structure
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As a structure-focused/structure-first kind of writer, I spend a lot of time before I really begin drafting on brainstorming and organizing scene ideas and essentially looking to see the larger patterns of the story emerging. I’m essentially spending a lot of time upfront working with the story’s structure on a macro level. I thought this
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When I teach closed form poetry, I’ll often use a clip from Taskmaster, a British TV show that features celebrities (primarily comedians) competing in a series of often ridiculous challenges. Each task has specific rules, and most of the time there’s always some time pressure element, and that can lead to some spectacular failures, but
heather debling 