Writing Poetry to Save Your Life How to Find the Courage to Tell Your Stories

Name: Writing Poetry to Save Your Life How to Find the Courage to Tell Your Stories
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ISBN: 9781550717471

ISBN-10: 1550717472

ISBN-13: 9781550717471

Edition: 2013

Authors: Maria Mazziotti Gillan

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What I hope to accomplish in this book is to give writing prompts that will help you to get past all the outside influences that keep you from believing in yourself and in your ability to write. In order to write, you need to get rid of notions about language, poetic form, and esoteric subject matter ? all the things that the poetry police have told you are essential if you are to write. I wanted to start from a different place, a place controlled by instinct rather than by intelligence. Revision, the shaping and honing of the poem, should come later, and, in revising, care always needs to be taken to retain the vitality and electricity of the poem. Anyone can learn to craft a capable poem,…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Guernica Editions, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/30/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 203
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.308
Language: English



Introduction



Exploring the Cave: How to Find the Stories You Have to Tell



Finding the Poet Inside You



Learning to Let Go



Translating Our Lives



Trusting Yourself



Ways to Improve Your Writing



Reading Poetry Aloud



Keeping a Journal



Go On a Retreat



Read, Read, Read, and Read Some More



Write It Down Immediately



How to Make Your Writing Come Alive



Poetic Voice



Specificity



Don't Worry - Form Doesn't Matter



Simplicity



Poetry by Example



Learning Courage



What Will People Say?



Writing What You Know



The Dangers of Concentrating on Publication



The Tough Subjects



Getting to the Heart



Writing Poetry to Save Your Life



The Block Method of Unblocking Writer's Block



Prompts to Keep Your Writing Flowing


About the Author


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