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VALUES-BASED WRITING

VALUES-BASED WRITING

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Developing your own thoughts and feelings about what has value for you, the storyteller and poet, can help you connect with your audience.   But, in order to connect, you do have to know your own heart. ALL IT TAKES IS HEART Memoir-writer Annette Simmons, in her book, WHOEVER TELLS THE BEST STORY WINS:  How To Use Your Own Stories To Communicate With Power and Impact, tells us, “Unless you bring a beating heart to your message, it is dead.  But, when…

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CONJURING FEELINGS

CONJURING FEELINGS

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Annette Simmons, in her excellent book about writing memoirs, WHOEVER TELLS THE BEST STORY WINS, advises, “…we must learn to conjure up genuine emotions and relive the story in our imagination in a way that feels significant to us first so our story feels personally significant to others.” As with storytellers, so it is with poets.  One of the best ways for a poet to connect with her audience is to tell a story in a way that feels immediate…

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