by Cheryl Pallant | Oct 2, 2015 | collaboration, creative writing
Imagine, if you will, that you are falling from an airplane, mind you, without a parachute. You last remembered reading the in-flight magazine, then the airplane shuddering more violently that normal. Nervous about the less than smooth ride, for reassurance you turn...
by Cheryl Pallant | Sep 7, 2012 | creative writing, creativity, poetry
A favorite writing spot: VMFA For the second year, I’ve agreed to organize Richmond’s 100 Thousand Poets for Change. As of this writing, venues in 700 cities and 110 countries, in such far away places as Cairo Egypt, Port Au Prince Haiti, and Ulanbaataar Mongolia, are...
by Cheryl Pallant | Jun 14, 2012 | best writing books, creative writing, poetry, writing prompt
Best writing occurs with practice. The more you write, the more you learn. What you think may work chafes against what does work. You edit. You edit again. Sometimes you start over, scrap the entire manuscript, perhaps saving some of your precious lines in a separate...
by Cheryl Pallant | May 7, 2012 | anagram poetry, creative writing, creativity
Playing Anagram with my Name or Manage A Mantra Implying Why all chant reply haply rant cell yell arch plant yell chart plan clap thrall yen clap rally then car hall plenty racy plant hell a plant hell cry a rap lynch tell cant rally help can thrall yelp can partly...
by Cheryl Pallant | Apr 6, 2012 | creative writing, creativity techniques, poetry
The thud at the front screen door announced the arrival of Continental Drifts, my new poetry book. I ripped open the envelope to hold the culmination of months of writing and years of sending it to publishers. I returned upstairs to my office, placed the book on the...
by Cheryl Pallant | Feb 28, 2012 | body awareness, creative writing, somatics, Writing From the Body
You master an important initial step when you sit at your desk to write: showing up. Positioning yourself at the desk conveys an intent to commit words to the page. Manifesting the intent should follow, but for some of us, that next step can be tricky. We may get...
