5 writing tips from the Twitter rabble
Ever follow a novelist on Twitter thinking you’ll pick up a writing tip from the feed?
Good luck. The Twitter feeds from many popular writers are examples of procrastination in action.
For 140-character nuggets of writing advice, you have to dive deeper than published and popular fiction writers. Working editors and journalists (and a popular cartoon character) are a good source for writing and editing tips.
Here are five tips:
On writer’s block, from Dana Goldstein, a contributor to The Daily Beast and The Nation:
in my experience, the cause of most writer’s block is a lack of reporting or research on which to base the writing http://bit.ly/dUc3CNless than a minute ago via TweetDeck
DanaGoldstein
DanaGoldstein
On hyphens, from Mark Allen, a freelance writer and copy editor:
Why we need hyphens: Because second-best margarita in Phoenix is not the same as second best margarita in Phoenix. @GrammarMonkeys #ACES2011less than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhone
Mark Allen
EditorMark
On a common language gaffe, from Chris Jones, a contributor to Esquire:
@BleacherNYC: “I couldn’t care less” is fine. “I could care less” doesn’t make any sense.less than a minute ago via web
Chris Jones
MySecondEmpire
On conjunctions, from Rob Reinalda, executive editor at Ragan Communications:
I know starting a sentence with a conjunction sometimes helps the rhythm of the text, but the practice has spread like dandelions. Pls stop.less than a minute ago via web
Rob Reinalda
word_czar
On punctuation, from Stewie Griffin, from the cartoon “The Family Guy”:
Writing. Like. This. Doesnt. Make. Your. Point. Any. Stronger. It. Makes. It. Look. Like. Your. Computer. Has. Asthma.less than a minute ago via web
Stewie Griffin
LordStewie
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