Figurative language is language that uses words or expressions with a meaning that is different from the literal interpretation. When a writer uses literal language, he or she is simply stating the facts as they are. ... Figurative language is very common in poetry, but is also used in prose and nonfiction writing as well.

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The repeated sound can appear anywhere in the words, unlike in alliteration where the repeated consonant sound must occur in the stressed part of the word. Consonance is also a similar concept to assonance, which refers to the repetition of vowel sounds in quick succession.

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Writer's Block

Writer's block is a condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work, or experiences a creative slowdown. The condition ranges in difficulty from coming up with original ideas to being unable to produce a work for years.

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Writing #Tips from #Ficiton Authors:

"My first rule was given to me by TH White, author of The Sword in the Stone and other Arthurian fantasies and was: Read. Read everything you can lay hands on. I always advise people who want to write a fantasy or science fiction or romance to stop reading everything in those genres and start reading everything else from Bunyan to Byatt."

— Michael Moorcock

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Read poem structure and poetry techniques. What’s the best way to divide your poetry into lines? (Hint: "at random" is not the right answer!)

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Writing #Tips from #Fiction Author's:

"Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you."

— Zadie Smith

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Lanturne Poetry

The lanturne/lantern is a short shape poem from Japan describing a specific one syllable noun, such as a feeling, a thing, or an abstract idea. The lantern poem takes the form of a hanging lantern, going from short to wider as the poem goes on, and then becoming short again in the final line. The purpose of the lantern poem is to illuminate the subject and re-imagine or personalize it for the reader, not just to simply define it.

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Writing #Tips from #Fiction Author's:

"Introduce your main characters and themes in the first third of your novel. If you are writing a plot-driven genre novel make sure all your major themes/plot elements are introduced in the first third, which you can call the introduction. Develop your themes and characters in your second third, the development. Resolve your themes, mysteries and so on in the final third, the resolution."

— Michael Moorcock

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Not specific to writing.

Read What is Refrain Poetry

A phrase or line repeated at intervals within a poem, especially at the end of a stanza.

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Writing #Tips from #Fiction Authors:

"In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it." — Rose Tremain

"Always carry a note-book. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever." — Will Self

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An Intro to Meter, Part I

Meter is a unit of rhythm in poetry, the pattern of the beats. It is also called a foot. Each foot has a certain number of syllables in it, usually two or three syllables. The difference in types of meter is which syllables are accented and which are not.

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Writing #Tips from #Fiction Author:

"It's doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction."

— Jonathan Franzen

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Meter Part II

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Writing #Tips from #Fiction Authors:

"Work on a computer that is disconnected from the internet." — Zadie Smith

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Writing #Tips from #Fiction Authors:

"Interesting verbs are seldom very interesting."
— Jonathan Franzen

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