Writers block stifles even the best writers at some point and right now it has me in its grip. I seem to be having difficulty maintaining purpose throughout a piece lately, I’ve been writing poems with two things in mind, a beginning and an end. I know what I want to start with and the words I want to land on, but everything between is a bit random at times.
I find inspiration all over the place especially in music so I look forward to listening to some classical music that Nijla wrote about over on her blog. I hope it unlocks the poetry hiding inside me as it has for her.Preparing for an MFA portfolio has made me even more self-conscious about my writing than I have been in the past, but I know as a writer regardless of whether or not I am pursuing a career in writing I face rejection everyday. If they don’t like my work, so what, if they do then I’ll be thrilled, either way the experience will force me to scrutinize my work more and encourage me to work more strenuously on my craft and the diversification of my portfolio with regard to both content and form.
It’s late and I cant stop coughing but I should try to get some sleep, goodnight and much love to all my readers out there.
I’ve been writing poems with two things in mind, a beginning and an end. I know what I want to start with and the words I want to land on, but everything between is a bit random at times.
Love those lines, although I can’t exactly explain why. Perhaps because it reminds me a bit of my own writing style in terms of composing (the longer) weblog posts - I always knows there is one sentence or two that HAS to go in there, and everything else just sort of builds around or builds ON that, but it’s always such a process putting together all that “everything else.”
Not sure if that made sense. Why are we even awake at this hour? Have a good night, buddy, and I hope that MFA portfolio preparation goes smoothly!
I’m always up super late writing random poems around at least one solid line. I believe a good poem can stand one good line.
Thanks for wishing me luck.