The Art of Craft, the Secrets of Revision—Toward Publication
WRITING X 432.12E
This workshop engages students in the processes of both creation and revision with the goal of evolving drafts into striking, accomplished poems. Imagery, pacing, line-breaks, compression and expansion, and appearance…
What you can learn.
- Craft new poems with the express intent of developing them into solid, coherent works
- Revise your drafts with feedback from readers to strengthen your vision
- Identify how imagery, line breaks, and form can elevate your drafts to a publishable level
- Get insight into what local and national editors seek in submissions
About this course:
This workshop engages students in the processes of both creation and revision with the goal of evolving drafts into striking, accomplished poems. Imagery, pacing, line-breaks, compression and expansion, and appearance of the poem on the page are explored, together with the element of discovery. The sensibility and criteria of various editors, local and national, is discussed. Appropriate for those with some formal training.Contact Us
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