LESSONS

The lessons library

Each lesson is a small, structural move — a constraint to try, an exemplar to study, a note on the device at work.

Ending on the right silence

Write a last line that resists closure. Leave one door open.

The music of the line

Write four lines you can hear with your eyes closed — then cut every third adjective.

Image before statement

Say nothing abstract for ten lines. Only things you could photograph.

The turn (volta)

Write eight lines that change their mind at line five.