Feeling Poetically Stale? Try These Ways to Provoke Your Imagination Into New Ideas

Different forms and different approaches can jump-start all kinds of poems

Sherryl Clark - writer, editor, poet.

3 min readMar 12

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When you have been writing poetry for a while, you can start feeling like your poetry is becoming stale. You’re writing the same old kind of poem (perhaps free verse of a certain length), or writing…

Sherryl Clark - writer, editor, poet.

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Writer, editor, book lover — I've published many children's books and three crime novels for adults so far. I edit other people's fiction and poetry.

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Why You Need to Know the Basics of a Book Contract If You Want to be Traditionally Published

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Why You Need to Know the Basics of Book Contracts — Part 2: Show Me The Money

It’s not just $X advance times Y% royalty rate — it’s a balancing act

7 min readMar 27

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6 Reasons Why Your Fiction Writing is Boring (And How To Fix Them)

It’s rhythm and flow, but it’s much more than that

6 min readJun 29, 2022

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