Crafting Poetry One Syllable at a Time
Posted on June 12, 2017 by Colleen M. Chesebro
I am a student of fiction writing. This is one of the best discussions about using an omniscient narrator I have seen. This is one of those blog posts you will want to read. Learning about writing is fun! This is one I will print out and refer to again and again. ❤
An omniscient narrator can tell the reader the who, what, where, when, why of the story, but can also reveal a character’s thoughts.
Category: Authors Supporting AuthorsTags: fiction writing, Marylee MacDonald, Omniscient Narrator, revealing character's thoughts, Working with an old fashioned storytelling voice
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“What makes you a poet is a gift for language, an ability to see into the heart of things, and an ability to deal with important unconscious material. When all these things come together, you’re a poet.”
—Erica Jong
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Colleen M. Chesebro is a Michigan Poet who loves crafting syllabic poetry, flash fiction, and creative fiction and nonfiction. Colleen sponsors a weekly syllabic poetry challenge, called Tanka Tuesday, on wordcraftpoetry.com where participants learn how to write traditional and current forms of haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, gogyohka, tanka prose, renga, solo-renga, haibun, cinquain, Etheree, nonet, shadorma, Badger’s hexastich, Abhanga, and diatelle poetry. Colleen's syllabic poetry has appeared in the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, and in “Hedgerow, a journal of small poems,” and in various other online publications. She’s won numerous awards from participating in the Carrot Ranch Rodeo, a yearly 99-word flash fiction contest sponsored by carrotranch.com, an online writing community. Recently, she created the Double Ennead, a 99-syllable poetry form for Carrot Ranch. Colleen has published a collection of poetry, flash fiction, and short stories called, “Fairies, Myths & Magic: A Summer Celebration,” dedicated to the Summer Solstice. She contributed a short story called “The Changeling,” in the “Ghostly Rites Anthology 2020” published by Plaisted Publishing House. Colleen Chesebro’s poetry blog is called Word Craft – Prose & Poetry at https://wordcraftpoetry.com/ Her author blog is found at https://colleenchesebro.com where you will find her poetry and short stories.
Thank you, Colleen, I’m keeping this post too. xxx
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I learn so much from the examples. Hugs, Adele. ❤
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