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Make it New (Again): An Introduction to Radical Revision
Lilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United StatesDo you have a poem that you just can’t get right? Sometimes the best way to get past a creative block is to throw caution to the wind and destroy what you’ve built. Join Straw Dog Writers Guild and author Adam Grabowski on Saturday, February 18 from 10:30am-12:30pm at Lilly Library in Florence, MA for
Let’s Make a Scene
Lilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United StatesScenes are the building blocks of screenplays. Like Legos, each one is strong and intact on its own — but its purpose is to be part of a larger structure. This is a seminar for anyone interested in the many ways screenwriting differs from prose. To get the most from our time together, read a
What Poems Want Reading and Revising with Care
Lilly Library 19 Meadow Street, Florence, MA, United StatesWhen giving feedback about poems, we’re often asked to point out what’s “working” and what’s “not working” and discuss revisions that would make poems “stronger.” But what would it mean to enter a different kind of relationship with our writing—one in which we let the poem itself guide us to what it needs? In this