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• Emotion in Poetry
  (Mon Dec 26th, 2005 11:57:59 AM, by Vivian Gilbert Zabel) Personification is the giving of human traits to non-human things that cannot have those traits. Dogs can experience fear; therefore, writing about a fearful dog is not personification. Clouds cannot experience anger; therefore, "angry clouds" is pers...
• Using Alliteration to Enhance Emotion in Poetry
  (Mon Dec 26th, 2005 11:57:59 AM, by Vivian Gilbert Zabel) Poetry begs for emotion, in the wording by the poet and in the mind of the reader. Yet many wonder how to create emotion in their writing. One way to enhance emotion is to use poetic devices. Poetic devices, when used with imaginative language, hel...
• Writing a book - tips from an author
  (Mon Dec 26th, 2005 11:57:59 AM, by www.GetPlotted.com) Any good work of fiction has a basic set of components. Without these various elements, your book will be unsatisfying, or worse, unreadable. Many new authors make the mistake of copying or 'aping' an existing writer's style, or a popular genre - this ...
• Emotion in Poetry
  (Mon Dec 26th, 2005 11:57:59 AM, by Vivian Gilbert Zabel) Poetry needs emotion, but we need to create emotion with words, the creation which is called imagery. To enhance the emotion of any writing, we can use poetic devices. Using metaphors or similies is one way to strengthen (intensify, vigorize expressio...
• Allusion in Poetry
  (Mon Dec 26th, 2005 11:57:59 AM, by Vivian Gilbert Zabel) Allusion, according to A Handbook to Literature by C. Hugh Holman, The Odyssey Press, "is a figure of speech making casual reference to a famous historical or literary figure or event." According to definitions in various literature and composi...
• Feedback, the Beauty and the Bane
  (Mon Dec 26th, 2005 11:57:58 AM, by Harriet Silkwood) I love getting critiques. It makes me feel acknowledged and important. Someone took the time to think about my work and give feedback. What a precious gift. An online writing group is the place to learn how to take and use criticism in a supportive...
• Write What You Know
  (Mon Dec 26th, 2005 11:57:58 AM, by Harriet Silkwood) We've heard the words, Write What You Know, but do we understand what they mean? The words can be misleading and may discourage new writers from branching out to try new genres. Do they mean we should only write about our experiences? No. They mean we ...
• Sharing Your Writing is Scary!
  (Mon Dec 26th, 2005 11:57:58 AM, by Harriet Silkwood) So, you want to be a writer. How healthy is your ego? How about your self-confidence? Can you handle criticism? You've joined an on-line writing group and posted your first write to be critiqued. Was it as hard as you thought it would be? Yes? ...
• Writing the Civil War, the why and how it was fought
  (Mon Dec 26th, 2005 11:57:58 AM, by Phil Bryant) America has always approached its conflicts as if extending the thought of the uniquely American way of life, that is to say as if to leave each man to his own devices and choices free to make or break his own way into life as he has been endowed by hi...
• Writing the Civil War, researching the causes
  (Mon Dec 26th, 2005 11:57:58 AM, by Phil Bryant) Many an aspiring short story writer or novelist has dreamed of putting to paper a romantic tale to rival at least come near to the quintessential civil war novel Gone with the Wind. Romance, treachery, occupation and struggle were the overt messages fr...

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