Wednesday 24 April 2013

The Artist Unleashed: SAVE YOUR LIFE: A PATCHWORK APPROACH, by Laurel Garver

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  1. Your post makes me want to write something or review what I've written previously. The milestones that made us. The decisions that we made at that crossroads.

    I moved to another country, divorced and remarried and started a new life. It was such a feeling of independence to know I could make things better.

    Whether it gets published isn't as important as documenting the details while they can be remembered.

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    1. Glad you found it motivating, D.G. Shaping experiences into something you really want to share with others can be a hurdle some won't attempt. Thus the publication motive--because for some, realizing they've overlooked good material is all it takes to invest in molding experiences into true art. Some will do it for themselves alone.

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  2. Thanks Laurel for an interesting insight into poetry writing. Forgot to mention that in my other comment. Thanks for highlighting Laurel's wisdom, Jessica!

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    1. Just doing my part to make poetry writing less intimidating. I find so much joy in it.

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  3. I've never tried poetry. I just don't have that kind of writing rhythm.

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    1. And yet your second sentence is very rhythmic. You may have more intuitive sense than you think. But many poetic techniques are learned skills.

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  4. Great advice. We all have different, unique experiences that could be written about.

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    1. Honestly, even second-hand experiences and stories make great fodder for poems. If you find something interesting and don't want to forget it, chances are it's a great germ of an idea for good writing.

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  5. So this is what you were working on! I've never thought about capturing memories in poems but I love the idea. I don't know why I'm so scared of poetry. Maybe if I just wrote it in paragraph form : )

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  6. Great post Laurel! It sort of links to the write what you know business - even if we haven't all lived through everything, there are certainly lots of emotions, even in the smallest bits of life, that we can explore in our writing.

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