PROSE

Writing inspiring prose

This is a basic analysis of the form and prose of George Herbert's "Easter Wings."

This essay overviews the similar manner in which poetry and prose uses white space and diction by glancing at authors such as John Steinbeck and E.E. Cummings.

Prose and Poetry are terms often used interchangeable but are actually two different forms of writing. As a former English teacher and current writer, I am often struck by the confusion about which is which. A little clarification may be helpful.

Getting the ideal prose style puts a writer into ideal communication with readers.

If you are a beginning writer or an experienced one, Francine Prose is must-read craft book. By dissecting excerpts from famous works and telling anecdotes from her own career, Prose shows how great writers turn simple rules into incredible stories.

Tips to easier writing and editing through an improved prose ear.

Tips for improving prose ear through reading and use of a spaced-repetition system.

Charles Mingus wrote music that was dark and exciting. This prose explores the atmosphere of his music.

Romantic writers are thought of as poets but some were essayists. The prose, like the poetry, shows the turning from reason to emotion, the exploration of the inner self, and the interest in nature, the commonplace, and the supernatural.

Are you dreaming to become the next Kerouac? Kerouac's novels, especially Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums, were essentially an author's How-to write using the spontaneous prose method. Learn more how to write in trance-like meditation the way Kaerouac did.

Kerouac is renowned for his first draft spontaneous prose work. Go to the source to find how-to's in his writing.

If you are a writer looking to hone your craft, Francine Prose's invaluable book Reading Like a Writer demonstrates how careful, thoughtful reading can help you develop your skills and find your own writer's voice.

Why does Shakespeare sometime do away with poetry and introduce prose in his plays?

Artists need to practice art. This article focuses on the writer and their commitment to prose.

An analysis of one of Eliot's few prose-poems and its roots in French symbolist poetry.

Ways in which you can enliven your prose.

Village Prose, a Russian literary style arising in the mid-twentieth century, while expressing distaste in the policies and momentum of the Communists, also expressed the nationalist sentiments later involved in the Soviet downfall.

A poem about how I write my poetry, and how I get my inspiration!

This is a tale of a murderer who can't see the problem with airing dirty secrets.

This piece defines and describes expository text.

This essay discusses Jean-Paul Sartre's existential philosophy regarding the function of language as expressed in his essay, What is Writing?.

A compelling theme in literature is that of transformation, or metamorphosis. One of the most famous tales of metamorphosis is Franz Kafka's story by the same name, but there are many others.

This article explores the underrated art of creative non-fiction in English classes.

Finding the right market for your writing