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Use Lively Verbs in Your Writing – On the RMFW Blog

June 10, 2022 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

If your verbs aren’t punching above their weight, you may be squandering an opportunity to add depth, character, and tension to your writing. “Lively” verbs can energize your writing in ways you may not have considered. That’s the topic I’m discussing over on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog this week. Check it out here: […]

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: language, revision, verbs

How Are You, Really? Thoughts on Memorial Day

May 30, 2022 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

In my inbox, a letter from a fellow writer: “How are you, really?” she asked, not just to me, but to all the writers she knows. She asked because she, too, is living through this time when every week brings a new, devastating knife to our society’s heart. She knew we are all suffering. How […]

Filed Under: writer's life Tagged With: holidays, Memorial Day, voice

Writing Exercises—Not Just for New Writers – On the RMFW Blog

May 14, 2022 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

As with any artform, in writing there’s always more to learn, new techniques to try, new strategies to tackle. It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been writing or how many books you’ve written—you can always find ways to improve. For all of the writers I know, writing is a continuing adventure in “leveling up” their […]

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10 Easy Ways to Sabotage Your Writing Career

April 24, 2022 by Kelley Lindberg 1 Comment

Is your writing going way too well? Confidence high? Productivity off the charts? Well, I’m here to help. Here are 10 easy steps for knocking your writing career into the dirt. Make excuses for not writing. (FYI: social media, making “mood boards,” household chores, and shopping for cute notebooks are all good excuses.) Refuse to […]

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The “Inner Editor” Debate: To Write Fast or Edit as You Go? – On the RMFW Blog

April 8, 2022 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

You’ve heard the advice to “turn off your inner editor” as you get your first draft down on paper. That’s great advice. But I don’t always follow it. To find out why, pop over to the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog this week to read my article “Writing Process: Shutting Down Your Inner Editor—Or Not.” […]

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: editing, inner editor, NaNoWriMo, revision

Fire Up Your Writing Energy – Bar Scene

March 25, 2022 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

Writing can go through seasons—some seasons are hot and fast, filled with fireworks, while others are cold and sluggish, like a Sunday morning in December. After one of those cold, unproductive seasons, getting back to our computers to do some fiction writing can feel like a sun-kissed reward for having survived all those lost gloves […]

Filed Under: writer's life, Writing Craft Tagged With: character, creative energy, creativity, setting, writing exercises

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