Honouring the Poets | Kill Your Darlings

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Writing Memoir through Poetry with Sara M Saleh

Introduction

Meet Your Teacher (5:23)
Course Overview

Part 1: Entering Memory

Introduction (3:22)
What is Memoir in Poetry?
Biomythography
Exercise: Snapshot Memory
Showing vs Telling (4:02)
An Example of Writing Through the Senses
The Unspeakable (1:57)
Exercise: The Unspeakable
Final Reflection & Summary

Part 2: Building Connections

Images, Themes, Voice (3:12)
Finding Your Threads
Exercise: Response Poem
Tone, Mood and Conversation (2:06)
Honouring the Poets
Exercise: ‘Poem of Transition’
Shaping a Sequence (3:22)
Exercise: Storyboarding
Exercise: Mapping the Suite
Exercise: Emotional Arcs
Final Reflection: Seeing the Threads

Part III: Shaping the Suite

Editing at the Line Level (2:45)
Exercise: Sound Check
Exercise: Line Breaks
Titles, Framing and Feedback (2:13)
Working Titles
Title Lab
Final Suite: Sequencing and Reflection (1:07)
Exercise: Final Suite

Conclusion

Next Steps (2:37)
Reading & Resources

Feedback

Thank You

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