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Reinvigorate Your Revision Process

 

5 Steps to Strengthen Your Draft Poems

Poets, are your rough drafts piling up? Grab these free tips to reinvigorate your revision process ASAP.

 

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Reinvigorate your revision process with key strategies.


Feeling stuck? This free guide will help you to revitalize your revision process. Apply a strategic approach that eliminates procrastination and deepens creativity. Gain the skills to transform your drafts into compelling poems with clarity and confidence.

 

This free PDF guide provides you with straightforward strategies to:

  • Scrutinize your interplay of "showing" and "telling"
  • Identify what's at stake and what you desire to convey to your reader
  • Craft endings that resonate authentically with your poem’s “truths"
  • Experiment with structure to enhance tension and reader engagement
  • Consider how aspects of poetic forms might come into play

You don’t have to struggle alone with your draft poems, wondering
what to do next.

 

I'M READY TO REVITALIZE

 

✓ Sentence-Level Revision Techniques

Explore ways to weave narrative and figurative elements.

 

✓ Deep Revision Strategies

Use reflection prompts to think deeply about your reader’s experience of your poem.

 

✓ Structural Experimentation Tips

Experiment with various aspects of structure - and the impact of tension and closure.

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"The materials you prepare for each class have been so rich and engaging, and you have such strong facilitation skills for our Zoom classes. It's a pleasure to be in your class and I have learned so much from you."

 

K.E., PA

“I really enjoyed it and it left me with much to chew on. I really loved the range of poems you chose and the in-depth look at different ways of ‘leaping and swerving’ in poems."

 

Lily B.

"Thank you so much, Ruba! Great class, clear & supportive structure, good class interaction."

 

Elaine, Greater Seattle Area

Ready to transform your drafts into dynamic poems?


Stop wrestling with drafts in solitude. Unlock the secrets to revising your poetry with confidence and expertise.

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