Prompts & Writing Games

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Bouts-Rimés (rhyming ends) 6 comments

This entry was posted in April Poetry Month Prompts & Writing Games on April 27, 2015 by Shaula Evans

The invention of bouts-rimés is attributed to a minor French poet of the 17th century named Dulot, of whom little else is remembered. (At least […]

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Writing Game: Running With Scissors 1 comment

This entry was posted in April Poetry Month Prompts & Writing Games on April 25, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on April 25, 2015)

1. Take one of your poems or microflash, or even a paragraph from something you’re working on. 2. Chop it up into single words. 3. […]

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Writing Prompt: Logogenetics 1 comment

This entry was posted in April Poetry Month Prompts & Writing Games on April 21, 2015 by Shaula Evans

Husband and wife science fiction writers Kate Wilhelm and Damon Knight invented logogentics as “the new science of selling stories without actually writing”. Logogentics Get […]

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Break Expectations

This entry was posted in Prompts & Writing Games and tagged Christian Torpe Rita writing prompt on April 17, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on April 17, 2015)

“Whenever someone says “A woman would never do that” — take a note and let your lead do it. Great story will follow.” – Christian […]

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Fibonacci Sequence Poetry 5 comments

This entry was posted in April Poetry Month Prompts & Writing Games on April 15, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on April 15, 2015)

In mathematics, Fibonacci Numbers or Fibonacci Sequences are numbers that follow a particular sequence . What’s more interesting for our purposes is that they also […]

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Sapphic Stanzas 1 comment

This entry was posted in April Poetry Month Prompts & Writing Games and tagged poetry verse form writing prompt on April 14, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on April 13, 2015)

You have probably heard of Sappho and Sapphic poetry. Let’s look at the “sapphic stanza”. The Sapphic Stanza is four lines long. The first three […]

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Eye Rhymes

This entry was posted in April Poetry Month Prompts & Writing Games Writing and tagged eye rhymes poetry warm ups writing exercises writing prompts on April 13, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on April 14, 2015)

Defining Eye Rhymes “Eye Rhymes” are words that look similar but sound different: in other words, the “rhyme” happens for your eyes, not your ears. […]

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Louise Erdrich: Advice to Myself 2 comments

This entry was posted in April Poetry Month Prompts & Writing Games Writing and tagged creative life creativity Louise Erdrich permission to write poem poetry specificity time management on April 11, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on April 12, 2015)

My friend the talented Israeli-Brazilian writer Avital Gad-Cykman introduced me to “Advice to Myself” by Louise Erdrich, and I thought it might speak to some […]

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The Audience Game 4 comments

This entry was posted in Prompts & Writing Games on April 10, 2015 by Shaula Evans (updated on April 11, 2015)

The Audience Game Think about a specific incident. It can be something from real life, it can be an incident in a story or poem […]

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