Dear Readers,
I can feel the weekend slowly inching towards us like a snail! Let's get to the point though.
Just like athletes need warmups, writers need warm ups too.
As you all probably know, Thursday's blog posts will include some tips and useful suggestions on the theme of "Writer's Block". Now I know Thursday's and Tuesday's themes are very similar, but after all, these two days of the week both begin with a "T", so their themes are bound to be similar. There are many concepts and aspects around Thursday's theme, but today I will focus on just one. If you feel like you have writer's block, I think it is quite helpful to try to write something every day. It doesn't have to be complete, just think of it as a warm up. The theme and story this poem tells does not have to be perfect either. Just take some inspiration from around you or come up with a list of your favorite words and try to include them in a poem. I like to write around two stanzas every day in the morning to "awaken my writing senses". Sometimes, I go back to these warmup poems, and I always find at least one that I really enjoy reading. Then I edit it a lot and build off it. After a few revists, it turns into a beautiful poem. To sum up everything, there are three reasons why you should write something every day:
It helps with Writer's Block because you might find a warm up poem that has potential and you keep building off it until it becomes an amazing poem.
It helps "awaken your creative flow and writing sense"
You will probably have many ideas since you are in the habit of writing something every day.
I have written this in my other blog posts from this week, but I would like to address it again. Personally, I am doing this challenge to write poetry, but others can still participate in this challenge while writing in a different style (short stories, vignettes...). The tips and suggestions that I write about are not only applicable for poetry. They can all be applicable for almost any type of writing.
Day Four's Progress:
Today I reread my poem quite a few times before deciding what I can do to make it better. I decide to change some of the words I used, and I make it a little longer. I listened to this Indian Summer Festival recording and got some inspiration for the structure that I want this poem to follow. The Indian Summer Festival is an event where different artists (mostly based in Canada) share short stories or poems. I added some lines in the beginning and the middle of the poem to set the tone and ambiance of the area a little bit more. I think that my poem is not exactly done yet, but I am happy with what I have accomplished today. When I reread my poem tomorow to edit it some more, I am sure that I will find somethings to improve on.
Hope this blog was helpful for you!
~ Golden Ink
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