How I Write First Drafts (by Rose Hunter)
All of my writing these days comes initially from my journals. That’s how I started writing and that’s what I’ve gone back to it seems. A lot of it is awful, therapeutic writing, stuff I need to work...
View ArticleHow Layered Experience Becomes Art (by Rina Terry)
Reading historical fiction is a favorite pastime and it definitely informed the writing of Cardboard Piano, my forthcoming book from Texture Press. As a young girl, I read the book Desiree by...
View ArticleWriting Prompts Using the Arts and Your Body (by Marshall Warfield)
Here are two excellent prompts by Marshall Warfield that he published in Press 1 a couple of years back. 1. How Much Does Your Community Feel Like Talking About the Arts? An exercise in community...
View ArticleInstant Book Workshop (using writing and drawing)
Instant Book/Poem Workshop I saw a presentation at AWP last year in which the presenter discussed a workshop activity that I’m somewhat basing this on. The presenter’s activity wasn’t quite like...
View ArticleWriting Between the Lines Revision Exercise
Writing Between the Lines Revision Exercise Locate a poem that is in progress—you are willing to add to it or change it a lot. It just isn’t where you want it to be. This could be an older poem....
View ArticleWriting in COVID-19 Times, and in Days of Protest (by Levin and Fox)
From Savvy Verse & Wit On Writing in COVID-19 Times and Days of Protest
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