Post by shadow_scribe on Jan 23, 2008 15:44:20 GMT -6
Here's another way you can write a poem:
1. Think of something you're experienced at or really like doing. Start writing instructions on how you would normally do this activity. I find the less description you use, the bigger variety of the feeling of the poem (you'll see what I mean in a few steps).
2. Once you've finished your instructions, rewrite your instructions again, EXCEPT you cannot reference what you are doing directly. For example, if I were writing on how to swing a baseball bat and I wrote "Grip your hands on the bat," I would change it to "Grip your hands onto it." Okay, maybe that's a bit perverted but it's an example!
3. When you've done that, look at the instructions and try to think, "If I was a total stranger that was reading this for the first time, what mood would I get out of this poem?"
4. When you think you have your mood/feeling, title your instructions with that feeling. Then read it again with this mood in mind and see if it fits. If you want, you can try a totally opposite mood to what your instructions look like and read the poem in a completely different light. It's really cool!
5. Try out different titles until you have one that really sends out the mood of the poem. Tada! You have a poem!
1. Think of something you're experienced at or really like doing. Start writing instructions on how you would normally do this activity. I find the less description you use, the bigger variety of the feeling of the poem (you'll see what I mean in a few steps).
2. Once you've finished your instructions, rewrite your instructions again, EXCEPT you cannot reference what you are doing directly. For example, if I were writing on how to swing a baseball bat and I wrote "Grip your hands on the bat," I would change it to "Grip your hands onto it." Okay, maybe that's a bit perverted but it's an example!
3. When you've done that, look at the instructions and try to think, "If I was a total stranger that was reading this for the first time, what mood would I get out of this poem?"
4. When you think you have your mood/feeling, title your instructions with that feeling. Then read it again with this mood in mind and see if it fits. If you want, you can try a totally opposite mood to what your instructions look like and read the poem in a completely different light. It's really cool!
5. Try out different titles until you have one that really sends out the mood of the poem. Tada! You have a poem!
