Frustrated with some writers' cutesy rules, British crime novelist Matt Rees blogged some of his own. I heard about them via Twitter, and tweeted my own:
1. Read the kind of material you'd like to write.
2. Hone the discipline to write beyond distraction.
3. Develop the confidence to stick to your words, but also the flexibility to know when to change them/try new things/be creative.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
#verseday Last Day of School
#verseday is a Twitter hashtag I came up with to promote poetry writing. I invite Twitter people to suggest poetry topics by noon Eastern each Thursday. Participants must then draft poems by noon Eastern Friday. The resulting poems can be submitted anywhere.
Even if you've never written a poem before, you're invited. Taking the time to think poetically can help your creativity on other projects. If you'd like to participate, tweet your topics, tagged #verseday, by noon Thursday, May 31. My topic this week is the last day of school.
Write a poem about your or a speaker's last day of school by noon Friday, June 1.
Even if you've never written a poem before, you're invited. Taking the time to think poetically can help your creativity on other projects. If you'd like to participate, tweet your topics, tagged #verseday, by noon Thursday, May 31. My topic this week is the last day of school.
Write a poem about your or a speaker's last day of school by noon Friday, June 1.
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