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I was in intrigued to find out more about the story behind Script Studio (formerly called Movie Outline), so I sent him some questions. Here’s what he had to say.

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Poets must make deliberate decisions about every aspect of their poem. Things like a poem's structure, its title, and even its use of punctuation are deliberate decisions made by the poet to reinforce---or sometimes contradict---the overarching theme or message of the poem.

In this post, we're going to look at some of the areas you can analyse when reading a poem.

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Firstly, they're more of a musical performance than a fiction or nonfiction reading.

Secondly, you need to embody the character of your poem. In fiction, you can get away (a little) with reading in a fairly normal voice. But if you don't put passion and pizazz into your poetry, you'll lose your audience, and fast.

Many poems are written to be read aloud.

So, as a poet, you need to embrace this.

Even if you hate being on stage more than anything else, you can learn to love reading your poetry aloud.

And the more you read your work in front of people, the easier it gets.

Promise.

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It's thanks to that course, Janet Murray, and the sales guy at my day job that I've had work published in The Huffington Post, Thrive Global, and more.

That course was taught by Shreya Sen Handley, a former broadcast journalist and television producer for international channels such as CNBC and MTV.

I interviewed her about her first book, Memoirs of My Body, and her writing process.

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