Writing Prescription Twenty

Is it a poem, short story, essay or possible novel?

Here is a short, but useful guide to help you decide if a particular creative piece you are writing is better and more effectively presented as a poem, a story or an essay.

If

~ you develop sentences with distinctive rhythms and repetitive patterns;

~ your images are strong;

~ your sentences do not refer to a specific time and place…

Then consider crafting your piece as a POEM.

If

~ scene descriptions and dialogues are significant elements;

~ the focal points of your piece are your characters;

~ “What happens next,” becomes important…

Then consider crafting your piece as a STORY.

If

~ you wish to explore the significance of an actual event;

~ you wish to present a moral or lesson;

~ you wish to prove or illustrate a point…

Then consider crafting your piece as an ESSAY.

A short and sweet Prescription for today! Get busy writing or get busy dying.

Word of the day – ALACRITY: promptness in response, cheerful readiness.

Character flaw # LAZY: resistant to work or exertion, disposed to idleness

Character flaw # LEUD: inciting to lust or lechery or lascivious. Obscene or indecent, salacious

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