• Summer Writing Routines
• The Cliche: Unloved and Underappreciated
• The Intersection of Faith and Fiction
• What Makes a Book a Success
• Why Writers Blogging About Writing is Bad
• Write Your Query FIRST For a Better Book
• Writer’s Conferences – Are They Relevant in the Internet Age?
• Writing. It’s Hard.
• 3 Ways to Avoid the Waffle in Writing

On Everything Else (including cool things, free things and funny stuff):

• I Would Hate to Live With a Writer
• If You Love a Writer
• Six Reasons You Should Stick With Legacy Publishing

Did I miss anything? I’m sure I did. Please leave a comment with a link so others can find it!

If you missed last weeks Favorite Tweets for Writers, find it here.

Added this week: If you are interested in getting your own posts included, the best way to get me to notice you is to follow my blog. I visit those sites daily looking for new articles to post on twitter. I primarily use Google Friend Connect but I’m looking for new methods, added soon. (send ideas my way, LOL)