REPLAY: Syntax and Surprise

Thanks to everyone who came out and wrote some knock-out poems! *This is just a reminder that participants' poems are not recorded, so please attend live sessions to listen to others and share your work.

The best part of being a poet is not playing by the rules. Learn from award-winning poet Kelly Grace Thomas how to create surprise by shifting your syntax and altering parts of speech. Practice a variety of strategies and tools to break poetic patterns, embolden your voice, and add wildness to your work. This is your chance to make and break the rules—to make language your own.

 In this workshop, participants will:

• Disrupt patterns to add surprise

• Use unexpected language to create suspense and tension 

• Break out of predictable language to hook the reader

• Gain confidence in your writing and creativity in your approach

Syntax and Surprise Highlights

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• 14:00 One Month of Magic Writing Challenge

• 14:22 What is syntax?

• 20:50 Why is syntax important?

• 22:30 Warm Up #1

• 29:33 Varied Syntax

• 31:28 The Late Shift by Amy Woolard

• 41:22 Let Birds by Linda Gregg

• 45:58 Prompt #1

• 48:22 Warm Up #1

• 55:15 Repetition

• 01:00:56 This Living by Amber Tamblyn

• 01:02:28 To The Young Who Want to Die by Gwendolyn Brooks

• 01:06:02 Messing with Parts of Speech

• 01:06:28 Spilt the Lark by Emily Dickinson

• 01:07:33 My Therapist Asks About My Relationship to Work by Tiana Clark

• 01:11:26 Chiasmus & Antimetabole

• 01:12:19 There are Birds here by Jamaal May

• 01:14:36 Prompt #2

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