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1) Stop fixing everything at once. Write your first round to get it on paper. On your second round, pick one thing to fix: sharpen your rhymes, for example. Next round, work on the meter. Let...
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2019-12-13T11:59:59Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T01:54:58Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
_1) Stop fixing everything at once._ Write your first round to get it on paper. On your second round, pick _one_ thing to fix: sharpen your rhymes, for example. Next round, work on the meter. Let it sit for a day. Come back with fresher eyes and work on word choice. _2) Kill your darlings._ Editing oneself is one of the hardest parts of writing. What this phrase means is that you have to be willing to let go of the perfectly-turned phrase, the elegantly metered couplet, if it doesn't fit the particular poem it's in. Put it in a slush file and start the line over. Rewrite the entire poem if you can't extract the line that's blocking you.
#1: Imported from external source
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2011-09-09T12:19:03Z (about 13 years ago)
Original score: 8