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Yesterday I posted about the SCBWI conference in New Orleans this weekend. Dr. Mary Howard wrote this message on Facebook, “I’m dying of curiosity about the revision techniques.” So I looked back at my notes and created a poem.
Why are you writing this?
Do you know?
What kind of story do you want to tell?
Do you know?I need to make some decisions.
Whose story am I telling?
What change does my character make?Purpose will inform your premise.
One sentence tells the whole story.Start the stitching,
word by word,
you will make something beautiful.
Readers will thank you.
Reflections on the Teche 