Outlines and Overlaps Poetry Course
Written and tutored by Mandy Pannett
Outlines and Overlaps
Level - Intermediate - not suitable for beginners.
If you are a beginner please see our introductory to poetry course.
Learn how to approach your poetry from a new perspective with this five-module course from Mandy Pannett. It will help you approach your poetry in a new way and stretch your poetry writing skills.
Your Course
Module One introduces the concepts you will cover.
In Module Two you learn about psychogeography and how this can connect the landscape to your writing.
Module Three explores overlaps in language and time. You learn how adding different voices to your poems can add depth to your work.
You are shown how to break out of the constraints of conventional language or grammar in Module Four.
Finally, in Module Five, you will consider the idea of different versions and see how the outline of an idea might develop into a deeper exploration with wider connections.
Exercises And Assignments
You are given optional exercises throughout so you can try the concepts being studied. Plus, you have two assignments giving you the chance to send in your poems for assessment by Mandy herself.
For the duration of your course you will have access to The Writers Bureau's Writers' Community and free Zoom sessions where you can meet other writers and poets as well as ask questions.
Trial Period And Time Limit
You have your course on seven-day trial and four months from the date you enrol to send in your assignment.
Enrol Today
This course is ideal for poets looking for an orginal, fascinating and fun way to approach their work. Your course materials are available as soon as your payment has been successful. Enrol today.
Your Course
Module One introduces the concepts you will cover.
In Module Two you learn about psychogeography and how this can connect the landscape to your writing.
Module Three explores overlaps in language and time. You learn how adding different voices to your poems can add depth to your work.
You are shown how to break out of the constraints of conventional language or grammar in Module Four.
Finally, in Module Five, you will consider the idea of different versions and see how the outline of an idea might develop into a deeper exploration with wider connections.
Exercises And Assignments
You are given optional exercises throughout so you can try the concepts being studied. Plus, you have two assignments giving you the chance to send in your poems for assessment by Mandy herself.
For the duration of your course you will have access to The Writers Bureau's Writers' Community and free Zoom sessions where you can meet other writers and poets as well as ask questions.
Trial Period And Time Limit
You have your course on seven-day trial and four months from the date you enrol to send in your assignment.
Enrol Today
This course is ideal for poets looking for an orginal, fascinating and fun way to approach their work. Your course materials are available as soon as your payment has been successful. Enrol today.
Course Tutor
Mandy Pannett
Mandy Pannett lives in West Sussex. She taught children with special needs for many years but now works freelance as a creative writing tutor for adults.
Her poetry pamphlet ‘The Daedalus Files’ was published by SPM Publications in 2021. Five poetry collections have been previously published: ‘Bee Purple’ and ‘Frost Hollow’ (Oversteps Books), ‘Allotments in the Orbital’ (Searle Publishing), ‘All the Invisibles’ (SPM Publications), ‘Jongleur in the Courtyard’ (Indigo Dreams Publishing). A selection of her poems, ‘Ladders of Glass’, was issued by Integral Contemporary Literature Press with English and Romanian parallel texts.
She enjoys writing short fiction as well and two years ago won a national competition for Vignette writing. She has also judged competitions for Flash Fiction. Two novellas have been published by Independent Presses: ‘The Onion Stone’ (Pewter Rose Press) and ‘The Wulf Enigma’ (Circaidy Gregory Press).
Mandy was also poetry editor for five years for Sentinel Literary Quarterly and has edited anthologies and poetry collections for them and for Earlyworks Press. She has acted as an adjudicator for national competitions and won prizes and been placed herself in several others.
For the last eighteen months she has been collaborating with artist Polly Dutton and musicians Terry Pack and The Full Circle Quartet on ‘The South Downs Suite’, a poetry/music/art project inspired by the South Downs. The Suite is currently being performed at several venues in the area and a book of all the art work and poetry is on sale at events and in galleries and museums.
Her poetry pamphlet ‘The Daedalus Files’ was published by SPM Publications in 2021. Five poetry collections have been previously published: ‘Bee Purple’ and ‘Frost Hollow’ (Oversteps Books), ‘Allotments in the Orbital’ (Searle Publishing), ‘All the Invisibles’ (SPM Publications), ‘Jongleur in the Courtyard’ (Indigo Dreams Publishing). A selection of her poems, ‘Ladders of Glass’, was issued by Integral Contemporary Literature Press with English and Romanian parallel texts.
She enjoys writing short fiction as well and two years ago won a national competition for Vignette writing. She has also judged competitions for Flash Fiction. Two novellas have been published by Independent Presses: ‘The Onion Stone’ (Pewter Rose Press) and ‘The Wulf Enigma’ (Circaidy Gregory Press).
Mandy was also poetry editor for five years for Sentinel Literary Quarterly and has edited anthologies and poetry collections for them and for Earlyworks Press. She has acted as an adjudicator for national competitions and won prizes and been placed herself in several others.
For the last eighteen months she has been collaborating with artist Polly Dutton and musicians Terry Pack and The Full Circle Quartet on ‘The South Downs Suite’, a poetry/music/art project inspired by the South Downs. The Suite is currently being performed at several venues in the area and a book of all the art work and poetry is on sale at events and in galleries and museums.
Course curriculum
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Outlines And Overlaps - what to expect!
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Mandy Pannett - Course Author & Tutor
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WB's Writers' Community
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Totum Student Discount Card – UK Students Only
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Discounted Writing Magazine Subscription For WB Students
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Terms and Conditions of Enrolment
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Study Tips
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How To Download Your Course Modules
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Definitions, exploration of the writing process, quotations for inspiration, exercises.
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Psychogeography, connections with writing.
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Assignment One
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Overlaps in language and time, voices, exercise.
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Inner and outer worlds, abstract poetry, ambiguity, dramatic monologue, exercise.
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About this course
- £99.00
- 2 Tutor-marked Assignments
- 7-Day Trial
- Time-limit: 4 months
Gain a new approach to writing your poems. Enrol today!
Terms and Conditions of Enrolment
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