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What Do You Need to Become a Better Writer? – On the RMFW Blog

May 12, 2024 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

When was the last time you stepped back and thought about what you need—truly need—to elevate your writing craft or boost the business side of your writing career? I lay out a 5-step plan for identifying your needs, then achieving them, on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog here: “Map Out a Plan to Boost […]

Filed Under: writer's life Tagged With: education, inspiration, organization, planning, writer's life

Can We Stop Using Writing as Punishment in Schools?

August 30, 2022 by Kelley Lindberg 1 Comment

For as long as there have been teachers, kids, and writing implements, writing has been used to punish unruly students. Whether it was writing “I will not talk in class” twenty times on the chalkboard or being told to pen a dreaded 500-word essay on “respect” after a too-rowdy assembly, most of us have memories […]

Filed Under: teachers, writer's life Tagged With: education, essay, punishment, students, teachers

Why Handwriting and Cursive Still Matter

April 10, 2013 by Kelley Lindberg 2 Comments

by Kelley Lindberg Last Friday, the Utah State Board of Education voted unanimously to recommend that handwriting and cursive should continue to be taught in our Utah public schools. That instruction has been required in the state up until now, but under the new Common Core curriculum, it is no longer required. (“Utah Education Leaders […]

Filed Under: writer's life Tagged With: cursive, diary, education, handwriting, history, journal

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