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40 Twitter Hashtags for Writers

By Simon Kewin

If you use Twitter, you?re probably already familiar with the idea of hashtags. These are simply a way of categorizing particular tweets by including within them a keyword prefixed with the hash or ?pound? (#) symbol. So, for example, tweets containing writing advice will often contain the ?#writetip? tag. The point of this is to make it easier to find all tweets containing writing advice : you just search for ?#writetip?. Similarly, you could find a stream of publication tips by keeping an eye on tweets with ?#pubtip? in them. 

Using relevant hashtags in your own tweets also increases the likelihood of others seeing your post and becoming a follower. They?re a great way to engage with a particular community of Twitter users. 

The following is a list of some of the hashtags that will be of interest to writers. The list can never be exhaustive because anyone can invent a new tag at any time. Most are self-explanatory, although some need explanation : ? 

#amediting  posts from people who are editing
#amwriting  posts from people who are writing
#askagent  agent questions and answers
#author
#authors
#editing
#fictionfriday
#fridayflash  flash fiction on a Friday
#nanowrimo  national novel writing month
#novels
#novelists
#poem
#poet
#poets
#poetry
#pubtip  publication tips
#publishing
#scifi
#selfpublishing
#vss   very short story
#webfic  web fiction
#weblit   web literature
#wip   work in progress
#wordcount
#writegoal
#writequote
#writer
#writers
#writetip  writing advice
#writing
#writingtips  writing advice
#wrotetoday ? 
Some hashtags are specifically ?chats? ? which means they work in the same way as all tags, but are mainly used at certain agreed times : ? 
#journchat
#kidlitchat
#litchat
#scifichat
#scribechat
#storycraft
#writechat
#yalitchat   young adult literature chat ? 

The following spreadsheet is a good place to keep track of the schedules for these Twitter chats if you?re interested in joining in : 

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=ruaz3GZveOsoXUOOt86B3AQ

Full post as published by Daily Writing Tips on June 14, 2010 (boomark / email).