Crafting Poetry One Syllable at a Time
Posted on July 2, 2017 by Colleen M. Chesebro
This post is long but I believe it is a MUST read. Showing can be hard but if you learn a few tricks in your word choice you can convey a message to your readers that will make them want to read everything you write! ❤
Show, don’t tell: Everything you need to know in a nutshell. Words to use and to avoid. Describe characters, emotions, settings. Plus summary to download.
Source: Show, Don’t Tell: Your Indispensable Mini-Guide. With Downloadable Cheatsheet | Ride the Pen
Category: Authors Supporting AuthorsTags: Ride the Pen, Show - Don't Tell, word choice
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“A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone’s knowledge of himself and the world around him.”
—Dylan Thomas
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Colleen M. Chesebro is an American Poet who loves crafting paranormal fantasy and magical realism, cross-genre flash fiction, syllabic poetry, and creative 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, and shadorma poetry. Colleen's syllabic poetry has appeared in the Auroras & Blossoms Poetry Journal, and in “Hedgerow, a journal of small poems.” She’s won numerous awards from participating in the Carrot Ranch Rodeo, a yearly flash fiction contest sponsored by carrotranch.com. In 2020, she won first place in the Carrot Ranch Folk Tale or Fable category, with her story called “Why Wolf Howls at the Moon.” Colleen is a Sister of the Fey, where she pursues a pagan path through her writing. When she is not writing, she is reading. She also loves gardening and crocheting old-fashioned doilies into works of art.
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Great find by Colleen 👍😃
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I subscribe to his newsletter. Great information from Alex all the time. This was exceptionally helpful. Thanks for sharing. ❤
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Welcome, Colleen 👍😃
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This is an awesome share, Colleen! In particular, I liked the dialogue tags section of the article.
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I agree. We all need help in certain areas. I love the example of showing…😄
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Love ‘Ride the Pen’, Colleen! Thanks for sharing! 😉
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You’re welcome. ❤️
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Reblogged this on Nesie's Place and commented:
A great addition to your resource folder! 😉
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Thanks for sharing this great article ❤️
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Excellent article. Thanks for sharing. ❤️
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Yes really! Thank you for providing it. 😉
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Reblogged this on Musings on Life & Experience and commented:
Highly useful information for writers.
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Thanks for sharing this excellent article 😘❤️❤️😘
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A fantastic share! Thanks very much, Colleen! 🙂
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You’re very welcome! 😘❤️
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