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  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