Katherine Hutt Scott

Principal, Best Writers and Editors. Poet. Journalist who once covered Venezuela, the Caribbean, and official Washington, DC. She/her.

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@SqSehrish Türkiye

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@iqrafatma1278 The TV remote

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@Simi_2210_ Lungs

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One possibility to shape a story: Start a new paragraph or line with a temporal phrase ("Four months later.....").

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@Ashy_slashee Gene Wilder

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One possibility to shape a story or poem: Contrast the scene with a completely different scene.

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One possibility to shape a story: Use a "volta" (turning point) to cast a new light on the scene.

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One possibility to shape a story: Exit the scene.

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Get all the writing out, no matter how messy and ugly.
You can beautify later.

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It's best to write about things that you don't completely understand. That way, the process of exploring and learning for the writer will be the same as for the reader.
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Commas MATTER!

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Some wisdom from Ivan Turgenev regarding the writing process:
If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.

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What is the similarity between food and writing? Food is a daily ritual and writing should be, too.

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Think about the tension between immediacy and memory. How can we use the tension of our immediate experiences (for example, eating food) to get at memories?

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@MsAnjaliB Greed

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How do you convey the intimacy of your personal experiences--such as eating different types of food--and make them into a universal experience?

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Metaphors should spring naturally from your feelings as you write.

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During this holiday season, some hope from Jane Kenyon's poem "Happiness":

There's just no accounting for happiness
or the way it turns up like a prodigal
who comes back to the dust at your feet
having squandered a fortune far away.

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If you are writing a poem and one section is less musical than the others, you should rethink that section.

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Tell the truth and not the facts.
-Maya Angelou

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