Craft new work and rebuild your relationship to revision
For some poets, the most difficult part of writing is getting to the page, but for others, it is the act of revisiting those early drafts. This course will help students not only write new work with ease, but also return to those poems with a keen eye towards revision. To start, students will respond to weekly prompts with a craft focus, based on contemporary readings from poets like Taylor Byas, Kenzie Allen, Chen Chen, and Kaveh Akbar. Midway through the course, we will shift our focus to revision, re-approaching the poems from earlier weeks. Readings and exercises will outline various revision strategies and techniques aimed at giving students new entry points into their work. By the end of the course, students can expect to have written at least 3-6 new poems, with 3 substantial revisions. There will be opportunities to receive feedback from other students and the instructor, but this is not an entirely workshop-style course. Students should have at least one poem in its early draft stages to begin the course. Note: there will be no class meeting on Wednesday, July 2nd.
Live video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it).
In this workshop you’ll learn:
- Contemporary Forms
- Revision Strategies
- Poetry Writing Prompts
Time requirements
- 2-3 hours/week
Materials
- All reading materials will be provided.
Who should take this workshop?
- This workshop is designed for poets who want to generate new work and experiment with new approaches to revision.
If you need an accommodation for this workshop, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
