If you are aware that you need to be brave, you are probably on the threshold of writing something that matters.
Pat Schneider, Writing Alone and With Others (2003, pg. 172)
During the last week in April I attended an AWA writing-group leadership training with poet Patricia Lee Lewis at The Crossings in Austin, Texas. Patricia, along [...]
Posted by Christine on 05.15.2008 at 12:01 am// Tagged: Christine, Discussion Thread, Get the Lead Out , critique groups, Dorothea Brande, Julia Cameron, Natalie Goldberg, Pat Schneider, Patricia Lee Lewis, Peter Elbow, Read Write Poem, The Crossings, the writing process movement, writing groups
What happens when you pour balsamic vinegar over extra-virgin olive oil? The oil rests on top of the vinegar in the cruet, but if you shake the contents, you create a delicious salad dressing.
Prompt
For your poem this week, try combining two elements that don’t seem to go together at first glance. Here’s the process:
• Think [...]
Posted by Christine on 04.16.2008 at 12:20 am// Tagged: Christine, Read Write Prompt , Carolyn Forché, Patricia Lee Lewis, poem, poem prompts, poems about opposites, poetry, Read Write Poem
Give me some room! (For creating space in a life for writing.)
If I haven’t had my cup of poetry in the morning, I’m a real bear. Since I work in the late afternoons and early evenings, mornings are my quiet time, when I sit down to do some writing.
It’s fun to learn about the rituals different [...]
Posted by Christine on 03.21.2008 at 12:01 am// Tagged: Christine, Get the Lead Out , Amherst Writers and Artists, Earl S. Braggs, Edith Wharton, Herman Melville, Longfellow, Pat Schneider, Patricia Lee Lewis, poetry craft, Read Write Poem, time to write, Writing Alone and with Others, Writing Craft, writing discipline, writing habits, writing space