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Probably the biggest difference between a beginner
and a publishing poet is that the beginner doesn’t go beyond a first
draft. This course will introduce techniques of re-writing and editing
your poems. You should come to the course with drafts of 2-3 poems
that you want to revise. The tutor will discuss your particular
poems and see you through multiple re-writes, as well as providing
you with a host of general techniques that you can apply to drafts
in the future. Revision is actually great fun! This course includes
a FREE induction week.
The tutor: N P Hunt
N P Hunt received her Master of Fine
Arts degree in poetry from the University of Virginia, where she
studied under the (then) US Poet Laureate Rita Dove and the Pulitzer
Prize-winner Charles Wright. Now a Londoner, she has published poems
and book reviews in both the US and UK. She has taught creative
writing, literature, and film classes to university undergraduates
since 1995. A confirmed eclectic, she is currently finishing a manuscript
entitled Imbalance of Fire which includes a poem in the voice of
an adolescent Spanish girl working in an African leper colony, responses
to classical and 20th century artists and thinkers, translations
from the 16th-century sonneteer Pierre de Ronsard, and a series
of poems inspired by a grant-supported residency in Reykjavik.
The course is 10 weeks including a FREE Induction
Week.
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| Series |
Starting Date |
Early Bird
Booking Deadline
(Price £140) |
Booking Deadline
(Price £160) |
Ending Date |
| 2 |
16th September 2002 |
2nd August 2002 |
9th September 2002 |
24th November 2002 |
The aims of this course are to show students
how to:
- understand the nature and function of revision
and appreciate its value
- improve 2 to 3 original poems through multiple
drafts
- acquire a “toolbelt” of revision techniques
for future use
Contents
This course will discuss the importance of
re-writing and the benefits of re-envisioning your first drafts.
Techniques discussed will include: reading between your lines, playing
with syntax, changing p.o.v. and address, apostrophe, inversion,
trying formal structures, escaping formal structures, re-ordering,
pruning, and expansion.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this
course you should be able to:
- re-read, judge, and analyse your own drafts
- create a good 2nd draft of a poem
- further refine the second draft, creating
a 3rd draft
Typical assessments
- write at least 300 words about each of
your starting drafts, explaining how you’d like to improve them
- write second drafts of 2 of your poems
- write a 3rd draft of 1 of your poems
Pre-requisites for this course
You will need to:
- Be able to use Word, WordPerfect or other
word-processing program
- Be able to write and understand English
reasonably fluently
- Be interested in experimentation
- Have some experience of writing poetry (you
should come with 2 or 3 first drafts)
Please note: The course is limited to 5 participants.
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