CLIFF NOTES WRITING CONFERENCE
Join us for the
2023 Cliff Notes Writing Workshop
September 28th - October 1st
Registration will be open on the REGISTER Page soon
Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
David Lee
Craig Childs
Readings
Discussions
Writing Instruction
Homework Sharing - 2023 Dave’s assignment: “Make It New”
A. Pick out a day of the year. Could be a holiday, oldest – the solstice holidays, important days, new way of looking at it.
B. Pick out a time of day or night. Write about it in a way no one else has done. See it, examine it discuss it
Keys:
1. Keep audience in mind, not yourself. Pick the audience, give them something they need. Why this audience?
2. Purpose and keep tight focus. Keep that purpose.
3. Focus on imagery – the senses. Sensory poem.
4. Figurative language – metaphor and similes
Maybes:
1. Try no state of being verbs
2. Write without a singular personal pronoun – no I’s.
3. Play with form - fixed stanzas, Do something different with the form. Don’t do this the way you’ve done it before.
Each participant has 2-3 minutes to share.
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