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Okay. Today's #TenTweets are on the very topical subject of CONTRACTS. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenThingsAboutContracts
1. Currently, publishing contracts vary enormously. Some are fair, others amazingly exploitative. The @Soc_of_Authors is campaigning for a review of laws to address unfair contracts, and to help authors get a better deal. #TenThingsAboutContracts
2. Many EU countries already have these laws. There's an easy acronym to remember what the elements of a fair contract should be. It's CREATOR. #TenThingsAboutContracts
Today's #TenTweets, by request, is on the topic of FINDING TIME TO WRITE. Follow #TenThingsAboutFindingTime to collect them all!
1. Many people dream of writing "when they have more time." And there's no denying that with busy lives, day jobs, children, etc. some people find time management a challenge. But here's the thing. If you can't find time now, you probably never will. #TenThingsAboutFindingTime
2. The first step is to understand that no-one can ever just "find" time. You have to take it from somewhere else. That means giving yourself permission to prioritize your writing. #TenThingsAboutFindingTime
Today's #TenTweets, by request, is on ACTION. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenThingsAboutWritingAction
1. The main trick to writing action is handling pacing correctly. #TenThingsAboutWritingAction
2. Short sentences speed up the pace of the narrative; longer, more complex sentences slow it down again. #TenThingsAboutWritingAction
Today's #TenTweets, by request, are on the subject of FINDING YOUR LOST MOJO. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenWaysToGetYourMojoBack
1. No writer is ever on form all the time. Writer's block, depression, exhaustion, lack of motivation, fear - there's no writer alive or dead who hasn't encountered one of these at some point or another. Join the club. It doesn't mean you're a failure. #TenWaysToGetYourMojoBack
2. Be kind to yourself. Practise self-care. Are you depressed? Get professional help. Exhausted? Make time to rest. Discouraged? Stop beating yourself up. No-one needs to suffer to be a writer. #TenWaysToGetYourMojoBack
Today#s #TenTweets, by request, are on the subject of SUSPENSE. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenThingsAboutSuspense
1. Suspense is basically the art of keeping the reader turning the page through the correct management of TENSION. #TenThingsAboutSuspense
2. It is not necessarily an action-thriller technique, although it is a component in action thrillers; but it can also be used in far quieter, less obvious ways. #TenThingsAboutSuspense
Okay, so a lot of you are asking for #TenTweets about writing in the face of the increasing grimness of the world. It's something I think about too, so let's do it. No miracle insights guaranteed, though. We're living in dystopian times. #TenWaysToCopeWithReality
First, a little story. My great-aunt lived in Paris, and had a pretty awful life. Once married to the manager of the Lido, she'd been very wealthy for a time, and was friends with all kinds of famous people, like Edith Piaf and Picasso. #TenWaysToCopeWithReality
But her husband, who was younger than she was, left her for a Bluebell girl, and her adored only son left her after having cleaned out her bank account and stolen all the furniture and valuables in her flat. #TenWaysToCopeWithReality
Today's #TenTweets, by request, is on the subject of THINGS ALL UNPUBLISHED WRITERS SHOULD KNOW. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenThingsAllUnpublishedWritersShouldKnow
1. Being published is neither the only way to enjoy writing, nor necessarily even the best one. #TenThingsAllUnpublishedWritersShouldKnow
2. Being a published writer does not necessarily equate making a fortune, or even, in most cases, making a living. Most first-time writers have a day job, and many will never give it up. #TenThingsAllUnpublishedWritersShouldKnow
Today's #TenTweets are on the subject of THINGS AUTHORS WISH ALL PUBLISHERS KNEW. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenThingsAuthorsWishPublishersKnew
1. The popularity of a TV personality, actor, YouTuber, singer, etc. doesn't automatically mean that people will rush to buy a book with their name on the cover. #TenThingsAuthorsWishPublishersKnew
2. Social media is not a marketing platform. #TenThingsAuthorsWishPublishersKnew
On a train, heading Londonwards. Time for #TenTweets. Given the current grammar debate, let's make it about LITERACY. Follow #TenThingsAboutLiteracy to collect them all!
1. The National Literacy Trust's figures show that 15% of adults in the U.K. are functionally illiterate. That's about 5.1 million people. #TenThingsAboutLiteracy
2. Literacy impacts all aspects of a person's life: their job; their mental and physical health; their likelihood of being involved in crime; their wealth; their happiness; their children's future. #TenThingsAboutLiteracy
We haven't had #TenTweets for awhile. These come to you courtesy of the delayed Transpennine train to Newcastle, and deal with TIME IN FICTION. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenThingsAboutTime
1. When planning a novel, it helps to work out the time period your plot covers. Is it plausible? Are you allowing enough time for your key events to unfurl? For characters to get to know each other? #TenThingsAboutTime
2. It sometimes helps to actually use a calendar to plot out key events, to make sure time in your story is operating the way you want it to.
By request, today's #TenTweets are about avoiding CLICHES. Follow #TenClichesToAvoid to collect them all!
Not every often-used idea is a cliche. Some are universal archetypes, relevant to all areas of the human experience. #TenClichesToAvoid
Archetypes offer psychological insight; cliches don't offer anything but boring, unoriginal tropes. Here are #TenClichesToAvoid...
Today's #TenTweets are, by request, on the subject of THINGS NEW WRITERS SHOULD KNOW. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenThingsNewWritersShouldKnow
1. a) I know "new writer" isn't a great term. Nor is "emerging writer," "budding writer", "amateur" writer," or any of the other terms that imply "writer with less experience of publishing than those who make a living doing this thing that we do." #TenThingsNewWritersShouldKnow
1 b): However, there are certain things that only experience, or listening to people with experience, can teach you. Here are a few things all writers should know. #TenThingsNewWritersShouldKnow
Today's #TenTweets, by multiple request, are on the subject of AGENTS. Follow the hashtag to collect them all! #TenThingsAboutAgents
1. Just as it's theoretically possible for someone to act as their own defence counsel in Court, it's possible for an author to do business without an agent. Most times, however, neither is advisable. #TenThingsAboutAgents
2. A literary agent acts of behalf of their author when negotiating contracts or collecting the money paid to them by publishers. They usually know all the publishers personally, and they know which ones are most likely to appreciate their client's work. #TenThingsAboutAgents
