Lynn Wiese
Sneyd of LWS Literary Services—a firm which provides a variety of marketing and
publicity services for authors—kindly asked me to contribute a guest post to
her site. The post went online today. It’s titled “Three Things We Can Learn
from Poets” and talks about a few literary techniques employed by poets and how
writers of prose can employ those tools to improve what they write. Read my
contribution here, http://wp.me/p2CvCp-jh,
and be sure to check out the rest of Lynn’s web site to access a whole bunch of
interesting and helpful information.
The ideas in
my guest post are condensed from an in-depth treatment of the subject I will
present in late October at the Kanab Writers Conference. (More about that
later.)
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Rod- Thanks, that was very helpful.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jim--although I doubt there's much, if anything, I can tell you about making words sing.
DeleteRod, Great post. Thanks. Turning a phrase is one of the reasons I enjoy rewrites. I do creative in the morning and the fun stuff in the afternoon.
ReplyDeleteI'm all in favor of having a good time, Paul--especially with words. Thanks.
DeleteHey, buddy. I remember from my years of teaching when every semester, always at or near its beginning, a student would ask, "Now, Mr. Brown, are you going to grade me on what I say? Or how I say it?" My response: "Happy to grade you on either basis? Just as soon as you show me how to separate the two." Sorry to be a smartass. JB
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