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Write Like an Artist

September 17, 2019 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

Last month, I was a speaker at the League of Utah Writers annual Quills Writing Conference in Salt Lake City. I moved to Colorado in May, but I guess they still like me in Utah, because they haven’t revoked my membership yet. So it was fun and motivating to see old writing friends and make […]

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: art, background, craft, essay, foreground, middleground, nonfiction, storytelling

Goal + Fear = Conflict

August 18, 2019 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

So there’s this guy. He’s tall. Bit of a loner. Okay, a lot of a loner, even when he’s with people. I know what he drives. I know what he drinks. I know he’s getting mixed up with a woman who may not be who she says she is. But I don’t know what makes […]

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: character, craft, John Truby, Lisa Cron

Comprise vs. Compose

November 14, 2013 by Kelley Lindberg 2 Comments

Pet peeves are funny. They start as barely-on-the-radar blips of something that seems a little off. Then a few more blips appear. And a few more. And pretty soon, the radar is lit up like the proverbial Christmas tree, and you’re pulling out your hair, screaming, “Enough already!” The word “comprise” has become my newest […]

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: compose, comprise, craft, grammar

Breathing Life into Lackluster Beginnings

October 2, 2013 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

By Kelley Lindberg Beginnings. They aren’t easy. You’d think they’d be. After all, that’s where every story starts. How hard can it be, really? You just jump in a start telling the story. But many potentially good stories are stabbed through the heart by the dull wooden stake of a lackluster beginning. The problem with […]

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: beginnings, craft, openings, revision

Do Editors Really Hate Adverbs?

August 21, 2013 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

By Kelley Lindberg [I used Grammarly to grammar check this post, because most bots are boring, but bots that argue with you about grammar are disturbingly sexy.] At some point in just about every writing workshop or conference, someone reminds someone else that adverbs (those notorious “-ly” words) are the devil’s own tools and should […]

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: adverbs, body language, craft, description

Are Your Settings Stuck In a Rut?

July 17, 2013 by Kelley Lindberg 1 Comment

by Kelley Lindberg As humans, we often fall into ruts. We go to the same place for lunch more than we should admit. We read the same types of books and watch the same types of TV shows. We shop at the same stores and rotate through the same recipes for dinner every week.   […]

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: craft, description, revision, setting

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