___Question for all ABC Poets___

mmmmm well just flick through the dictionary...

find words that inspire you it does help....

muzz

I usually end up writing about the block, I make fun of it sometimes if it has persisted I get all blue as in my poem Struggling, but one of my better poems for the block is this one:-

The Blank Page

Smooth, white crisp
and inviting
lying upon the desk
waiting,
like a new born
awaits life to mark it.

What will be written here?
will it be exciting ?
Mundane?
Shall a soupcon of wisdom
fall upon it
or shall a fool have claim?

Will the eventual
legend inlaid here upon
be treasure,
read and re-read, revered
to the fullest measure.
Filed away,
to turn yellow with age?
Or will a careless hand
blot the ink,
Crumple it, crush it and
toss away the page ?

Use the weekly Inspiration Point!

Or try something different - for you, that would be prose. Try and construct a story with beginning, middle and end and get it down. The main thing is just to keep writing.

Thanks Muzzy, Brad and Tcook, taken your advice.
:)

I usually go for a few pints of Guinness; then write loads of stuff in double Dutch cos I can't see the keyboard (Sometimes better than what I usually write) :(

;)

How much I would pay to get my hands on those documents, would be like Michael and paul with the beatles catlougue all over again :)

Lol

Good on you for asking if there are any soultions, I generally just get stuck with writers block and I get it alot as well. Although like Bradene I wrote about it once, that helped a little bit. :-)

Beeme xx

I get the writer’s block... a lot...

What I tend to do is to just go with it. Sometimes, I will be inspired to write a poem, then another and another...

However, just like any other writer in the world, I get the block and sometimes it stays with me for weeks. If you look at my profile you'll see that there are some large gaps between some poems, even up to 2 months!

I don't get frustrated when that happens though. I treat the writer’s block more as a blessing than a curse. I use the time to observe. If I notice something interesting, I write it down in a notebook that I carry with me at all times (at least I try to). It doesn't have to be a rough poem, not even a line to the poem. I can just write down the event in the simplest way that I can. After a few weeks of doing that, I look through my notebook. I'm always amazed at some of the things I find in it, even though I've written it down a couple of weeks ago, or maybe even just the day before.

However, I understand that some people can't cope without writing, or simply have a timeframe in which they have to write something. I think a little exercise would help-

1. Make sure there are no distractions- the music/TV/phones are off or silent. It's also best to do it when you're home alone.

2. Get a pen and a piece of paper (NOT a pencil).

3. Take a stopwatch, alarm clock or your mobile and set it so that the alarm would go off in 3-5 minutes. Then immediately pick up the pen and paper and start writing. However, there are some rules when you start writing.

Rule 1- your pen is NOT allowed to stop moving.

Rule 2- Do NOT cross anything out whilst you are writing and not even when you stop.

Rule 3- Most importantly; do NOT THINK about what you're writing. Simply write down the very first thing that comes to your head. Do NOT STRUCTURE what you're writing and do NOT try to phrase what you're writing into good imagery, unless it really is the very first thing that comes to your head.

Rule 4- Do NOT look at the stopwatch to check how much time you have left.

Rule 5- When the alarm goes off, do NOT finish the sentence- STOP!

4- When you've done this, read what you've written. JUST read at first.

5- Take a red pen and start reading again, then circle anything that catches your eye. However, do NOT 'consider' whether a particular line is interesting. Let your pen do the work.

6- Copy out the words you've circled onto the other side of the paper.

7- Now... you can start structuring, coming up with images, using your senses... now, you can start crafting your poem, song, story, etc.

I hope this helps ;-)

Nathan.

new Nathanbednarek
I agree but mine all in £1
file and I just entered comp:
all new and plonked them on
and others from my writing
group and homeless there
and don't scribble out and then
read by project teacher
if changed bit word but not to
stop like you say. Abc one on here
said carry pad so now do.or read
books mags;walks scenery ideas?
and 15 tea break chat!silence and get on.
thankyou
julie cavalcader x (:-