[stylist] sestina stretch

[Lynda Lambert]

Eve - Now you have me very excited!
You will know EXACTLY what to do and it will be a journey you had not 
expected. Isn't writing a poem a thrill!!!!
Lynda


-----Original Message----- 
From: EvaMarie Sanchez via stylist
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 12:39 PM
To: Writers' Division Mailing List
Cc: EvaMarie Sanchez
Subject: Re: [stylist] sestina stretch

So I did a read through this morning. Boy it has changed direction from
what I thought it was. Does not seem to have reached its destination yet
though. I think what I am going to do is continue and either see where it
goes or strip it down. Through the exploration, I may have the actual poem
with a bunch of fluff that needs taking out; extra stanzas and extra lines.
When I feel that I am done writing, I may be able to find something there,
without the extras, that will be the final product.
I think, maybe.
I have never had one take off on its own quite like this. It is an
interesting journey.
Eve

President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
President, National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
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"You do not need to have vision to see the stars."

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Barbara HAMMEL via stylist <
stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Wow, Lynda! I wish I could randomly pick six words but I overthink it.
> When I took my college English courses and had to write essays one of the
> things expected from us was that Burke's Pentad or whatever you know it 
> as:
> the who what when where why and how of the essay. I ALWAYS had to write
> them AFTER the essay because I could NOT do them.
> Barbara
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Aug 9, 2015, at 10:44, Lynda Lambert via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Eve and Barbara,
> > Yes, I make my structure/core before I begin.
> > I put the number down vertically on the page and then take them away
> when I a finished.  The second thing I do is randomly select six words
> which I will work with.
> > I do this intuitively, without thinking about them because I want the
> words to take on their own life and not the life I directed. I want them 
> to
> surprise me, and maybe that is what will happen when you return to your
> poem - you may be surprised by what is there to work with.
> > I love to write Sestinas, too.  It is like beginning a journey to a
> destination that I do not know in advance - I love it. Lynda
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Barbara HAMMEL via stylist
> > Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 12:59 AM
> > To: Writers' Division Mailing List
> > Cc: Barbara HAMMEL
> > Subject: Re: [stylist] sestina stretch
> >
> > I don't write many of them — I need to get back to them though — but I
> made a template file that has the order in which the words must be used 
> and
> when I put the word the first time for the letter I change all the letters
> to that word. So, no, I never go over but, I'm not sure how it is done but
> you could just make it a double-sestina. Nothing wrong with that.
> > Barbara
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Aug 8, 2015, at 23:45, EvaMarie Sanchez via stylist <
> stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> I was just working on a sestina when I noticed that I had been carried
> away
> >> with the words. I came to a stop and went to the top to start counting
> >> stanzas. Somehow I had completely lost count and had nearly doubled my
> >> required length. Oops!
> >> I felt the safest thing for me to do at that point was to close it out
> and
> >> return to it later when it will be less a thing of passion. In this
> way, I
> >> hope to be able to look at it critically and do what must be done.
> Perhaps
> >> I will find two sestinas there. I did not even do a read through at 
> >> that
> >> point.
> >> Has this ever happened to any of you?
> >> Eve
> >>
> >> President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
> >> President, National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
> >> Committee Chair, Arizona Association of Guide Dog Users
> >> Affiliate Member, National Fedecration of the Blind Legislative
> Committee
> >> Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Membership Committee
> >> Member, Slate & Style Editing Team
> >>
> >> "You do not need to have vision to see the stars."
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