by Pat Pattison
Arnold, Matthew, 5
articles, 172, 173
Barnhill, Greg, 100
Becker, Greg, 54, 55, 56, 78-79, 85, 86, 120, 122, 124, 218, 221
Beige, Davey, 218
“Between Fathers and Sons,” 213
Bleu, 58, 183, 184-186, 188-189, 218, 221
Blink, 24
Bogart, Nelson, 22, 41, 218
Brettell, Cathy, 7-8, 10-11, 12, 218
Brettell, Holly, 31, 218
Brindell, Sarah, 152-154, 178, 195, 196, 215, 216, 218
Burtt, Megan, 121-122, 218
Butler, Samuel, 98
Card, Orson Scott, 49
Cattaneo, Susan, 11, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 52, 53, 54, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71-72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81, 83, 84, 86-87, 92, 93, 94, 97, 102, 103, 114, 117, 126, 130-131, 134-135, 137-138, 158-159, 177-178, 180-181, 189, 196, 198-199, 200, 203-204, 205, 209, 210-211, 212, 214, 215-216, 218, 223
Ceseri, Anthony, 22, 37-38, 218
challenges, writing. See specific writing challenges, exercises, and prompts
Chekhov, Anton, 4
Cifelli, Kristin, 63, 78, 79, 83, 87, 90, 93, 95, 103, 218
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 98
common meter, 169, 192, 212
See also common meter exercise; common meter couplets; common meter couplets and pentameter lines exercise
common meter exercise, 190-201
See also common meter exercise prompts
common meter exercise prompts
ballerina, 195
deep-sea diver, 201
18-wheeler, 196
falling in love, 193-194
magnifying glass, 198-199
ocean waves, 197-198
slot machine, 199-200
whistling, 192-193
common meter couplets, 205
See also common meter couplets and pentameter lines exercise
common meter couplets and pentameter lines exercise, 205-212
See also common meter couplets and pentameter lines exercise prompts
common meter couplets and pentameter lines exercise prompts
morning walk, 208
mowing the lawn, 211-212
traffic cop, 209
trash collector, 210
compound words, 172
conjunctions, 172, 173
couplets. See common meter couplets; common meter couplets and pentameter lines exercise; tetrameter couplets; tetrameter couplets and pentameter lines exercise; tetrameter couplets exercise
Coutts, Keppie, 60, 127-128, 182-183, 185, 186, 218
Cowan, Chris, 47, 218
Davis, Chanelle, 29-30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40-44, 53, 54-55, 57, 62, 68-69, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 82, 86, 87, 90, 91, 92-93, 94, 96, 97, 102, 103, 117, 118, 147-148, 151-152, 162, 175-176, 179, 183, 184, 189-190, 195, 197-198, 201, 205, 209, 211-212, 214, 215, 218, 222
diatonic relationship, 49, 88
direct address, 139, 140, 198
“Dover Beach,” 5
Duarte, Adriana, 201, 218
duplo meter, 169
“East Coker,” 1
Eliot, T.S., 1
“Essay on Criticism, An,” 168
Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure, 190, 213
Essential Guide to Rhyming, 179, 204
exercises, writing. See specific writing challenges, exercises, and prompts
expressed identity, 50-51, 77, 98, 112, 129, 157, 186
forms, 77
layers of, 79-80
second form of, 79, 86, 111, 138
third form of, 82, 87
See also expressed identity exercises
expressed identity exercises, 77-87
finding nouns from nouns, 84-87
noun-noun collisions, 77-84
See also expressed identity exercises prompts
expressed identity exercises prompts
the captain is summer, 83
a cargo ship is a wince, 81-82
cathedral is ___, 86-87
an evening is a poem, 82-83
a Frisbee is a zipper, 78-79
maple tree is ___, 85
a poem is an evening, 79-80
policeman is ___, 87
a restaurant is a wineglass, 80-81
summer is the captain, 80
sunrise is ___, 86
traffic is ___, 85-86
a wince is a cargo ship, 78
a wineglass is a restaurant, 84
a zipper is a Frisbee, 82
Farr, Adam, 13, 14, 20, 36, 218
Faulkner, William, 105, 106
feminine line endings, 178
feminine rhymes, 185, 187
finding adjectives from nouns exercise, 63-66
See also finding adjectives from nouns exercise prompts
finding adjectives from nouns exercise prompts
___ cottage, 64-65
___ furnace, 63-64
___ ghost, 66
___ hope, 65-66
___ midnight, 64
finding linking qualities exercises
moving both directions, 158-167
working one direction, 143-158
See also finding linking qualities exercises prompts
finding linking qualities exercises prompts
afternoon nap, 150-154
magnifying glass, 143-146
sailboat, 161-164
swimming hole, 146-150
traffic cop, 154-158
vacation, 164-167
wheelchair, 158-161
finding nouns from adjectives exercise, 59-62
See also finding nouns from adjectives exercise prompts
finding nouns from adjectives exercise prompts
angry ___, 59-60
boastful ___, 60
careful ___, 61
dark ___, 61-62
enthusiastic ___, 62
finding nouns from verbs exercise, 74-77
See also finding nouns from verbs exercise prompts
finding nouns from verbs exercise prompts
___ flushes, 74-75
___ indicts, 75
___ operates, 76
___ paddles, 75-76
___ soars, 77
finding verbs from nouns exercise, 70-74
See also finding verbs from nouns exercise prompts
finding verbs from nouns exercise prompts
crossbow ___, 71
graduation ___, 73
kettle ___, 71-72
summer ___, 72-73
waitress ___, 72
first-person narrative, 28, 29, 44, 46, 115, 156, 201
Four Quartets, The, 1
free association, sense-bound, 8-9, 12, 18
fundamental tone, 88, 172
Giles, Rob, 110, 204, 218, 221
Gladwell, Malcolm, 24
Gora, Joy, 15, 25-26, 36, 37, 42, 218, 223
Greene, Emily, 218
group writing, 9-10, 47-48, 168
Halvorsen, Ann, 54, 56-57, 64, 73, 76, 79, 80, 81, 218
Harvey, Caroline, 85-86, 91-92, 136-137, 145, 155-156, 218, 220
Hayes, Bonnie, 58, 61, 71, 72, 75, 77, 82, 84, 218, 220
Henchy, Ian, 55, 57, 218
“I Can’t Make You Love Me,” 4
“In Memoriam,” 215
“In Memoriam” quatrain, 215
keys, 68, 88
See also playing in keys exercise
Keys, Scarlet, 12, 135-136, 139-140, 142-143, 156-157, 159-161, 176-177, 181, 197, 198, 218
“Leave My Like Alone,” 100
legato, 169
Leigh, Joanna, 218
Lewis, Sylvie, 112, 218
Linda M, 18-19, 22, 32, 218
linking qualities, 106, 108, 123, 124, 128, 129, 131, 145, 146
See also finding linking qualities exercises; linking qualities to target ideas exercise; linking qualities to target ideas working both directions exercise
linking qualities to target ideas exercise, 107-122
See also linking qu
alities to target ideas exercise prompts
linking qualities to target ideas exercise prompts
deep-sea diver, 113-118
guitar solo, 118-122
snowstorm, 107-113
linking qualities to target ideas working both directions exercise, 123-143
See also linking qualities to target ideas working both directions exercise prompts
linking qualities to target ideas working both directions exercise prompts
broken glass, 128-133
cheating lover, 138-143
falling in love, 134-138
sleeping late, 122-128
Lyle, Kami, 218
masculine rhymes, 185, 187
Matt K, 42, 44, 218
McLeod, Clare, 165, 176, 218
McMorrow, Mo, 16, 26-27, 28, 102, 103, 218
Meider, Jess, 56, 61-62, 64, 69, 71, 81-82, 131-132, 148-149, 163-164, 187, 193, 218
melodic shapes, 169, 170, 200
Merenda, James, 67-68, 218
metaphor challenges, 2
See also specific writing challenges, exercises, and prompts
metaphors, 12, 15, 19, 46, 49-51, 56, 57, 60, 62, 68, 70, 71, 88-89, 98, 99, 100, 104, 114, 122, 125, 161, 176, 177, 179, 183, 186, 187, 189, 195, 199, 201, 204, 205, 209, 217, 218
expressed identity, 50-51
extended, 105, 106, 215
looking for, 7, 137, 139, 175, 177, 179, 184, 188, 192, 194, 196, 199, 203, 207, 210, 213
qualifying, 51
stacking, 134-135, 143
verbal, 51, 111, 112
versus simile, 98
See also specific writing challenges, exercises, and prompts
meter. See common meter; duplo meter; pentameter lines; rhythm patterns; tetrameter lines; trimeter lines; triple meter
Miller, Nick, 18, 19, 218
Mitchell, Kaz, 16, 17, 20-21, 24, 34, 39, 43, 45-46, 47, 218
Mount, Sarah, 166, 218
“My Girl,” 4
Neilson, Tami, 111-112, 115, 176, 218
Nosko, Leora, 28, 218
noun-noun collisions exercise. See expressed identity exercises
noun-verb collisions exercise, 67-70
See also noun-verb collisions exercise prompts
noun-verb collisions exercise prompts
autumn remembers, 69
carburetor sings, 68-69
funeral exhales, 68
handkerchief pleads, 70
moonlight tumbles, 67-68
nouns, 50, 51, 52, 59, 67, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 106, 171
nondiatonic, 60
See also adjective-noun collisions exercise; finding adjectives from nouns exercise; finding nouns from adjectives exercise; finding nouns from verbs exercise; finding verbs from nouns exercise; noun-verb collisions exercise
O’Shaughnessy, John, 25, 219
object writing, 5, 9, 12, 23, 52, 53, 59, 63, 70, 105-107
elevator prompt, 7-8
See also object writing challenge; “what” writing exercise; “when” writing exercise; “where” writing exercise; “who” writing exercise
object writing challenge, 2, 4-10
See also “what” writing exercise; “when” writing exercise; “where” writing exercise; “who” writing exercise
object writing with metaphor challenge. See linking qualities to target ideas exercise; linking qualities to target ideas working both directions exercise; finding linking qualities exercises
“Ode to the West Wind,” 51
Olmsted, Rebecca, 218
participles, 65
past tense, 32, 33
Pattison, Pat, 11, 12, 100-101, 140, 146, 178-179, 180, 187, 188
Pence, Charlotte, 85, 219
pentameter lines, 169, 202, 206-212
See also common meter couplets and pentameter lines exercise; tetrameter couplets and pentameter lines exercise
Penton, Paul, 9, 15, 25, 30, 31, 38, 44, 45, 46, 219
perfect rhyme, 185, 205
personification, 53, 56, 69, 73, 87, 179, 184, 215
pitches, 169, 170, 171
playing in keys exercise
finding linking qualities, 93-98
using linking qualities, 88-93
See also playing in keys exercise prompts
playing in keys exercise prompts
cathedral, 92-83
handshake, 96-97
maple tree, 94
policeman, 89-92
sunrise, 97-98
tide, 88-89
traffic, 94-95
point of view, 198
Pope, Alexander, 168
prepositional phrase, 76
prepositions, 70, 172, 173
present tense, 32, 33, 34, 44, 46
primary stress, 170, 171, 190
in compound words, 172
See also stressed syllables
productive ambiguity, 56
prompts, 2, 3, 10
See also specific writing challenge prompts; “what” writing exercise prompts; “when” writing exercise prompts; “where” writing exercise prompts; “who” writing exercise prompts
pronouns, 75
personal, 172
relative, 172
Quilter, Deborah, 8, 24-25, 32, 33, 34, 38, 43, 44, 46, 219, 222
Rajwani, Tasleem, 29, 219
Rawlings, David, 168
Reid, Mike, 4
rhyme, 169, 217
assonance, 190
consonance, 196, 200, 205
feminine, 185, 187
masculine, 185, 187
partial, 208
perfect, 185, 205
types, 183
rhyming positions, 204
rhythm, 169-175, 217
rhythm and rhyme writing challenges, 2-3
rhythm patterns, 173-175, 202
duple, 173-174, 178, 181, 184, 186, 188
triple, 174, 181, 184, 185, 186, 188
Robinson, Smokey, 4
Roget’s International Thesaurus, 59
Romans, Ben, 53, 58, 219, 222
Salo, Leora, 67, 219
second-person narrative, 30, 44, 179, 184, 201
secondary stress, 170, 190, 194
in compound words, 172
in grammatical functions, 173
See also stressed syllables
Seiffert, Catrina, 27, 28, 35, 219
sense-bound writing, 2, 4-5, 9, 41, 47, 105, 110, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 119, 121, 175, 176, 179, 184, 186, 188, 189, 192, 194, 196, 199, 203, 204, 207, 208, 210, 211, 213
See also free association, sense-bound
senses, 5-6
See also sense-bound writing; free association, sense-bound
Shamblin, Alan, 4
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 51
Shorr, Michael, 110-111, 219
simile exercise, 102-103
See also simile exercise prompts
simile exercise prompts
a bad joke is like, 102
divorce is like, 102-103
hope is like, 103
trust is like, 102
a waterfall is like, 103
similes, 12, 15, 46, 83, 98-104, 111, 114, 128, 131, 151, 155-156, 157, 160, 162, 183, 186, 187, 189, 204, 209
versus metaphor, 98
See also simile exercise
Simon, Paul, 174
songwriters. See names of specific songwriters
Speace, Amy, 219
“Still Crazy After All These Years,” 174
Sting, 23, 175
“Stolen Car,” 23, 175
Stolpe, Andrea, 59, 60, 64-65, 66, 68, 70, 80, 82-83, 94, 96, 102, 103, 192-193, 194, 198, 199, 208, 219
stressed syllables, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 200, 208
in compound words, 172
See also primary stress; secondary stress
Stübinger, Manuel, 28-29, 34, 219
Swiniarski, Stan, 141, 144, 193-194, 199-200, 208, 210, 211, 219
target idea, 106, 108, 123, 124, 129, 131, 144, 146
See also specific writing challenges, exercises, and prompts; linking qualities to target ideas exercise; linking qualities to target ideas working both directions exercise
Tennyson, Alfred Lord, 215
tetrameter couplets, 168, 169, 192, 201, 202
See also tetrameter couplets and pentameter lines exercise; tetrameter couplets exercise
tetrameter couplets and pentameter lines exercise, 201-205
See also tetrameter couplets and pentameter lines exercise prompts
tetrameter couplets and pentameter lines exercise prompts
war zone, 203-204
wildflowers, 205
tetrameter couplets exercise, 179-190
See also tetrameter couplets exercise prompts
tetrameter couplets exercise prompts
avalanche, 180-182
broken glass, 187-188
John Brown, 186-187
mountain, 182-183
rocking chair on the front porch at sunset, 189-190
skydiving, 188-189
sleeping late, 185-186
snowstorm, 183-184
train, 184-185
tetrameter lines, 174, 175, 181, 184, 186, 187, 190, 197, 199, 202, 206, 209, 213, 215
See also tetrameter lines exercise
tetrameter lines exercise, 175-179
See also tetrameter lines exercise prompts
tetrameter lines exercise prompts
art museum, 176-177
digging for gold, 177-178
pickup truck, 178-179
sunset, 175-176
third-person narrative, 29, 30
timed writing, 6-7
To, Shirley, 21, 219
“Tomorrow We’ll See,” 23
tone center, 49
Tozier, Nicholas, 40, 219
trimeter lines, 175, 190-191, 192, 194, 197, 199, 209, 213, 215
triple meter, 169, 183, 193
unstable (abba) structure exercise, 212-216
See also unstable (abba) structure exercise prompts
unstable (abba) structure exercise prompts
cloudy day, 214-215
sleeping late, 215-216
unstressed syllables, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 200, 208
verbs, 20, 50, 51, 54, 59, 65, 67, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 106, 171
active, 68
auxiliary, 172
choice, 188
giving commands with, 198
ing form, 33
intransitive, 70, 76, 77
metaphor-based, 19
strong, 19
tense-neutral, 33, 34
transitive, 75, 77
See also finding nouns from verbs exercise; finding verbs from nouns exercise; noun-verb collisions exercise
voice, writing, 2
Ward, Tanja, 24, 28, 219
Welch, Gillian, 17, 19, 168, 180, 182, 184, 185, 186-187, 217, 219
“what” writing exercise, 10-23, 31
See also “what” writing exercise prompts
“what” writing exercise prompts
arrow, 22-23
bathroom mirror, 13-14
bouquet, 19-20