Hi friends! Happy National Poetry Month!
I’m so excited to write with you during our Begin with a List generative series (4/14) and our List and Litanies craft workshop (4/28). We’ll have a blast using lists to write powerful, punchy poems and essays.
I’m also finalizing The Creative Crossover’s May through September offerings, including new lyric and personal essay workshops. I can't wait to share them with you soon.
Today, I’m sending you our very special Train Your Titles Workshop, which includes ten techniques for making an immediate and effective first impression to get your writing read.
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Train your Titles Description
Join award-winning poet Kelly Grace Thomas for a two-hour craft-intensive where we’ll examine how the right title sets your writing up for success. In this workshop, we will examine how titles (and epigraphs) can do the heavy lifting to work multiple levels, inform every stanza, tighten arguments, and provide a container for tension, revelation, and economy. We will read and discuss poems by Ruth Awad, John Murillo, Shira Erlichman and more.
In this workshop, participants will:
Write titles so strong readers will return to them after the poem is over
Reframe thinking about the importance of a title
Gain confidence in building context before the first stanza
Learn how using metaphor as a title can act as a vehicle for commentary
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