Poetry & wordplay21 categories
Six rewrites of the line that is not landing
One line is dead, you know which one, and you want options rather than a verdict.
Here is a line that is not working, with the lines either side for context. Say in one sentence what the line is trying to do, then give me six rewrites: two that keep the sense and change the sound, two that change the sense, two that merge it with a neighbour. Say which you would keep. Lines:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Rewriting lines and stanzas. The line that is dead, the lineation that feels arbitrary, the verb that is doing nothing.
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