@WritersCafe The Writer - January 2018.pdf
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@WritersCafe The Writer - January 2018
We have been posting lessons on the basic elements of poetry until now (as you can read all previous Instant View links shared here).
🔥 We are now starting up with the new series of lessons about expressions and expressing yourself.
An Expression of Yourself
Poetry is the expression of yourself. It is the concentrated you.
@WritersCafe #expressions
🔥 We are now starting up with the new series of lessons about expressions and expressing yourself.
An Expression of Yourself
Poetry is the expression of yourself. It is the concentrated you.
@WritersCafe #expressions
Writing #tips from #fiction Authors
"Fiction that isn't an author's personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn't worth writing for anything but money."
— Jonathan Franzen
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"Fiction that isn't an author's personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn't worth writing for anything but money."
— Jonathan Franzen
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Merriam-Webster now lets you look up a certain year and it will list all the words that first appeared in print in that year
🌐↖️Check it Now
#useful
🌐↖️Check it Now
#useful
Imagery #expressions
The primary vehicle poets use to transport their readers to a new experience.
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The primary vehicle poets use to transport their readers to a new experience.
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Telegraph
Imagery
"That does not necessarily mean that imagery applies to all five human senses collectively. It merely means that imagery is the use of descriptive language that can be appealing to one or more of the five human senses." To clearly see an image, you want:…
Writing #tips from #fiction Authors
"Don't panic. Midway through writing a novel, I have regularly experienced moments of bowel-curdling terror, as I contemplate the drivel on the screen before me and see beyond it, in quick succession, the derisive reviews, the friends' embarrassment, the failing career, the dwindling income, the repossessed house, the divorce . . . Working doggedly on through crises like these, however, has always got me there in the end. Leaving the desk for a while can help. Talking the problem through can help me recall what I was trying to achieve before I got stuck. Going for a long walk almost always gets me thinking about my manuscript in a slightly new way. And if all else fails, there's prayer. St Francis de Sales, the patron saint of writers, has often helped me out in a crisis. If you want to spread your net more widely, you could try appealing to Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, too."
— Sarah Waters
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"Don't panic. Midway through writing a novel, I have regularly experienced moments of bowel-curdling terror, as I contemplate the drivel on the screen before me and see beyond it, in quick succession, the derisive reviews, the friends' embarrassment, the failing career, the dwindling income, the repossessed house, the divorce . . . Working doggedly on through crises like these, however, has always got me there in the end. Leaving the desk for a while can help. Talking the problem through can help me recall what I was trying to achieve before I got stuck. Going for a long walk almost always gets me thinking about my manuscript in a slightly new way. And if all else fails, there's prayer. St Francis de Sales, the patron saint of writers, has often helped me out in a crisis. If you want to spread your net more widely, you could try appealing to Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, too."
— Sarah Waters
@WritersCafe
Coming Up!!
Top Ten Tips for Newbie Fiction Writers
..stay tuned!
Top Ten Tips for Newbie Fiction Writers
..stay tuned!
One: Write What You Know
There are stories inside us and even around us, dont let it go waste.
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There are stories inside us and even around us, dont let it go waste.
Learn More @WritersCafe
Telegraph
One: Write What You Know
In my high school English class our borderline-highbrow teacher would feelingly repeat the above phrase after giving each assignment. "I am thoroughly tired," he would continue, "Of reading of spacemen and dragons and soldiers and knights who are baseless…