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List Poetry: A Prompt for the Listless
List Poetry: A Prompt for the Listless
Admit it–sometimes you’d find it easier to pull out your own tooth than write a decent line of poetry. If you haven’t experienced that day…
Teresa Buczinsky
Mar 20, 2017
Creative Writing Rule #3: Show, don’t tell.
Creative Writing Rule #3: Show, don’t tell.
Look at the picture below to see an example of the telling/showing spectrum in writing.
Teresa Buczinsky
Mar 14, 2017
Incantations: Using Words for Power and Transformation
Incantations: Using Words for Power and Transformation
Humankind’s first poetry was used to invoke the gods, to bring rain, to make a sick person well again, or, more fiendishly, to make a well…
Teresa Buczinsky
Mar 8, 2017
The Snap of a Mindful Line Break
The Snap of a Mindful Line Break
A line break is the place where a poet decides to drop to the next line in a poem. It sounds like no big deal, but the poet who ignores…
Teresa Buczinsky
Mar 7, 2017
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