Sharing is caring

[Before we start, my friend, have you followed 10 new people yet? It’s all adding up!]

Let’s get friendly, Day 29. Time to share some of your go-to favorites in books, websites, webinars, conferences…whatever you consider crucial in your daily(ish) writing.

You can:

• Share a helpful book you’ve dog-eared (if you do that sort of thing, you monster) like a rhyming thesaurus
• Recommend a fave website or resource or club you use regularly
• Offer a link to an annual conference or online group, with details explaining why you regularly return
• Offer gratitude to the creators of a site or resource, explaining why the resource helped you
• RT a great meme that includes helpful info you’ve used or refer to often

This is not the same as sharing #writerslift or timely news, because this is specific to tangible documentation. This post will reflect something you can point to that has helped improve your writing, that wasn’t a crit partner. Share it without expectation of reciprocation or personal benefit.

I found a great template for a book proposal that a lit agency offered on their website. Yes, it was a template for them so their submissions were less sucky, but hey, what a great, free resource! I made a post and included the link along with a shout-out of appreciation to the agent and the house (tagging them both), and that tweet got a pretty high number of likes and RTs—including the agent herself as well as the agency. The agent doesn’t rep what I write so it wasn’t a butt-kiss move, I promise!

Feel free to send several tweets that highlight a bunch of your top resources – but keep it to one person per tweet unless it’s something they did together.

TL;DR: share a helpful resource and thank the person that offers it. Consider creating the post on a Canva-like site to make it pretty but OK if no. Post it on all your media.