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The Erotic Poetry Workshop
Hot and Heavy: Writing Love & Sex Poems That Will Actually Get Published
An eight-part master class in writing beautiful poetry about love and sex from award-winning poet and founding editor of ONLY POEMS Shannan Mann
Jan 31
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Shannan Mann
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The sexy history of love in poetry & how to develop your personal style.
Lesson 1 | Crushing Hard: Defining what makes a love poem "good", cliche mistakes to avoid, and poets gone wild.
Jul 24, 2024
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Shannan Mann
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Finding your poetry "era" and how to write timeless love poems
Lesson 2 | First Love: Let me compare ME to every living poet who has ever written a decent love poem ever...ouch? --nay...YAY!
Jul 23, 2024
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Shannan Mann
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Are you a poet of the Body, Mind, Heart or Soul?
Lesson 3 | Blind date: Categorizing the uncategorizable and readings for every taste & tingle!
Jul 22, 2024
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Shannan Mann
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Elevate Your Poems by Setting (the Right) Boundaries
Lesson 4 | Going Steady: Using Form and Perspective Restrictions to Break Free of Bad Writing
Jul 21, 2024
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Shannan Mann
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Using Jealousy and Anger to Write Better Love Poems
Lesson 5 | An Affair to Remember: Leveraging our emotions to make great poetry from bad feelings.
Jul 20, 2024
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Shannan Mann
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What kind of editing does your poetry need right now?
Lesson 6 | Growing through the honeymoon phase of writing, poems that seem bad but actually rock + build your own poetry "Machine"
Jul 19, 2024
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Shannan Mann
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Developing & Publishing Full-Length Love/Sex Poetry Collections
Lesson 7 | Indie publishing stats, data + your pathways & chances for success
Jul 18, 2024
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Shannan Mann
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