1 / 6

Creative Writing

Creative Writing. February 24, 2012 http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Love-Poem. Step 1. Write a page of standard prose as fast as you can about: The first time you saw your boyfriend / girlfriend

nicki
Download Presentation

Creative Writing

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Creative Writing February 24, 2012 http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Love-Poem

  2. Step 1 • Write a page of standard prose as fast as you can about: • The first time you saw your boyfriend / girlfriend • The first time you fell in love – how did you feel, where were you, what happened (keep it clean; remember, sex = love) • If you are currently dating someone, talk about how you feel when you are with that person • If you’ve never been in love, describe love as you envision it

  3. Step 2 • Look through your paper and… • Replace weak verbs with strong verbs • i.e. – Replace the ‘ran’ in “We ran towards each other” with raced, scampered, dashed, scurried or darted • Double check your pronouns • If you have too many, replace them with proper nouns

  4. Step 3 • Pick a metaphor • Choose a metaphor to describe your love / relationship / envisioned romance • Remember, figurative language can really make your writing come alive so choose wisely!

  5. Step 4 • Read your paper out loud with a partner • You and your partner will listen for things that don’t sound relevant or that sound a little off in your paper • Go back and fix the problem areas in your paper • Make marks on your paper where there are shifts or pauses in the flow of the paper

  6. Step 5 • Write a love poem based off the information in your paper • Create your stanzas based on where you determined there were pauses / breaks in your paper • Have fun, mon amour!!!

More Related