Culling the Poetry

The Heartstorming part of the Shortcut to the Scene exercise (from my last blog) may be a new concept for you. If you're having trouble letting go and allowing your inner poet to babble, you could try this poetry exercise as a warm up.

          Write a stream of consciousness page on something other than a scene from your novel. It doesn't matter what you say, but try using a topic that holds plenty of emotion. Something frightening or heartbreaking or hilarious or inexplicable.

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