by Kelley Lindberg Today I’m dipping into the ol’ email-bag, and coming up with the following question from a reader: “What did you do to get over the anxiety relating to your first task as a writer?” I assume tackling your first writing assignment is much like parachuting for the first time (although I doubt […]
New Year’s Resolutions
by Kelley Lindberg The start of the new year is, of course, a great time to set new goals for our writing progress. I find that my goals almost never change from year to year… I think that means I’m really good at selecting excellent goals. It has nothing to do with being incapable of […]
Hope for This Season of Light
by Kelley Lindberg I wrote this a few years ago, but I decided to dust it off and repost it, because it still sums up my wishes for us all in this season of light. Best wishes to you and your family, wherever you are. The season of light is upon us. Earlier this month, […]
Tips for Writing a Profile
by Kelley Lindberg Recently, I was asked for some tips on writing a profile. When it comes to writing for magazines, profiles are my favorite projects. A profile is a story about a particular person and their life, their passions, their inspirations, and their contributions. It can be a little intimidating to interview someone for […]
Visions and Revisions, with Cheryl Klein
by Kelley Lindberg Revision. The mere word can strike fear into the hearts of writers. Or hope. It’s where the magic happens. Or the pain. It’s when everything that isn’t David is chipped away. Or when the whole thing crumbles to dust. Okay, melodrama aside, revision is a necessary, unavoidable part of writing anything that […]
Writing a Better Sentence
by Kelley Lindberg When it comes right down to it, writing only involves two things: a good story, and the ability to tell it well. Well, that’s simple enough. Okay, maybe not. Obviously, the most fundamental building block of being able to “tell it well” is the sentence. A benign-looking little thing, really. A subject […]
