Adam Gary’s Guide To
Becoming A Complete And Working Poet
Online Course
In this incredibly in depth 5 part course, with over 10000 hours of video lessons, Adam covers absolutely every aspect there is when it comes to being a complete poet. From the techniques of poetry, right through to actually WORKING as a poet! You'll learn about three poets, and everything there is to know about their work and what makes them a poet. You'll walk away being a true craftsman of the art, and be able to hold your own with poets that have studied at more traditional institutes. And, of course... all the different avenues you can tread to start making money from your work!
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Below you can find your the full curriculum for the course.
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Part 1 - Laying Strong Foundations
i.i Introduction
i.ii Establish A Working Environment
i.iii Competitor and Contemporary Analysis
i.iiii Read, Dissect, Rewrite
i.v Building a Poetic Library & Required Reading.
Part 2 - Learning the Craft
ii.i Introduction
ii.ii How to Read Poetry
ii.iii Metre
ii.iiii Form
ii.v Alliteration
ii.vi Rhyme
ii.vii Poetry Exercises
ii.viii How to write a Haiku
ii.viiii How to write a Sonnet
ii.x How to write an Ode
ii.xi Tips on Freeform
ii.xii A Look At Modern Poetry
ii.xiii What Kind Of Poet Are You?
Case Study: William Shakespeare
Case Study: Oscar Wilde
Case Study: Adam Gary
(I wanted to throw in a modern poet, but as I’m not entirely clued up on copyright laws, I took the narcissistic approach in using myself as a case study)
Part 3 - Sharing your work
iii.i Instagram
iii.ii YouTube
iii.iii Tik Tok
iii.iiii Friends and Family
iii.v Live Readings
Part 4 - Getting Published, Earning Money and Becoming a WORKING Poet
iiii.i Traditional Publishing
iiii.ii Self Publishing
iiii.iii Magazine Features
iiii.iiii Earning Money As A Working Poet
Part 5 - Further Learning