Imagining an Image System for Your Novel in VerseAugust 4, 2021 | Novels, Novels in Verse, Poetry“An image that is not repeated and/or loaded is mere incidental description. But in great writing, there is very ...By: Cordelia Jensen
#HFGather: A Poetry Chat with Nikki Grimes and Sarah AronsonApril 8, 2020 | Black Voices, HFGather, Inspiration, PoetryToday's #HFGather was a special National Poetry Month treat! Host Sarah Aronson had a powerful chat with Nikki ...By: Nikki Grimes
#HFGather: Sarah Aronson & Heidi Stemple Writer ChatApril 1, 2020 | HFGather, Inspiration, Jewish Voices, PoetryToday's #HFGather featured host Sarah Aronson and Heidi Stemple in conversation. They discussed: Lessons ...By: Heidi E. Y. Stemple
A Poetry Writing Exercise to Ignite Your Inner MuseJanuary 16, 2020 | PoetryWe'd like to thank Gail Carson Levine (gailcarsonlevine.com) for sharing this writing exercise. Gail is the leader ...
Podcast: Jane Yolen On Process, Picture Books & PoetryJanuary 6, 2020 | Community Good News, Inspiration, Picture Books, Podcasts, PoetryJane Yolen talks about the writing community and her writing process. In this episode, hear George talk to Jane ...By: Jane Yolen
Writing Poetry for Children: 5 Articles to Get Your Rhyme OnJuly 23, 2019 | PoetryMany people associate rhyming poetry with children's books--but there's a lot of advice for children's writers ...
Picture Books: To Rhyme or Not To RhymeJuly 2, 2019 | Picture Books, PoetrySpecial thanks to Diana Murray (dianamurray.com) for this guest post! Diana was faculty for Getting to Know Your ...
Rebecca Kai Dotlich on Loving Words and Writing Poetry for ChildrenJuly 17, 2018 | Community Good News, PoetrySpecial thanks to Matt Forrest Esenwine, children's writer and voiceover talent, for letting us share this ...By: Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Those Pesky Specs! Writing for the Educational MarketMarch 31, 2018 | Educational Market, Nonfiction, Picture Books, PoetryWhen you write for a trade publisher, you follow that publisher’s guidelines. Usually these are fairly ...By: Paula Morrow
Writing Renga with Lovely Poets at Our Retreat CenterSeptember 15, 2017 | Poetry, The Highlights Foundation ExperienceMaybe the lovely isn’t needed in my title? Maybe all poets are as lovely as those who visited the campus recently? ...By: Alison Green Myers
The Pleasure and Magic of Metaphor and PoetryJuly 14, 2017 | PoetryBly describes metaphor and simile as “forgotten relationships.” I think a peacock is like a rainbow umbrella ...By: Rebecca Kai DotlichGeorgia Heard
Read a Verse Novel a Day for Poetry MonthApril 25, 2017 | Novels in Verse, PoetryIn honor of Poetry Month, Kathy Erskine decided to feature a "Verse-Novel-a-Day" on her Facebook page. She has ...By: Kathryn Erskine