Choosing the Unexpected

 Find yourself in a rut with your writing? Why do we find it difficult to tackle the Muse some days? If we are passionate enough about words to write, shouldn’t we also spend time choosing the exact word? Adverbs and clichés can weaken our writing, especially when you’re a poet and the real estate for your work is smaller. This session will focus on word choice, specifically verbs, and how we can expand our vocabulary to refresh our work and forge pieces that are unexpected and noteworthy. Please come prepared to write or bring along some work to revise.

About the Presenter

KB Ballentine’s eighth collection, Spirit of Wild, was released March 2023 with Blue Light Press. Her earlier books can be found with Iris Press, Blue Light Press, Middle Creek Publishing, and Celtic Cat Publishing. Published in Atlanta Review and Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, among others, her work also appears in anthologies including Women Speak: Women of Appalachia, Vol 8 (2022), I Heard a Cardinal Sing (2022), The Strategic Poet (2021), and Pandemic Evolution (2021). Learn more at http://www.kbballentine.com.

KB Ballentine loves to travel and practice sword fighting and Irish step dancing: those Scottish and Irish roots run deep! When not tucked in a corner reading or writing, she makes daily classroom appearances to her students. Learn more at http://www.kbballentine.com.

MEETING INFORMATION

This program will be presented during our upcoming PST member meeting, to be held September 9, 2023, via Zoom 2:00-4:00 pm Eastern, 1:00-3:00 pm Central. Members will be provided a link a few days prior. If you are interested in learning more about PST, check out our website. If you’d like to attend our meeting as a guest, contact us at poetrytennessee@gmail.com.