Id like some advice?

Question

hello fellow writers! i am very new to this putting thoughts on paper thing, and i'd welcome any words of wisdom. a few martians around here have made invaluable suggestions, but i am open to all....

Answer 1

I don't know what kind of advice you want, but I guess my main tip would be to join a writing forum. There you can get your work critiqued and join in discussions.

http://authorsnotes.info/forum/index.php

Answer 2

Read all the poetry you can, observe the punctuation and capitilization you learned as a child.  Write about everything.  

Answer 3

The thing I always notice about inexperienced writers, is they're usually very straight forward.  It's usually better to use tons of metaphors, and let the reader think.  The reader shouldn't get off easy.  They should have to think about what they're reading to actually understand it.  Complexity is an unwritten rule in the world of writing.

Answer 4

dont be too straight forward.. be a little mysterious, but still, get your point across.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

My advice is simple: by writing we learn to write.

The published poets on this site constantly learn from and teach each other. They create new poetic forms and practice the ancient forms to learn rhyme, meter (the "drumbeat" of poetry) and other poetic devices. They also write free and blank verse.

Continue to post on this site. I refer you to an excellent poetic website: www.poetsofmars.com. There, you can see poems, a Forum, and anyone is welcome to post there.

Answer 7

I think that effective writing begins with careful reading. We should when reading enlarge our perspective and focus and also our aims. If you read a beautifully constructed sentence, essay, poem, metaphor or whatever, do more than appreciate what has been created; ask yourself why you were so moved by what you read and also try to understand how such effects can be produced.  In other words, read not only to enlarge your allusive and rhetorical framework (along with your mental universe more generally), but also to learn how the writer uses language to forge a connection with the reader.  Then write and analyze your own work with the same metacognitive principles in mind.  We reveal ourselves by the choices we make.

Answer 8

Dr. Camacho at the University of Guam pulled me aside one day and said, "Don't try so hard to write a good story. You need to learn how to tell a good story."

Poetry is literature concentrate; all the ideas in one story boiled down their essence.

I start with my story and an easy song melody. One of the best for composing poetry is STREETS OF LAREDO.

"As I walked out on the streets of Laredo.

As I walked out on Laredo one day,

I spied a poor cowboy wrapped in white linen,

Wrapped in white linen as cold as the clay."

Here's one of mine from Pavlov's Cat.

It's the same melody.

*****

A.P.O.

by T.D. Euwaite

Wrap the brown paper

Two times, and staple

Tape up the corners

With clear cellophane

Address the white label

Afghani high desert

To soldiers off guarding

A peace never known

Send them a garland

And mountains of chocolate

A note that you love them

The flag that you wave

Remind them to watch

Out for each other

And come home tomorrow

This time, to stay

*****

Answer 9

dont forget your exclamation points!?