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18.25 // 0 komentar // Lisa Stanford // Category: card verses , greeting card verse , greeting card verses , writing greeting , writing greeting card , writing greeting card verses //Hallmark this month celebrates its 100th birthday, after being founded by Joyce Hall in David City, Nebraska, after he latched onto a craze for postcards that have swept America in the first decade of the 20th century. Today, the company is one of the world's largest manufacturers of cards and will continue to take Joyce's grandson, Don Hall.
This is an important birthday again raises the profile card writing verse as a form of creative writing. Can you imagine how difficult it is to say 'Merry Christmas' in a hundred different ways? If this is the challenge that you feel you are interested in tying then read on!
There are opportunities for writers of greeting card verse to send his words to the big card companies, and not everything that is written in the house. Editorial manager at Hallmark, Ruth Turner, said that she is always looking for new writers of free verse. "We have a large library of what might be called the standard verse, so we are looking for something a little different: writers who are new voices and more quirky or interesting way of expressing yourself ."
At Hallmark, the same principles apply to most card manufacturers, submissions can be submitted directly via their website. Card verses for all topics and seasonal festivities will be accepted throughout the year, so try not to feel like you need to write or send a card verse that is specific to time of year, during certain months only.
As with all writing, research is of paramount importance. Louise, one of the writers at Hallmark suggests that the greeting card verse writers should "go to the grocery store. look at what we [Hallmark] and other companies are doing. Stand around and listen to what people say when they are buying. If they read the card and put it back , go and look at it to see why this might be that it did not work for them ."
After a greeting card verse ideas in mind or have something on paper, and you are considering the submission of your writing to card manufacturers, ask yourself a few questions first:
So, as we do the festive season, take the opportunity to get your creative juices flowing and start writing some poetry greeting card!
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