Ideas to Enhance Your Writing
 

                Seeds of Encouragement

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One way to grow as a writer is to enhance and support the writing community. A “like” on a post,

a share of a post, are actions that take very little time...

                     Vacuuming Your Poem

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Wouldn’t it be nice to have a special poetry vacuum cleaner that removes excess “a”s and “the”s, unnecessary adjectives, and any other debris cluttering up your poem?

                           Branching Out

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But I always write [free verse, epic poems,

fill-in-the-blank]. So, why change?

            Tuesday Tips: The Work Bench

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You know the guidelines – journals always want you to send your best work. But how do you make it your best?

       Tuesday Tips: The Music of Your Poem

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Okay, so what’s with all the pictures? They all

have ears.

  Tuesday Tips: What do our words provoke?

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"The pen is mightier than the sword," wrote

Edward Bulwer-Lytton. If the pen is so mighty,

are we using it?

         Tuesday Tips: Is It Wise to Revise? 

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Why do poets spend so much time revising their work? Shouldn’t you just write from the heart and let it go at that?

                  To Rhyme or Not to Rhyme

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I’ll be honest with you: I like rhyme. It’s fun, challenging, and can make a poem easier to remember. That said, it can be a tough sell.

      Tuesday Tips: What Can We Learn from

                  Joseph Fasano's Poetry?

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I’ve been a fan of Joseph Fasano ever since I

read these words from his poem, “Mahler in New York”...

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     Can You Teach an Old Poem New Tricks?

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Let’s say you have a poem that’s been around

a while, maybe you’ve submitted it once or

twice, but no one’s snatched it up. (There’s no accounting for taste.)

               Read in front of people? Me?

 

Maybe you’ve always hated to read out loud and never wanted the teacher to call on you. Just the idea of getting up in front of people turns your palms to sweatshops, your stomach to hip-hop.

                 Tuesday Tips: Let It Flow

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One of the toughest things for me as a writer is to keep from editing while I’m composing.

           Tuesday Tips: Remember to Dream

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Think back to when you first imagined yourself a writer, an artist. Oh, the places you'd write!