I got up this morning all set to write and catch up on my poems for the PAD November Chapbook Challenge. Then, I was going to write toward NaNoWriMo. And guess what, I’m on my way to it. I made my list last night, and allowed for Twitter and Facebook and blogging. After that, it [...]
Posts Tagged Process
i write for me first
Posted 13 February 2008 by Shari SmothersTagged As: Creativity, daddy, life lessons, me first, pebbles in my shoes, poems, Process | Categories: Process | 1 Comment
The Captured Verse I sit to work and words come sliding at me. I’m at first base, over the base with an over sized catcher’s mitt. Other days, I’m at Pete’s place in Chalmette, Louisiana, with my daddy’s favorite Shakespeare Ugly Stick. They’re out there, but I have to work a little harder to catch [...]
proofreading: the last step always
Posted 31 January 2008 by Shari SmothersTagged As: Process, proofreading, ritual | Categories: Editing | Leave a Comment
Getting it Right the First Time is Rarer than You Think It’s a rare one who writes right the first time, every time. And I am not that rare one. I used to think a poem needed to work the first time written, or it was meant to be trashed. I thought the writing process [...]
