1.) Patience. There is no need to rush through it. No time to read? Simply come back to
it when you do have time.
2.) Read the Title. It's a guide to the general theme of the poem.
3.) Read any dedications, quotes, or epigrams that may be included. This gives more
insight to a poets inspiration.
4.) Read the poem slowly and carefully, as if you wrote it yourself. It will sound better
and make more sense to you. Only a poet knows how it should be read.
5.) Consider your immediate responses after reading it. How did it make you feel? Did it
inspire you to write? Did the images offend or enlighten you?
6.) Pay close attention to the literary devices that impressed you. Rhythm and rhyme
scheme, tension created and released, etc.
My Personal Favorite - If you get better than me, I'm cooking you up! Barbecue sauce,
*smacking lips* yum yum.
1.) You can write!
2.) You write beautifully!
3.) Keep up the awesome job!
I find writing to be beneficial in many ways, which you may or may not agree with. That's fine, but these are just a few ways writing helps me:
1.) Helps to express feelings and emotions by seeing them on paper.
2.) Helps avoid any physical, emotional, and/or mental abuse to anyone other than yourself.
3.) Focuses your attention on something else, rather than on the person/people or other things that are bothering you.
1.) DO NOT STEAL another person's work, it is illegal! I CANNOT stress that enough!
2.) Changing a line in someone else's work by 5 words or more makes it your own. But
I wouldn't recommend doing that.
3.) Quoting someone else's work in your own is fine, but GIVE THEM CREDIT, they
deserve it! Unless you know them, ASK THEM 1st if you can quote them, but still
give them the credit they deserve.
4.) Inspirations come from ANYWHERE! They are everywhere.
5.) Writer's block does happen, and it takes time to get over it. Don't worry you'll be
able to write again. :)
Addiction / Dedication / Gothic / War / Honesty / Music / Photographs / Memories / Dreams
Wishes / Secrets / Colors / Observation / Opinion / Life Lessons / Emotions / Feelings / Labels
Favorites / Celebrations / Water / Nature / Life / Religion / Weather / Quotes / Holidays / Love
Driving / Paranormal / Erotica / Hobbies / Health / Imagination / People / Questioners
About Actually Almost Almost Like Already
Appears Approximately Basically Close to Even
Eventually Exactly Finally Here Just
Just then Kind of Nearly Now Practically
Really Seems Simply Somehow Somewhat
Somewhat like Sort of Suddenly Then There
Truly Utterly
Consider the paragraphs below, also from the same Author and Book as listed above.
"The man was there in the bushes, waiting. When Joan was just three (3) feet away, he kind of tensed, then leaped out and grabbed her. Joan struggled, but it seemed he was just too strong for her, and finally they fell down. She actually screamed, and even scratched his face."
~Versus~
"The man was in the bushes, waiting. When Joan was three (3) feet away, he tensed, leaped out, and grabbed her. Joan struggled, but he was too strong for her, and they fell down. She screamed, and scratched his face."
Weasel Words are ok to use in dialogue.