#TheWritersLift: "because the World #RevolvesAroundMe, and I Generously Grant You Some of My Fans' Attention" #LoL | @LitReactor @HeidiAngell @Tweepi @Twitter #Revolve #Revolving #Revolved #Revolver #Revolves

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That's what it feels like writers are saying when they (although they usually do it upon 'reaching some goal' like getting published or getting their idea accepted---something that makes them feel like they should 'pull others up the ladder along with them) offer to do 'a #WritersLift (on Twitter)'---in a Tweet where they ask you to reply with links to your books, -websites, -blogs, -articles or -'works in progress,' which they will then read, comment-on, possibly buy, and retweet to all their Twitter-followers.

The deal is ... I see Tweet-after-Tweet claiming that it will BE such a #WritersLift, but then see HARDLY ANY of these promised retweets (probably because they don't add the tag #WritersLift to assure writers that these 'Lift-Replies' are getting retweeted).

LitReactor (with 28.9K followers) explains 'what #WritersLift's REALLY are' in a report linked through 'the hyperlinks' below; but first I want to teach you about those words. And I find you understand words better if you see 'the words at their base' (then going on to look at the words at those words' bases, then the words at those words' bases, etc.-etc. ad infinitum into their Foundation)
The word “Revolve (- #Revolving #RevolvingDoor #Revolution (I know, 'isn't that a form of the word "Revolt"?' It is, but 'Revolt' is also closely related the word Revolve!))” is built on ancient words that mean "to Roll (Turn) Back, -Again" (as the Planets go around the Sun).
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In the blog linked through the graphic above, Heidi Angell echoes a few of the disillusions of LitReactor; but she offers more advice on 'how to use the #WritersLift (despite "the way the Lifters are trying to use it")' ... I think (I really was just looking for a graphic to put here ... the blog-article was a bit TL:DR for now 😉).

I actually wanted to set down a few 'rules' for Twitter's #WritersLift's ('Revolve' actually being "a word in the foundation of a word in the foundation of a word in the foundation of a word in the foundation of ... in the foundation of" the word 'Rule'), so we'll start with a few I glean from Heidi's post
  • Don't Go to Twitter-Jail (i.e. Don't confuse it with #FollowForFollow (which is against Twitter policies, as the practice usually includes 'unfollowing all the Tweeps who don't follow you back within a day'))

    In order to stay out of Twitter-Jail:
    1. Be selective of who you follow (Look at their "Bio" (the text-block that pops up when you mouse-over their account-name), and follow them if you'd like to read more about them ... Heidi suggests following "writers in the same genre")
    2. Follow 10-to-20 at a time (before you then go and interact with most of them)
    3. Wait about a WEEK before you unfollow any whom you're not interested-in or who don't follow you back

  • Measure the Benefits - Here's where #WritersLift's start to seem more-and-more like MLM-scams (pyramid schemes), because the biggest- (and sometimes ONLY-) benefits go to the #WritersLift's' first 3 or 4 replies.
That's where Heidi's view is 'slightly askew' with mine (and this post is sort of 'a comment in response to hers' because she does not (at this moment) have a comments-section I can access). 

She's puzzled at 'how some Twitter-users' follower-counts are exponentially more than their following-counts,' and I'm reminded that Twitter was 'originally' (well; maybe not 'at first,' but definitely the way it developed) about 'following the news about celebrities'---and their accounts are usually the ones with thousands-to-millions of 'followers' ...

the people on Twitter whom you've heard-of 'from somewhere other than Twitter' (which include A LOT of writers! Stephen Colbert, Stephen King, Dan Brown, Bob Woodward, Gary Bulmer, former-Presidents Barack Obama & Donald Trump, and probably a lot more TV- & Movie Stars & Politicians who also write!)

So I guess the first rule I'd make about #WritersLift's (about 'carrying them out,' not so much about 'joining others'  #WritersLift's') is

In Retweets of #WritersLift-replies, INCLUDE A TAG like #LiftingWriter (or #LiftingTHISwriter or etc.)!

Any other suggested #WritersLiftRules? Make your suggestions in the comments!



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