Tag: improving your writing
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June 24, 2009 02:52 AM EDT --
Last week Jim G . said, "I personally don't believe that writing, in any format, such as cinquains, should have "Rules" or "Guidelines" that must be followed... I don't need or want anyone telling . . .
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July 26, 2009 10:24 PM EDT --
I participated as a research rat in a poetry study. I went into the college (Macalester College in St. Paul), sat at a pre-programmed computer, read aloud poetry from the old style of rhyme and rhythm, . . .
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August 14, 2009 03:32 PM EDT --
Corrina Parr wrote a challenge for her group members and others to re-work an old poem.
I'm offering a few ideas on how to re-upholster your poem.
Delete every other line.
Cut off the . . .
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July 08, 2009 02:26 AM EDT --
LM commented on my poetry blog saying, " this is what confuses me about poetry. [Your poem] “ Learning ” looked like nothing more than a short story that was broken up into short . . .
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August 26, 2009 04:57 AM EDT --
Bet you've heard a person say, "I should write a book!" Do they mean it? If so, what's stopping them? What about you? Do you want to write a book? Or a magazine article? . . .
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September 02, 2009 03:55 AM EDT --
My kids have all returned to school now. A couple weeks ago I took my freshman daughter to Cottey College , an all-women's junior college eight hours away in Missouri. One of the . . .
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August 05, 2009 03:06 AM EDT --
I heard a report on the radio the other day about children learning to read at the age of two years. I wasn't impressed with the aspect of earliness for two reasons. One, I think early . . .
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August 02, 2009 02:55 AM EDT --
I'm taking the following directly from the WE homepage . Then I'll add my own comments. There's been some confusion and frustration about articles not accepted at Gather Writing Essentials. . . .
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July 01, 2009 03:16 AM EDT --
Femi Kuti performed at the Minnesota Zoo last night. King Sunny Adé opened the show. What struck me is the stage presence that Kuti commanded. He was not timid . . .
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July 15, 2009 01:43 AM EDT --
I'm on vacation. My in-laws have . . .
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July 22, 2009 02:28 AM EDT --
Is your writing true? Do you tell the truth or fudge on the details?
I write for newspapers--that is, I used to. Both of my papers informed me this month that they could no longer . . .
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July 29, 2009 12:40 PM EDT --
Hey y’all. I’m here in the Crescent City writing on a public library computer . I tried to submit my column last night, on time, but a glitch in submissions with Gather . . .
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August 12, 2009 01:06 AM EDT --
I've been working on finding a venue to publish an audio-essay that I've written and produced. Just tonight, after returning from a terrific bike ride, I checked my e-mail to discover another rejection . . .
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August 19, 2009 01:32 AM EDT --
Recently a musician I know had eye surgery. At a gig of his that I attended in New Orleans, he exclaimed, " For the first time in my life I can see clearly !" This comment piqued . . .
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September 09, 2009 02:37 AM EDT --
How does time work for you? Always running behind time? Are you johnny-on-the-spot, sometimes to the dismay of the hosts? Do you find yourself wishing for an extra hour in the day? . . .
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June 25, 2009 12:12 AM EDT --
Not too many replies to my prompt, but the ones that came in are beauts.
Bobby Sands by Sheila Deeth
Nature by Autumn Farrington
If the American Revolution Happened Today by Ari Sutton . . .
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July 21, 2008 05:34 PM EDT --
Is you wish to be a better writer or reader, of English? Then study these 6 articles 'for proper punctuation', posted by Howard M., in 2006. This repost puts . . .
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