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But of course, last post of 2017 means it's time to continue Writability's annual tradition of sharing my five top fives. So here we go!
Top 5 Most Popular Posts (on Writability) of the Year
Like last year, I used Google Analytics to find the most popular posts of 2017. Interestingly, while some of them overlapped with last year, many of them didn't.
- Why Use Past Tense?
- Why Use Present Tense?
- Young Adult vs. New Adult: What's the Difference?
- Writing Tip: Describe with Telling Details—Setting
- How to Write a Great Twitter Pitch
Top 5 Favorite (Writerly) Tumblr Blogs of the Year
Tumblr is awesome and there's lots of great bookish stuff there. Here are many of the writerly/readerly blogs I reblog the most from.
Top 5 Favorite Books of the Year
- History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera for the beautifully heartbreaking feels.
- The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzie Lee for the outrageous laughs and warm fuzzies.
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas for the brilliance that absolutely lives up to the hype.
- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon for the really unique and beautifully done far-reaching story.
- Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller for an awesome genderfluid assassin fantasy story that works.
Top 5 Favorite Twitter Accounts
- @Celeste_pewter for her accurate, patient, and incredibly useful political knowledge and down-to-earth advice.
- @Bibliogato for their perfect blend of writerly and political tweets.
- @ericsmithrocks for his seriously adorable corgi and baby pictures mixed with hilariously relatable writerly and readerly tweets.
- @veschwab for her incredibly open and sobering writerly tweets.
- @RileyJayDennis for her consistently great information on trans issues.
Top 5 Favorite Movies of the Year
What? Top five movies? Yes, this is a new category, but I like movies and this year had some truly great ones. So without further ado, make sure you catch these if you haven't already.
- Wonder Woman
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
- Logan
So those are my top fives of 2017—do you have any favorites of the year you'd like to share?
Happy New Year, everyone!
Twitter-sized bites:
Writer @Ava_Jae shares their top fives of 2017—what are some of your favorite writing resources of the year? (Click to tweet)
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