Dawn Field

PhD, scientist, writing, equality, Biocode,

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

3/3 If you have data on a book you love, I'd love to see it. Just approximate the counts, like estimated numbers of Kindle pages in a chapter will do.

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

Which single book holds the record for best “adaptability” https://t.co/wQVecRc5gm

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

Who is the best-selling novelist in history? https://t.co/tPMIzBOxmK

[Scott Sigler @scottsigler]

Article by @fiedawn hits on same concept I wrote about and started using in 2018. Novelists, check out both:
• Dawn's: "Write Your First Draft Like A Movie Script" https://t.co/COC9g38eUZ
• Mine: "The screenplay as an outline for your novel" https://t.co/sPr3rn4KRa @BookBaby

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

@Southldntabby Arial 12pt for science in the UK, Times Roman 12pt in the US, Georgia 14pt to 'make text that looks very different than science' when writing about writing.

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

3/3 If you have data on a book you love, I'd love to see it. Just approximate the counts, like estimated numbers of Kindle pages in a chapter will do.

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

Have you ever looked at a plot of chapter lengths in books? Some very interesting patterns. For example, in thrillers the pace quickens as chapters get shorter from start to end. Often non-random, in that short follows long and vice versa.

[WinningWriters.com @winningwriters]

Chapters form an integral structural feature of books. Chapters enclose units of meaning. How much attention do you pay to their design? https://t.co/cvf3j2vrC8 by @fiedawn via @BookBaby #WriteTips

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

2/3 Sometimes you can see the acts in the patterns of lengths. Fascinating to think authors are controlling this 'meta-feature'...and likely they manage to do so purely out of intuition.

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

This. Is literary drama.

[Literary Hub @lithub]

"We, the undersigned, do not see a faceless brown mass. We, ourselves, are not faceless, nor are we voiceless." 82 writers ask @Oprah to reconsider "American Dirt." https://t.co/v3red7TDlF

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

This is great advice for taking a fresh look at writing. For both substance and style - certainly helps in typo-catching.

[Amy Biancolli @AmyBiancolli]

@Southldntabby As I write and rewrite and re-re-re-write, I change up the font and size with successive drafts to dupe my eyeballs into seeing what I’ve written in a fresh light.

I highly recommend this polyamorous approach to typefaces. It’s terrifically useful.

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

You are speaking at “39.15 bits per second” – new universal feature of language discovered https://t.co/NZqzHOqmR3

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

8 reasons why not everyone will read your book and why that’s perfectly fine https://t.co/ViayyyvOMJ

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

The Best of 50 Book Covers https://t.co/ApY6GjWlwc

[Marilyn L. Davis @MDavisatTIERS]

Ryan Gonzalez-Field makes poetry look easy. Quite an accomplishment for a high-school student. @fiedawn #snrtg #poetryisnotdead #POEMS

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

What books do you leave behind? A list of most-left books https://t.co/wdnejWxQgR

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

You are funded. #ExciteMeIn3Words

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

It’s cloudy with errors https://t.co/PkwVQtQ8LE

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

Dyslexics can be writers – and super storytellers. It’s the content that counts, and technology continues to open doors https://t.co/VqTlTphnbF

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

Writing Lessons From Viral Videos: Try And Try Again https://t.co/491RCAZk3q

[Roz Morris @Roz_Morris]

IYM Does your writing pass the slow-read test? On careful editing @fiedawn at @BookBaby https://t.co/dmEcDPgluv

[Dawn Field @fiedawn]

Explaining the rules: grammar https://t.co/jX2q0yiXvq