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: […]
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The “Inner Editor” Debate: To Write Fast or Edit as You Go? – On the RMFW Blog
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.” […]
Repurposing Those Writing Fragments – On the RMFW Blog
If you’re like me (and every other writer), you’ve got a folder (or 12) of scraps of writing you’ve never done anything with. Writing exercises, ideas for scenes you never used, character sketches for characters you deleted after the second chapter. Those writing fragments can be mined and repurposed, turned into something new, or maybe […]
Top 10 Ways Not to Start a Story, Part 2 – RMFW Blog This Week
This week, I’m diving deeper into why some story beginnings may not work well for your book. Please click here to check out my article on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog: “Top 10 Ways Not to Start a Story, Part 2.” As always, I’ll see you back here on my own site in a […]
Breathing Life into Lackluster Beginnings
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 […]
Are Your Settings Stuck In a Rut?
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. […]
