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    Writing Fitness – Poetry

    I am not much of a poet, however, at my writers retreat at Interlochen College of Creative Arts, I had an opportunity to write some. One of the challenges about being a writer is to explore new genres. This is part of skill building and learning new ways to get my words out. For any writers out there, being able to get words on paper can potentially be problematic. I’d like to share some of the pieces that I wrote during a craft talk this week. The idea was to focus on one moment of a recent experience, and, perhaps, to add emotion and end with a question? On my walk…

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    An Exercise in Memories

    In a previous post, I discussed my ever growing bookshelf.What I didn’t talk about was some of my favorites. You know, the books you read over and over again, even knowing the ending. These are the ones you never part with, even if you outgrow them. As I progress with my writing, I am discovering that these books can be used for other things. Mainly as a way to learn different writing skills. Though others have done things like this.   This image came from dustyprettythings.wordpress.com.   This one is from strawberryearth.com. The author has an entire post dedicated to how to turn old books into something useful. I prefer…