Welcome to "Writers at Work"
Writing is hard fun. ~ Donald Murray
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Write now!
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Ideas for celebrating "A Poem in Your Pocket Day" 4/26
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National Poetry Month
"A Poem in Your Pocket Day"
Writer's Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup diligence
3 cups smiles
25 sharpened pencils
35 colored pens
1 ton of paper
2 cups of redo
4 tablespoons everyday words
25 gallons of questions
6 cups vivid verbs
4 cups nifty nouns
a sprinkle of adjectives and adverbs
1 ton of patience
65 gallons of listening
2 tons of friends
35 resources of good ideas, including yourself
Directions
Gather paper, pens, and pencils and place on desk. Look through own mind and other resources for one excellent and specific idea. Begin with everyday words about the idea. Share with a friend for more information, or research in your resources. Add diligence as you specify with nifty nouns. Listen to a friend again. Add his/her questions to your own to redo the idea with more details. Sprinkle the adjectives and adverbs sparingly. Pour in the patience and stir in the vivid verbs, redoing as necessary. Listen to the lilt of your words and present your product, smiling at your success as a writer.
What do you think? Will you accept the challenge?
I hope so -- we need your wonderful words to help each other grow as writers. Ms. Edwards
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Comments (3)
Anonymous said
at 4:47 pm on Mar 2, 2007
shee, Shee's March Work, practice, 3/2/07
Anonymous said
at 4:47 pm on Mar 2, 2007
Comments: Write your heading initials (coded name), title of page, title of work, and date completed.
Anonymous said
at 1:21 am on Oct 8, 2006
Comments may be added. Include your heading initials.
shee
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