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Break Your Characters Out of Your Writing Ruts – On the RMFW Blog

July 16, 2023 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

As a writer, have you fallen into “location” ruts? Do you find your characters in the same settings in scene after scene, like sitting in cars, chatting at the kitchen table, pounding their heads against their cubicle walls? Find out how ditching run-of-the-mill settings can punch up your scenes in my article on the RMFW […]

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: description, editing, revision, scenes, settings

How to Trim Those Filter Words from Your Writing – On the RMFW Blog

January 16, 2023 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

“Filter words” are sneaky words and phrases that drain the energy from your sentences, dull the tension in your scenes, and slow down your pacing by “filtering” the action through the thoughts or senses of your character. See examples of what I mean in my article on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog here: “Filter […]

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: description, editing, filter words, language, revision, word choice

Writers Have Keen Observation Skills – Or So I’ve Heard

September 29, 2021 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

Keen observation skills. That’s pretty much an essential quality for a writer, right? We observe setting. We observe atmosphere. We observe human nature. We observe conflict and emotion and irony. But boy, I’d be lousy as a crime scene witness. Detective: “Can you describe the perpetrator?” Me: “Um. I think it was a white guy.” […]

Filed Under: writer's life Tagged With: character, description, observation

Writing Body Language – Are Your Characters Fluent in Body Language?

March 17, 2021 by Kelley Lindberg 1 Comment

In the improv comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the comedians often perform a particular sketch, called “Moving People,” where they pull two audience members on stage. Two of the comedians act out a scene while the two audience members frantically try to pose them to match the dialogue. The comedians are as helpful […]

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: body language, character, description

Just-In-Time World Building – On the RMFW Blog

March 12, 2021 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

This week, I’m blogging on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ blog. Hop over there to read “Just-In-Time World Building” for tips on letting your story’s world unfold as your characters encounter it.

Filed Under: Writing Craft Tagged With: background, description, scenes, setting, world-building

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 […]

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