Robin Behn, is professor of English and teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at The University of Alabama. She is the author of five volumes of poems, Quarry Cross, The Yellow House, Horizon Note, The Red Hour, and Paper Bird, and two chapbooks. She is co-editor of The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach.

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• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. Genres and Forms GaloreChapter 1. I'll Put a Spell on You by Pia Simone Garber, A. B. Gorham, Megan Paonessa, and Betsy SeymourThe art of spell writing, using repetition, and chanting.Chapter 2. Bake a Cake in an Earthquake: How-To Guides and Process Descriptions by Pia Simone Garber, A. B. Gorham, Megan Paonessa, and Betsy SeymourLet a story emerge from your instructions.Chapter 3. Guidebooks Galore! Chart Uncharted Places by Pia Simone Garber, A. B. Gorham, Megan Paonessa, and Betsy SeymourCreate a guide to your room, cell phone, refrigerator, and more.Chapter 4. Postcard Stories by Zachary Doss, Meredith Noseworthy, and Bethany StartinTwo characters have an exotic exchange through postcards.Chapter 5. Creative Nonfiction by Kenny KruseTwenty little memoir projects, plus a squirrel.Chapter 6. Tropes Unlimited: Genre Fiction by Kristin Aardsma and Brian OliuExplore the habits of genre fiction (fantasy, horror, sci-fi, mystery, etc.) and put them to use.Chapter 7. Where Frankenstein Meets Frodo, Part One: Creating a Character for Genre Fiction by Creating Their Facebook Page by Kristin Aardsma and Brian OliuLike Frankenstein's creator, build a character bit by bit until it's ready to come to life in your own genre fiction.Chapter 8. Where Frankenstein Meets Frodo, Part Two: Our Hero's Hundred-Story Hotel and Other Settings for Your Genre Fiction Character by Kristin Aardsma and Brian OliuGive your main character a room (or rooms) of their own.Chapter 9. What's Your Alibi? by Jessie Bailey, Jesse Delong, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa TallinHow will your character explain their way out of this one?Chapter 10. Interviews: For Groups Large and Small by Jenny Gropp and Stephen Hess“I feel that I am as necessary as my face”: conduct an absurdist interview.Chapter 11. Once Upon a Time in the Twenty-First Century: Retelling Fairy Tales by Pia Simone GarberWhy was Little Red Riding Hood so readily tricked by the Big Bad Wolf and what would you have done in her place?Chapter 12. “Is He for Real?”: Character-Based Flash Fiction, Part One: Defining a Character through Action and Dialogue by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi WellsConjure up a living, breathing character in as few words as possible.Chapter 13. “Is He for Real?”: Character-Based Flash Fiction, Part Two: Defining a Character through an Unexpected Setting by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi Wells“The mermaid sitting in my tree was drenched . . .”Chapter 14. Collaboration with Fly: Learning from Lydia Davis by Stephen HessBe inspired by this flash fiction master's work to write your own flash fiction.Chapter 15. The Relationship between Truth and Fiction by Ashley Chambers, Annie Hartnett, and Christopher McCarterHow can “truth” inspire a writer of fiction?Chapter 16. Little Novels by Jessie Bailey and Pia Simone GarberCondense classic novels and movies into tiny pieces.Chapter 17. It Is By Chance That We Meet: Writing A One-Act Play Through Collaboration by Alex Czaja, Romy Feder, Stephen ThomasHere, you and three others will write a one-act play.Chapter 18. Quick Found-Language Sonnets by Molly Goldman, Kenny Kruse, and Sally RodgersRecycle language into fourteen-line poems.Chapter 19. Social Network Haiku by Chapin Gray and Kirk PinhoUpdate the haiku form by writing away messages and Facebook haiku.Chapter 20. Rhymes Real Cool: Studies in Rap Lyrics by Christopher McCarterTap some rhymes to use in rap.Chapter 21. Oral Poetry: The Physical Landscape of Your Poetic Voice by Curtis RutherfordTones, tempos, and timbres—shape your poem with your voice.Chapter 22. Collaborative Ghazal by Chapin Gray and Kirk PinhoExplore this mesmerizing Arabic form and write one with a group or on your own.Chapter 23. Collaborative Abecedarian (For up to Twenty-Six Writers) by Sally RodgersFall in love with the alphabet all over again and use it to organize and inspire a poem.Chapter 24. The Triolet by Pia Simone GarberA French poetic form full of rhymes and repetition.Chapter 25. Oh, Ode! by Leia WilsonSwoon! Celebrate! Write an ode and then try an Exquisite Corpse ode as a group.Chapter 26. Sestinas: Six Words, Obsessed! by Chapin Gray, Jenny Gropp, and Kirk PinhoLearn the basic sestina form, “cheat” your way to an abridged sestina, write a giant sestina, and take the Ode-Sestina Challenge.Chapter 27. Nonce, Not Nonsense: Poetry Meets the Future by Jenny Gropp and Emma SovichWork with the “Century” and the “Portion,” and then create your own unique poetry form.Chapter 28. Poetry from Math: The Fib and Beyond by Jenny Gropp and Emma SovichLearn a poetic form based on the Fibonacci sequence, and then head further into the realm of poetry and equations.Chapter 29. Pillow Book Lists: Observing Experience for Creative Nonfiction by Katie Berger and Pia Simone GarberGet started with autobiographical writing by making expressive lists and snatching up the details right by your side.Chapter 30. A Travel Guide of the Self by Katie Berger and Pia Simone GarberTake yourself on a tour of you through travel writing and second-person point of view.Chapter 31. Expert Experience: The Art of the Unlikely, Opinionated Review by Katie Berger and Pia Simone GarberCreative nonfiction meets the review when you write your own brief, detailed—and unexpected—review of something you know a lot about.Part 2. Ye Olde Language Lets LooseChapter 32. TNT Prose: Explodable, Expandable Text by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten JorgensonUse your own words as dynamite to blow out the words of an existing text, revealing a new piece of writing when the dust clears.Chapter 33. Take It Away: Erasure by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten JorgensonErase your way to a new piece.Chapter 34. Ye Olde Language Made New: “False” Translation by Jenny GroppTake a text from another language and “translate” it according to several zany methods.Chapter 35. Sounds into Words, Words into Sounds by Molly GoldmanTurn a sound jumble into a poem.Chapter 36. Starting from a Song, Part One: Remixing a Song in Writing by Tasha Coryell and Steve ReaughBe a one-hit wonder!Chapter 37. Starting from a Song, Part Two: Under the (Musical) Influence by Tasha Coryell and Steve ReaughLet music put you in a writing mood.Chapter 38. Balderdash for Writers: New Stories from an Old Box by Jesse Delong and Megan PaonessaCreate stories by playing a few rounds of this classic word game.Chapter 39. Disaster City: A Facebook-y Adventure by Rachel Adams, Jessie Bailey, and Kirsten JorgensonMap out a city and fill it with characters and plot twists in this collaborative fiction activity that uses moves that you might recognize from Facebook.Chapter 40. Consequences: A Parlor Game of Surprise Narratives by Kit Emslie and Sarah KellyFirst played by the Victorians, Consequences is a parlor game similar to the famous Surrealist exercise “exquisite corpse.”Chapter 41. Constraints, Odd Characters, and Secret Postcards: A Fresh Approach to Character and Context by Kirsten Jorgenson, Betsy Seymour, and Danilo ThomasCreate questions that generate eccentric characters and then write their secrets down on postcards in this group activity.Chapter 42. Broken Picture Telephone: Modernist Poets Meet the Grade-School Game of Telephone by Rachel Adams, Pia Simone Garber, Kirsten Jorgenson, and Betsy SeymourExplore the tie between thought and image by making a miniature deck of phrase and image cards, and then use the cards like a modernist poet.Chapter 43. Magazine Shuffle: From Image to Character, Narrative, and Third-Person-Limited Point of View by Rachel Adams, Pia Simone Garber, Kirsten Jorgenson, and Betsy SeymourCombine simple images from magazines to create characters and then narrate their stories from the third-person-limited point of view.Chapter 44. Improv at the Zombie Diner: Platform and Dialogue by Holly Burdorff, Luke Percy, and Maggie SmithIn this exercise, you're going to be put in a dangerous situation, and you're going to have to act fast.Chapter 45. Comicpalooza: The Art of the Panel by Rachel Adams, Pia Simone Garber, Kirsten Jorgenson, and Betsy SeymourSee how comic books use narrative, then build your own characters, images, and a story to make a new comic.Chapter 46. Fast Talkers and Faster Writers: Speed Transcription by Chapin Gray, Brian Oliu, and Kirk PinhoPractice writing while someone reads a text as fast as possible, picking up what you can and freeing up your associative writer's imagination along the way.Chapter 47. Obsessions: Seven Way by Kristin Aardsma and Breanne LeJueneChocolate truffles, the color purple, America . . . obsess on your obsession!Chapter 48. Grand Theft Writing: Swiped Beginnings by Chapin Gray, Brian Oliu, and Kirk PinhoUse the beginning of another text to get your momentum going.Chapter 49. Crazy Headlines and Hyperlink Chasing: Finding and Using a Bizarre Persona by Chapin Gray, Brian Oliu, and Kirk PinhoUse hyperlinks to uncover a subject for your new piece.Chapter 50. Genetically-Modified Franken-Poems by Chapin Gray and Breanne LeJueneCut up magazines and newspapers to create new poems, both individually and in groups.Chapter 51. The Exploding Poem: How to Keep on Writing by Chapin Gray and Breanne LeJuenePull an image or object from a poem, write a new poem based on it, and then stuff it back in.Chapter 52. Nice Hat, Thanks: Word-by-Word Poems by Kristin Aardsma, Breanne LeJuene, and Brian OliuWith a partner, create improvisational writing one word at a time.Chapter 53. Translation Mutation: Using Online Plot Generators and Translators by Kristin Aardsma, Breanne LeJuene, and Brian OliuBounce a text through several languages using an online translator and then work with the unrecognizable results.Chapter 54. Mad Lib Translations of Marquez by Jenny Gropp, Laura Kochman, and Jill SmithZany translations that go beyond Babelfish.Chapter 55. Pictures and Words by Greg Houser and Emma SovichWrite about—and beyond—the painting and its frame.Chapter 56. “The Horse in Motion”: Poems in Response to Photographs and Paintings of Motion by Jenny GroppLearn about the history of capturing the body in motion in the visual arts and then extend the practice into your own poetry and prose.Chapter 57. Book Flip!: Using Found Phrases by Jenny Gropp, Laura Kochman, and Jill SmithGrab a book or magazine and flip your way to a new piece of writing.Chapter 58. New Takes on the News: Obituaries, Classifieds, and Dear Abby by Greg Houser, Jill Smith, and Jessica TrullWrite hilarious news items.Chapter 59. Now with Twenty Billion Readers: Writing a Craigslist “Missed Connection” by Greg Houser, Jill Smith, and Jessica TrullWhat would you like to say to that stranger?Chapter 60. From These Old Sayings to This Fresh Story: Revamping ClichÉ Phrases and Plots by Jesse Delong, Lisa Tallin, and Danilo ThomasTake clichÉs like “head over heels” and well-known similes like “hard as a rock” and turn them into fresh ideas and complex plots.Part 3. Slews of Styles and SubjectsChapter 61. Realism: Tips from Tom Wolfe and Flannery O'Connor by Krystin GollihueUse an angle to depict settings and characters.Chapter 62. World Building: Nonrealistic Characters and a Six-Sentence Story by Jess E. Jelsma and Matt JonesKafka and you.Chapter 63. Rage Against the Creative Writing Machine: Dada in the House by Pia Simone Garber and Kirsten JorgensonGet introduced to the Dada movement and then write a “bad” poem and cut it up Dada style.Chapter 64. The Beats and Scribbled Secret Notebooks: Chosen Words and Automatic Writing by Stephen Hess and Curtis RutherfordAn introduction to Beat poetry complete with how to write like Jack Kerouac.Chapter 65. “I'm with You in Rockland”: “Howl” and Praise Poems by Stephen Hess and Curtis RutherfordLike Allen Ginsberg writing “Howl,” write your own praise poem.Chapter 66. A Call to Arms: Rally the Troops by Curtis RutherfordLike the Beats, turn your anger into writing that explodes from the page, calling society and your fellow writers to action.Chapter 67. Stealing Tone: Picking Up Where Your Favorite Authors Left Off by Molly GoldmanIdentify an author's moves and make them your own.Chapter 68. A Journal of Particulars: Become a Zen Master of Your Senses by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten JorgensonIn this journal-based exercise, get better acquainted with the five senses and write places into a more vivid existence.Chapter 69. When Garlic Has Hips: Food Writing and Personification by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten JorgensonMake everyday foods more vivid by giving them human characteristics and lives.Chapter 70. Pets of the Roman Empire, Dinosaurs of Today: Avoiding the Cute Kitty Cat When Writing about Animals by Kirk PinhoEnvision a major world event that was caused by a pet.Chapter 71. Perilous Points of View: Giant Toads! Cockroaches! by Jessie Bailey, Jesse Delong, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa TallinCreate an animal character and then stretch its wings (or gills or tentacles) out in story after story.Chapter 72. When the Wrecking Ball Falls in Love: Reviving an Inanimate Object by Jessie Bailey, Jesse Delong, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa TallinInhabit the mind, body, and soul of a strange and wondrous inanimate object of your choosing, and tell its tale.Chapter 73. The Fairest of Them All: Talking to Objects for a Reason by Theodora ZiolkowskiWhat if we could write to our favorite piece of fruit or that cool poster hanging from our bedroom wall?Chapter 74. Time for Rhyme by Pia Simone Garber, Jenny Gropp, Emma Sovich, and Leia WilsonIn this introduction to the many types of rhyme, like poet Robert Frost said, “all the fun's in how you say a thing.”Chapter 75. Love Poems and Refrains: Better than “Lemon Ice” by Pia Simone Garber and Curtis RutherfordThrow the fanciful and flowery talk aside and be a filthy mess of affection in your own amped-up love poems.Chapter 76. Death Poems: The Tragic and the Comic by Pia Simone Garber and Curtis RutherfordMake your reader feel the gravity of death in different ways, writing both a comic poem and then a sincere elegy.Chapter 77. Political Poems: Big Brother Is Watching You! by Pia Simone Garber and Curtis RutherfordBrainstorm some experiences all people share (love, death, family, etc.) and use them to overturn common ideas about politics.Chapter 78. Things That Go Bump in the Night: Reappropriating Stock Vampires, Witches, Zombies, and Other Creatures for a Twenty-First Century Scare by Tasha Coryell, Freya Gibbon, Molly Goldman, Krystin Gollihue, Jess E. Jelsma, Matt Jones, Meredith Noseworthy, Steve Reaugh, Sally Rodgers, and Bethany StartinTime for The Ultimate Makeover: Zombie Edition.Chapter 79. The Adult As Villain by Annie HartnettTry a child's point of view.Chapter 80. Objects and Elements: Set Your Imagination Loose! by Megan Paonessa and Danilo ThomasTake the smallest, seemingly most inconsequential thing and turn it into a grand presence.Chapter 81. Weapons of Voice: Practicing Long and Short Sentence Styles by Jesse Delong, Lisa Tallin, and Danilo ThomasImitate both sparse and long-winded writers in this fiction exercise.Chapter 82. Exercises in Style: The Endless Possibilities of Language by Jenny GroppUse a hatful of strategies and games to tell the same story over and over again without it ever looking the same.Chapter 83. The N 7 Game: From “The Snow Man” to “The Soap Mandible” by Jenny Gropp, Laura Kochman, and Jill SmithLearn about the French literary movement Oulipo, and then grab a dictionary and an existing piece of writing for the N 7 game.Chapter 84. Cramming It In: Jamming Narrative into a Short Space by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi WellsTell entire stories using only one sentence—no more!Chapter 85. “Licking a Glacier Can Change Your DNA”: Landscape in Prose Poetry and Flash Nonfiction by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi WellsLook at different methods for creating landscape in short forms, write out a landscape you've never seen, and then, in the final activity, put your hometown on Mars.Chapter 86. Zero to Hero!: A Superhero of Uncommon Valor by Megan Paonessa and Danilo ThomasConstruct a superhero unlike any the world has ever seen.Chapter 87. World Domination: Planets, Species, Disasters by Megan Paonessa and Danilo ThomasGuide your superhero into battle on a strange and unheard-of planet.Chapter 88. Demystifying the Publishing Process by Rachel Adams, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa TallinThe sooner, the better: this applies to eating ice cream under the sun, finishing your history homework, and publishing your poems and stories. Here are a few hints on ways to publish your work.ContributorsLiterary Sources

Robin Behn, is professor of English and teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at The University of Alabama. She is the author of five volumes of poems, Quarry Cross, The Yellow House, Horizon Note, The Red Hour, and Paper Bird, and two chapbooks. She is co-editor of The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach.

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• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. Genres and Forms GaloreChapter 1. I'll Put a Spell on You by Pia Simone Garber, A. B. Gorham, Megan Paonessa, and Betsy SeymourThe art of spell writing, using repetition, and chanting.Chapter 2. Bake a Cake in an Earthquake: How-To Guides and Process Descriptions by Pia Simone Garber, A. B. Gorham, Megan Paonessa, and Betsy SeymourLet a story emerge from your instructions.Chapter 3. Guidebooks Galore! Chart Uncharted Places by Pia Simone Garber, A. B. Gorham, Megan Paonessa, and Betsy SeymourCreate a guide to your room, cell phone, refrigerator, and more.Chapter 4. Postcard Stories by Zachary Doss, Meredith Noseworthy, and Bethany StartinTwo characters have an exotic exchange through postcards.Chapter 5. Creative Nonfiction by Kenny KruseTwenty little memoir projects, plus a squirrel.Chapter 6. Tropes Unlimited: Genre Fiction by Kristin Aardsma and Brian OliuExplore the habits of genre fiction (fantasy, horror, sci-fi, mystery, etc.) and put them to use.Chapter 7. Where Frankenstein Meets Frodo, Part One: Creating a Character for Genre Fiction by Creating Their Facebook Page by Kristin Aardsma and Brian OliuLike Frankenstein's creator, build a character bit by bit until it's ready to come to life in your own genre fiction.Chapter 8. Where Frankenstein Meets Frodo, Part Two: Our Hero's Hundred-Story Hotel and Other Settings for Your Genre Fiction Character by Kristin Aardsma and Brian OliuGive your main character a room (or rooms) of their own.Chapter 9. What's Your Alibi? by Jessie Bailey, Jesse Delong, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa TallinHow will your character explain their way out of this one?Chapter 10. Interviews: For Groups Large and Small by Jenny Gropp and Stephen Hess“I feel that I am as necessary as my face”: conduct an absurdist interview.Chapter 11. Once Upon a Time in the Twenty-First Century: Retelling Fairy Tales by Pia Simone GarberWhy was Little Red Riding Hood so readily tricked by the Big Bad Wolf and what would you have done in her place?Chapter 12. “Is He for Real?”: Character-Based Flash Fiction, Part One: Defining a Character through Action and Dialogue by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi WellsConjure up a living, breathing character in as few words as possible.Chapter 13. “Is He for Real?”: Character-Based Flash Fiction, Part Two: Defining a Character through an Unexpected Setting by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi Wells“The mermaid sitting in my tree was drenched . . .”Chapter 14. Collaboration with Fly: Learning from Lydia Davis by Stephen HessBe inspired by this flash fiction master's work to write your own flash fiction.Chapter 15. The Relationship between Truth and Fiction by Ashley Chambers, Annie Hartnett, and Christopher McCarterHow can “truth” inspire a writer of fiction?Chapter 16. Little Novels by Jessie Bailey and Pia Simone GarberCondense classic novels and movies into tiny pieces.Chapter 17. It Is By Chance That We Meet: Writing A One-Act Play Through Collaboration by Alex Czaja, Romy Feder, Stephen ThomasHere, you and three others will write a one-act play.Chapter 18. Quick Found-Language Sonnets by Molly Goldman, Kenny Kruse, and Sally RodgersRecycle language into fourteen-line poems.Chapter 19. Social Network Haiku by Chapin Gray and Kirk PinhoUpdate the haiku form by writing away messages and Facebook haiku.Chapter 20. Rhymes Real Cool: Studies in Rap Lyrics by Christopher McCarterTap some rhymes to use in rap.Chapter 21. Oral Poetry: The Physical Landscape of Your Poetic Voice by Curtis RutherfordTones, tempos, and timbres—shape your poem with your voice.Chapter 22. Collaborative Ghazal by Chapin Gray and Kirk PinhoExplore this mesmerizing Arabic form and write one with a group or on your own.Chapter 23. Collaborative Abecedarian (For up to Twenty-Six Writers) by Sally RodgersFall in love with the alphabet all over again and use it to organize and inspire a poem.Chapter 24. The Triolet by Pia Simone GarberA French poetic form full of rhymes and repetition.Chapter 25. Oh, Ode! by Leia WilsonSwoon! Celebrate! Write an ode and then try an Exquisite Corpse ode as a group.Chapter 26. Sestinas: Six Words, Obsessed! by Chapin Gray, Jenny Gropp, and Kirk PinhoLearn the basic sestina form, “cheat” your way to an abridged sestina, write a giant sestina, and take the Ode-Sestina Challenge.Chapter 27. Nonce, Not Nonsense: Poetry Meets the Future by Jenny Gropp and Emma SovichWork with the “Century” and the “Portion,” and then create your own unique poetry form.Chapter 28. Poetry from Math: The Fib and Beyond by Jenny Gropp and Emma SovichLearn a poetic form based on the Fibonacci sequence, and then head further into the realm of poetry and equations.Chapter 29. Pillow Book Lists: Observing Experience for Creative Nonfiction by Katie Berger and Pia Simone GarberGet started with autobiographical writing by making expressive lists and snatching up the details right by your side.Chapter 30. A Travel Guide of the Self by Katie Berger and Pia Simone GarberTake yourself on a tour of you through travel writing and second-person point of view.Chapter 31. Expert Experience: The Art of the Unlikely, Opinionated Review by Katie Berger and Pia Simone GarberCreative nonfiction meets the review when you write your own brief, detailed—and unexpected—review of something you know a lot about.Part 2. Ye Olde Language Lets LooseChapter 32. TNT Prose: Explodable, Expandable Text by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten JorgensonUse your own words as dynamite to blow out the words of an existing text, revealing a new piece of writing when the dust clears.Chapter 33. Take It Away: Erasure by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten JorgensonErase your way to a new piece.Chapter 34. Ye Olde Language Made New: “False” Translation by Jenny GroppTake a text from another language and “translate” it according to several zany methods.Chapter 35. Sounds into Words, Words into Sounds by Molly GoldmanTurn a sound jumble into a poem.Chapter 36. Starting from a Song, Part One: Remixing a Song in Writing by Tasha Coryell and Steve ReaughBe a one-hit wonder!Chapter 37. Starting from a Song, Part Two: Under the (Musical) Influence by Tasha Coryell and Steve ReaughLet music put you in a writing mood.Chapter 38. Balderdash for Writers: New Stories from an Old Box by Jesse Delong and Megan PaonessaCreate stories by playing a few rounds of this classic word game.Chapter 39. Disaster City: A Facebook-y Adventure by Rachel Adams, Jessie Bailey, and Kirsten JorgensonMap out a city and fill it with characters and plot twists in this collaborative fiction activity that uses moves that you might recognize from Facebook.Chapter 40. Consequences: A Parlor Game of Surprise Narratives by Kit Emslie and Sarah KellyFirst played by the Victorians, Consequences is a parlor game similar to the famous Surrealist exercise “exquisite corpse.”Chapter 41. Constraints, Odd Characters, and Secret Postcards: A Fresh Approach to Character and Context by Kirsten Jorgenson, Betsy Seymour, and Danilo ThomasCreate questions that generate eccentric characters and then write their secrets down on postcards in this group activity.Chapter 42. Broken Picture Telephone: Modernist Poets Meet the Grade-School Game of Telephone by Rachel Adams, Pia Simone Garber, Kirsten Jorgenson, and Betsy SeymourExplore the tie between thought and image by making a miniature deck of phrase and image cards, and then use the cards like a modernist poet.Chapter 43. Magazine Shuffle: From Image to Character, Narrative, and Third-Person-Limited Point of View by Rachel Adams, Pia Simone Garber, Kirsten Jorgenson, and Betsy SeymourCombine simple images from magazines to create characters and then narrate their stories from the third-person-limited point of view.Chapter 44. Improv at the Zombie Diner: Platform and Dialogue by Holly Burdorff, Luke Percy, and Maggie SmithIn this exercise, you're going to be put in a dangerous situation, and you're going to have to act fast.Chapter 45. Comicpalooza: The Art of the Panel by Rachel Adams, Pia Simone Garber, Kirsten Jorgenson, and Betsy SeymourSee how comic books use narrative, then build your own characters, images, and a story to make a new comic.Chapter 46. Fast Talkers and Faster Writers: Speed Transcription by Chapin Gray, Brian Oliu, and Kirk PinhoPractice writing while someone reads a text as fast as possible, picking up what you can and freeing up your associative writer's imagination along the way.Chapter 47. Obsessions: Seven Way by Kristin Aardsma and Breanne LeJueneChocolate truffles, the color purple, America . . . obsess on your obsession!Chapter 48. Grand Theft Writing: Swiped Beginnings by Chapin Gray, Brian Oliu, and Kirk PinhoUse the beginning of another text to get your momentum going.Chapter 49. Crazy Headlines and Hyperlink Chasing: Finding and Using a Bizarre Persona by Chapin Gray, Brian Oliu, and Kirk PinhoUse hyperlinks to uncover a subject for your new piece.Chapter 50. Genetically-Modified Franken-Poems by Chapin Gray and Breanne LeJueneCut up magazines and newspapers to create new poems, both individually and in groups.Chapter 51. The Exploding Poem: How to Keep on Writing by Chapin Gray and Breanne LeJuenePull an image or object from a poem, write a new poem based on it, and then stuff it back in.Chapter 52. Nice Hat, Thanks: Word-by-Word Poems by Kristin Aardsma, Breanne LeJuene, and Brian OliuWith a partner, create improvisational writing one word at a time.Chapter 53. Translation Mutation: Using Online Plot Generators and Translators by Kristin Aardsma, Breanne LeJuene, and Brian OliuBounce a text through several languages using an online translator and then work with the unrecognizable results.Chapter 54. Mad Lib Translations of Marquez by Jenny Gropp, Laura Kochman, and Jill SmithZany translations that go beyond Babelfish.Chapter 55. Pictures and Words by Greg Houser and Emma SovichWrite about—and beyond—the painting and its frame.Chapter 56. “The Horse in Motion”: Poems in Response to Photographs and Paintings of Motion by Jenny GroppLearn about the history of capturing the body in motion in the visual arts and then extend the practice into your own poetry and prose.Chapter 57. Book Flip!: Using Found Phrases by Jenny Gropp, Laura Kochman, and Jill SmithGrab a book or magazine and flip your way to a new piece of writing.Chapter 58. New Takes on the News: Obituaries, Classifieds, and Dear Abby by Greg Houser, Jill Smith, and Jessica TrullWrite hilarious news items.Chapter 59. Now with Twenty Billion Readers: Writing a Craigslist “Missed Connection” by Greg Houser, Jill Smith, and Jessica TrullWhat would you like to say to that stranger?Chapter 60. From These Old Sayings to This Fresh Story: Revamping ClichÉ Phrases and Plots by Jesse Delong, Lisa Tallin, and Danilo ThomasTake clichÉs like “head over heels” and well-known similes like “hard as a rock” and turn them into fresh ideas and complex plots.Part 3. Slews of Styles and SubjectsChapter 61. Realism: Tips from Tom Wolfe and Flannery O'Connor by Krystin GollihueUse an angle to depict settings and characters.Chapter 62. World Building: Nonrealistic Characters and a Six-Sentence Story by Jess E. Jelsma and Matt JonesKafka and you.Chapter 63. Rage Against the Creative Writing Machine: Dada in the House by Pia Simone Garber and Kirsten JorgensonGet introduced to the Dada movement and then write a “bad” poem and cut it up Dada style.Chapter 64. The Beats and Scribbled Secret Notebooks: Chosen Words and Automatic Writing by Stephen Hess and Curtis RutherfordAn introduction to Beat poetry complete with how to write like Jack Kerouac.Chapter 65. “I'm with You in Rockland”: “Howl” and Praise Poems by Stephen Hess and Curtis RutherfordLike Allen Ginsberg writing “Howl,” write your own praise poem.Chapter 66. A Call to Arms: Rally the Troops by Curtis RutherfordLike the Beats, turn your anger into writing that explodes from the page, calling society and your fellow writers to action.Chapter 67. Stealing Tone: Picking Up Where Your Favorite Authors Left Off by Molly GoldmanIdentify an author's moves and make them your own.Chapter 68. A Journal of Particulars: Become a Zen Master of Your Senses by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten JorgensonIn this journal-based exercise, get better acquainted with the five senses and write places into a more vivid existence.Chapter 69. When Garlic Has Hips: Food Writing and Personification by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten JorgensonMake everyday foods more vivid by giving them human characteristics and lives.Chapter 70. Pets of the Roman Empire, Dinosaurs of Today: Avoiding the Cute Kitty Cat When Writing about Animals by Kirk PinhoEnvision a major world event that was caused by a pet.Chapter 71. Perilous Points of View: Giant Toads! Cockroaches! by Jessie Bailey, Jesse Delong, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa TallinCreate an animal character and then stretch its wings (or gills or tentacles) out in story after story.Chapter 72. When the Wrecking Ball Falls in Love: Reviving an Inanimate Object by Jessie Bailey, Jesse Delong, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa TallinInhabit the mind, body, and soul of a strange and wondrous inanimate object of your choosing, and tell its tale.Chapter 73. The Fairest of Them All: Talking to Objects for a Reason by Theodora ZiolkowskiWhat if we could write to our favorite piece of fruit or that cool poster hanging from our bedroom wall?Chapter 74. Time for Rhyme by Pia Simone Garber, Jenny Gropp, Emma Sovich, and Leia WilsonIn this introduction to the many types of rhyme, like poet Robert Frost said, “all the fun's in how you say a thing.”Chapter 75. Love Poems and Refrains: Better than “Lemon Ice” by Pia Simone Garber and Curtis RutherfordThrow the fanciful and flowery talk aside and be a filthy mess of affection in your own amped-up love poems.Chapter 76. Death Poems: The Tragic and the Comic by Pia Simone Garber and Curtis RutherfordMake your reader feel the gravity of death in different ways, writing both a comic poem and then a sincere elegy.Chapter 77. Political Poems: Big Brother Is Watching You! by Pia Simone Garber and Curtis RutherfordBrainstorm some experiences all people share (love, death, family, etc.) and use them to overturn common ideas about politics.Chapter 78. Things That Go Bump in the Night: Reappropriating Stock Vampires, Witches, Zombies, and Other Creatures for a Twenty-First Century Scare by Tasha Coryell, Freya Gibbon, Molly Goldman, Krystin Gollihue, Jess E. Jelsma, Matt Jones, Meredith Noseworthy, Steve Reaugh, Sally Rodgers, and Bethany StartinTime for The Ultimate Makeover: Zombie Edition.Chapter 79. The Adult As Villain by Annie HartnettTry a child's point of view.Chapter 80. Objects and Elements: Set Your Imagination Loose! by Megan Paonessa and Danilo ThomasTake the smallest, seemingly most inconsequential thing and turn it into a grand presence.Chapter 81. Weapons of Voice: Practicing Long and Short Sentence Styles by Jesse Delong, Lisa Tallin, and Danilo ThomasImitate both sparse and long-winded writers in this fiction exercise.Chapter 82. Exercises in Style: The Endless Possibilities of Language by Jenny GroppUse a hatful of strategies and games to tell the same story over and over again without it ever looking the same.Chapter 83. The N 7 Game: From “The Snow Man” to “The Soap Mandible” by Jenny Gropp, Laura Kochman, and Jill SmithLearn about the French literary movement Oulipo, and then grab a dictionary and an existing piece of writing for the N 7 game.Chapter 84. Cramming It In: Jamming Narrative into a Short Space by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi WellsTell entire stories using only one sentence—no more!Chapter 85. “Licking a Glacier Can Change Your DNA”: Landscape in Prose Poetry and Flash Nonfiction by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi WellsLook at different methods for creating landscape in short forms, write out a landscape you've never seen, and then, in the final activity, put your hometown on Mars.Chapter 86. Zero to Hero!: A Superhero of Uncommon Valor by Megan Paonessa and Danilo ThomasConstruct a superhero unlike any the world has ever seen.Chapter 87. World Domination: Planets, Species, Disasters by Megan Paonessa and Danilo ThomasGuide your superhero into battle on a strange and unheard-of planet.Chapter 88. Demystifying the Publishing Process by Rachel Adams, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa TallinThe sooner, the better: this applies to eating ice cream under the sun, finishing your history homework, and publishing your poems and stories. Here are a few hints on ways to publish your work.ContributorsLiterary Sources

Robin Behn, is professor of English and teaches in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at The University of Alabama. She is the author of five volumes of poems, Quarry Cross, The Yellow House, Horizon Note, The Red Hour, and Paper Bird, and two chapbooks. She is co-editor of The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach.

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• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. Genres and Forms GaloreChapter 1. I'll Put a Spell on You by Pia Simone Garber, A. B. Gorham, Megan Paonessa, and Betsy SeymourThe art of spell writing, using repetition, and chanting.Chapter 2. Bake a Cake in an Earthquake: How-To Guides and Process Descriptions by Pia Simone Garber, A. B. Gorham, Megan Paonessa, and Betsy SeymourLet a story emerge from your instructions.Chapter 3. Guidebooks Galore! Chart Uncharted Places by Pia Simone Garber, A. B. Gorham, Megan Paonessa, and Betsy SeymourCreate a guide to your room, cell phone, refrigerator, and more.Chapter 4. Postcard Stories by Zachary Doss, Meredith Noseworthy, and Bethany StartinTwo characters have an exotic exchange through postcards.Chapter 5. Creative Nonfiction by Kenny KruseTwenty little memoir projects, plus a squirrel.Chapter 6. Tropes Unlimited: Genre Fiction by Kristin Aardsma and Brian OliuExplore the habits of genre fiction (fantasy, horror, sci-fi, mystery, etc.) and put them to use.Chapter 7. Where Frankenstein Meets Frodo, Part One: Creating a Character for Genre Fiction by Creating Their Facebook Page by Kristin Aardsma and Brian OliuLike Frankenstein's creator, build a character bit by bit until it's ready to come to life in your own genre fiction.Chapter 8. Where Frankenstein Meets Frodo, Part Two: Our Hero's Hundred-Story Hotel and Other Settings for Your Genre Fiction Character by Kristin Aardsma and Brian OliuGive your main character a room (or rooms) of their own.Chapter 9. What's Your Alibi? by Jessie Bailey, Jesse Delong, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa TallinHow will your character explain their way out of this one?Chapter 10. Interviews: For Groups Large and Small by Jenny Gropp and Stephen Hess“I feel that I am as necessary as my face”: conduct an absurdist interview.Chapter 11. Once Upon a Time in the Twenty-First Century: Retelling Fairy Tales by Pia Simone GarberWhy was Little Red Riding Hood so readily tricked by the Big Bad Wolf and what would you have done in her place?Chapter 12. “Is He for Real?”: Character-Based Flash Fiction, Part One: Defining a Character through Action and Dialogue by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi WellsConjure up a living, breathing character in as few words as possible.Chapter 13. “Is He for Real?”: Character-Based Flash Fiction, Part Two: Defining a Character through an Unexpected Setting by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi Wells“The mermaid sitting in my tree was drenched . . .”Chapter 14. Collaboration with Fly: Learning from Lydia Davis by Stephen HessBe inspired by this flash fiction master's work to write your own flash fiction.Chapter 15. The Relationship between Truth and Fiction by Ashley Chambers, Annie Hartnett, and Christopher McCarterHow can “truth” inspire a writer of fiction?Chapter 16. Little Novels by Jessie Bailey and Pia Simone GarberCondense classic novels and movies into tiny pieces.Chapter 17. It Is By Chance That We Meet: Writing A One-Act Play Through Collaboration by Alex Czaja, Romy Feder, Stephen ThomasHere, you and three others will write a one-act play.Chapter 18. Quick Found-Language Sonnets by Molly Goldman, Kenny Kruse, and Sally RodgersRecycle language into fourteen-line poems.Chapter 19. Social Network Haiku by Chapin Gray and Kirk PinhoUpdate the haiku form by writing away messages and Facebook haiku.Chapter 20. Rhymes Real Cool: Studies in Rap Lyrics by Christopher McCarterTap some rhymes to use in rap.Chapter 21. Oral Poetry: The Physical Landscape of Your Poetic Voice by Curtis RutherfordTones, tempos, and timbres—shape your poem with your voice.Chapter 22. Collaborative Ghazal by Chapin Gray and Kirk PinhoExplore this mesmerizing Arabic form and write one with a group or on your own.Chapter 23. Collaborative Abecedarian (For up to Twenty-Six Writers) by Sally RodgersFall in love with the alphabet all over again and use it to organize and inspire a poem.Chapter 24. The Triolet by Pia Simone GarberA French poetic form full of rhymes and repetition.Chapter 25. Oh, Ode! by Leia WilsonSwoon! Celebrate! Write an ode and then try an Exquisite Corpse ode as a group.Chapter 26. Sestinas: Six Words, Obsessed! by Chapin Gray, Jenny Gropp, and Kirk PinhoLearn the basic sestina form, “cheat” your way to an abridged sestina, write a giant sestina, and take the Ode-Sestina Challenge.Chapter 27. Nonce, Not Nonsense: Poetry Meets the Future by Jenny Gropp and Emma SovichWork with the “Century” and the “Portion,” and then create your own unique poetry form.Chapter 28. Poetry from Math: The Fib and Beyond by Jenny Gropp and Emma SovichLearn a poetic form based on the Fibonacci sequence, and then head further into the realm of poetry and equations.Chapter 29. Pillow Book Lists: Observing Experience for Creative Nonfiction by Katie Berger and Pia Simone GarberGet started with autobiographical writing by making expressive lists and snatching up the details right by your side.Chapter 30. A Travel Guide of the Self by Katie Berger and Pia Simone GarberTake yourself on a tour of you through travel writing and second-person point of view.Chapter 31. Expert Experience: The Art of the Unlikely, Opinionated Review by Katie Berger and Pia Simone GarberCreative nonfiction meets the review when you write your own brief, detailed—and unexpected—review of something you know a lot about.Part 2. Ye Olde Language Lets LooseChapter 32. TNT Prose: Explodable, Expandable Text by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten JorgensonUse your own words as dynamite to blow out the words of an existing text, revealing a new piece of writing when the dust clears.Chapter 33. Take It Away: Erasure by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten JorgensonErase your way to a new piece.Chapter 34. Ye Olde Language Made New: “False” Translation by Jenny GroppTake a text from another language and “translate” it according to several zany methods.Chapter 35. Sounds into Words, Words into Sounds by Molly GoldmanTurn a sound jumble into a poem.Chapter 36. Starting from a Song, Part One: Remixing a Song in Writing by Tasha Coryell and Steve ReaughBe a one-hit wonder!Chapter 37. Starting from a Song, Part Two: Under the (Musical) Influence by Tasha Coryell and Steve ReaughLet music put you in a writing mood.Chapter 38. Balderdash for Writers: New Stories from an Old Box by Jesse Delong and Megan PaonessaCreate stories by playing a few rounds of this classic word game.Chapter 39. Disaster City: A Facebook-y Adventure by Rachel Adams, Jessie Bailey, and Kirsten JorgensonMap out a city and fill it with characters and plot twists in this collaborative fiction activity that uses moves that you might recognize from Facebook.Chapter 40. Consequences: A Parlor Game of Surprise Narratives by Kit Emslie and Sarah KellyFirst played by the Victorians, Consequences is a parlor game similar to the famous Surrealist exercise “exquisite corpse.”Chapter 41. Constraints, Odd Characters, and Secret Postcards: A Fresh Approach to Character and Context by Kirsten Jorgenson, Betsy Seymour, and Danilo ThomasCreate questions that generate eccentric characters and then write their secrets down on postcards in this group activity.Chapter 42. Broken Picture Telephone: Modernist Poets Meet the Grade-School Game of Telephone by Rachel Adams, Pia Simone Garber, Kirsten Jorgenson, and Betsy SeymourExplore the tie between thought and image by making a miniature deck of phrase and image cards, and then use the cards like a modernist poet.Chapter 43. Magazine Shuffle: From Image to Character, Narrative, and Third-Person-Limited Point of View by Rachel Adams, Pia Simone Garber, Kirsten Jorgenson, and Betsy SeymourCombine simple images from magazines to create characters and then narrate their stories from the third-person-limited point of view.Chapter 44. Improv at the Zombie Diner: Platform and Dialogue by Holly Burdorff, Luke Percy, and Maggie SmithIn this exercise, you're going to be put in a dangerous situation, and you're going to have to act fast.Chapter 45. Comicpalooza: The Art of the Panel by Rachel Adams, Pia Simone Garber, Kirsten Jorgenson, and Betsy SeymourSee how comic books use narrative, then build your own characters, images, and a story to make a new comic.Chapter 46. Fast Talkers and Faster Writers: Speed Transcription by Chapin Gray, Brian Oliu, and Kirk PinhoPractice writing while someone reads a text as fast as possible, picking up what you can and freeing up your associative writer's imagination along the way.Chapter 47. Obsessions: Seven Way by Kristin Aardsma and Breanne LeJueneChocolate truffles, the color purple, America . . . obsess on your obsession!Chapter 48. Grand Theft Writing: Swiped Beginnings by Chapin Gray, Brian Oliu, and Kirk PinhoUse the beginning of another text to get your momentum going.Chapter 49. Crazy Headlines and Hyperlink Chasing: Finding and Using a Bizarre Persona by Chapin Gray, Brian Oliu, and Kirk PinhoUse hyperlinks to uncover a subject for your new piece.Chapter 50. Genetically-Modified Franken-Poems by Chapin Gray and Breanne LeJueneCut up magazines and newspapers to create new poems, both individually and in groups.Chapter 51. The Exploding Poem: How to Keep on Writing by Chapin Gray and Breanne LeJuenePull an image or object from a poem, write a new poem based on it, and then stuff it back in.Chapter 52. Nice Hat, Thanks: Word-by-Word Poems by Kristin Aardsma, Breanne LeJuene, and Brian OliuWith a partner, create improvisational writing one word at a time.Chapter 53. Translation Mutation: Using Online Plot Generators and Translators by Kristin Aardsma, Breanne LeJuene, and Brian OliuBounce a text through several languages using an online translator and then work with the unrecognizable results.Chapter 54. Mad Lib Translations of Marquez by Jenny Gropp, Laura Kochman, and Jill SmithZany translations that go beyond Babelfish.Chapter 55. Pictures and Words by Greg Houser and Emma SovichWrite about—and beyond—the painting and its frame.Chapter 56. “The Horse in Motion”: Poems in Response to Photographs and Paintings of Motion by Jenny GroppLearn about the history of capturing the body in motion in the visual arts and then extend the practice into your own poetry and prose.Chapter 57. Book Flip!: Using Found Phrases by Jenny Gropp, Laura Kochman, and Jill SmithGrab a book or magazine and flip your way to a new piece of writing.Chapter 58. New Takes on the News: Obituaries, Classifieds, and Dear Abby by Greg Houser, Jill Smith, and Jessica TrullWrite hilarious news items.Chapter 59. Now with Twenty Billion Readers: Writing a Craigslist “Missed Connection” by Greg Houser, Jill Smith, and Jessica TrullWhat would you like to say to that stranger?Chapter 60. From These Old Sayings to This Fresh Story: Revamping ClichÉ Phrases and Plots by Jesse Delong, Lisa Tallin, and Danilo ThomasTake clichÉs like “head over heels” and well-known similes like “hard as a rock” and turn them into fresh ideas and complex plots.Part 3. Slews of Styles and SubjectsChapter 61. Realism: Tips from Tom Wolfe and Flannery O'Connor by Krystin GollihueUse an angle to depict settings and characters.Chapter 62. World Building: Nonrealistic Characters and a Six-Sentence Story by Jess E. Jelsma and Matt JonesKafka and you.Chapter 63. Rage Against the Creative Writing Machine: Dada in the House by Pia Simone Garber and Kirsten JorgensonGet introduced to the Dada movement and then write a “bad” poem and cut it up Dada style.Chapter 64. The Beats and Scribbled Secret Notebooks: Chosen Words and Automatic Writing by Stephen Hess and Curtis RutherfordAn introduction to Beat poetry complete with how to write like Jack Kerouac.Chapter 65. “I'm with You in Rockland”: “Howl” and Praise Poems by Stephen Hess and Curtis RutherfordLike Allen Ginsberg writing “Howl,” write your own praise poem.Chapter 66. A Call to Arms: Rally the Troops by Curtis RutherfordLike the Beats, turn your anger into writing that explodes from the page, calling society and your fellow writers to action.Chapter 67. Stealing Tone: Picking Up Where Your Favorite Authors Left Off by Molly GoldmanIdentify an author's moves and make them your own.Chapter 68. A Journal of Particulars: Become a Zen Master of Your Senses by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten JorgensonIn this journal-based exercise, get better acquainted with the five senses and write places into a more vivid existence.Chapter 69. When Garlic Has Hips: Food Writing and Personification by Jenny Gropp and Kirsten JorgensonMake everyday foods more vivid by giving them human characteristics and lives.Chapter 70. Pets of the Roman Empire, Dinosaurs of Today: Avoiding the Cute Kitty Cat When Writing about Animals by Kirk PinhoEnvision a major world event that was caused by a pet.Chapter 71. Perilous Points of View: Giant Toads! Cockroaches! by Jessie Bailey, Jesse Delong, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa TallinCreate an animal character and then stretch its wings (or gills or tentacles) out in story after story.Chapter 72. When the Wrecking Ball Falls in Love: Reviving an Inanimate Object by Jessie Bailey, Jesse Delong, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa TallinInhabit the mind, body, and soul of a strange and wondrous inanimate object of your choosing, and tell its tale.Chapter 73. The Fairest of Them All: Talking to Objects for a Reason by Theodora ZiolkowskiWhat if we could write to our favorite piece of fruit or that cool poster hanging from our bedroom wall?Chapter 74. Time for Rhyme by Pia Simone Garber, Jenny Gropp, Emma Sovich, and Leia WilsonIn this introduction to the many types of rhyme, like poet Robert Frost said, “all the fun's in how you say a thing.”Chapter 75. Love Poems and Refrains: Better than “Lemon Ice” by Pia Simone Garber and Curtis RutherfordThrow the fanciful and flowery talk aside and be a filthy mess of affection in your own amped-up love poems.Chapter 76. Death Poems: The Tragic and the Comic by Pia Simone Garber and Curtis RutherfordMake your reader feel the gravity of death in different ways, writing both a comic poem and then a sincere elegy.Chapter 77. Political Poems: Big Brother Is Watching You! by Pia Simone Garber and Curtis RutherfordBrainstorm some experiences all people share (love, death, family, etc.) and use them to overturn common ideas about politics.Chapter 78. Things That Go Bump in the Night: Reappropriating Stock Vampires, Witches, Zombies, and Other Creatures for a Twenty-First Century Scare by Tasha Coryell, Freya Gibbon, Molly Goldman, Krystin Gollihue, Jess E. Jelsma, Matt Jones, Meredith Noseworthy, Steve Reaugh, Sally Rodgers, and Bethany StartinTime for The Ultimate Makeover: Zombie Edition.Chapter 79. The Adult As Villain by Annie HartnettTry a child's point of view.Chapter 80. Objects and Elements: Set Your Imagination Loose! by Megan Paonessa and Danilo ThomasTake the smallest, seemingly most inconsequential thing and turn it into a grand presence.Chapter 81. Weapons of Voice: Practicing Long and Short Sentence Styles by Jesse Delong, Lisa Tallin, and Danilo ThomasImitate both sparse and long-winded writers in this fiction exercise.Chapter 82. Exercises in Style: The Endless Possibilities of Language by Jenny GroppUse a hatful of strategies and games to tell the same story over and over again without it ever looking the same.Chapter 83. The N 7 Game: From “The Snow Man” to “The Soap Mandible” by Jenny Gropp, Laura Kochman, and Jill SmithLearn about the French literary movement Oulipo, and then grab a dictionary and an existing piece of writing for the N 7 game.Chapter 84. Cramming It In: Jamming Narrative into a Short Space by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi WellsTell entire stories using only one sentence—no more!Chapter 85. “Licking a Glacier Can Change Your DNA”: Landscape in Prose Poetry and Flash Nonfiction by Katie Berger, Laura Kochman, and Brandi WellsLook at different methods for creating landscape in short forms, write out a landscape you've never seen, and then, in the final activity, put your hometown on Mars.Chapter 86. Zero to Hero!: A Superhero of Uncommon Valor by Megan Paonessa and Danilo ThomasConstruct a superhero unlike any the world has ever seen.Chapter 87. World Domination: Planets, Species, Disasters by Megan Paonessa and Danilo ThomasGuide your superhero into battle on a strange and unheard-of planet.Chapter 88. Demystifying the Publishing Process by Rachel Adams, A. B. Gorham, and Lisa TallinThe sooner, the better: this applies to eating ice cream under the sun, finishing your history homework, and publishing your poems and stories. Here are a few hints on ways to publish your work.ContributorsLiterary Sources