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 […]
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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 […]
Reacting to Good Luck
by Kelley Lindberg I just got back from a visit to Reality Town, where I got to be random and dole out chance happenings, good or bad, to every resident of Reality Town. I only bankrupted a couple of them, so I call it a good day. It was the annual Reality Town program at […]
Halloween Imagination
Our annual Witches’ Luncheon by Kelley Lindberg When I was growing up, there weren’t many store-bought Halloween costumes. If you wanted a costume, you made it. There were tin-foil robots, Frankenstein’s monsters, Raggedy Anns and Andys, hobos, and lots of ketchup-blood. I remember being Maid Marian, the headless horseman, a classic sheet ghost, and a […]
Skipping the Prologue
by Kelley Lindberg “Write me a prologue…” – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare Many people admit they never read prologues. They skip right over prologues and go straight to where any self-respecting story should start: Chapter 1. So welcome to Chapter 1 of my blog. But wait…I’m curious. Why don’t people read […]
