An exercise to help you stretch your voice

Hi Reader,

August is nothing more than a misty vision in the rearview mirror as we accelerate into September. Are you ready?

Summer has left its mark on me, as this month's Writing Experiment was inspired by both an interaction with my grandson on vacation and a friend's book recommendation.

So, here I am turning summer ponderings into autumn blog posts. Let's dive right in.

Read a poem first

A while back, my friend Ben Riggs recommended that I read Mary Oliver's poetry collection While I Wake Early. I put a copy by my bed and on those mornings I wake relatively early, I read a poem or two before writing my morning pages.

On those days, something of Mary Oliver's influence often seeps into my journal—a way of inhabiting and observing the natural world, an economy of words, a certain feeling.

Next I plan to pick a collection from a different poet and see what it does.

This month's writing experiment is to try this yourself. See if poetry opens new doors in your writing voice.

(Or, watch the exercise on YouTube.)

Workbook Workshop

There's one space left in the workbook workshop and registration closes at the end of the week. If you're interested, now's the time to act. Or, let me know if you have questions.

Know any English Composition professors?

Now that summer is over, I'm figuring out how to get the latest edition of The Writer's Process into the hands of people who teach college-level writing courses. Do you know any?

I can offer instructor's resources and a desk copy to anyone who might consider adopting it for a future course. If you know someone, send them my way, or tell them to check out this link: https://annejanzer.com/wp10teaching/​

That's all for now — I'll be back mid-month. Until then, may you find joy in writing!

Anne

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