More on Self Expression: Keep writing!
March 9, 2006 by John Hewitt
Assigning words to thoughts and feelings is a difficult process. Making them interesting to others is even harder. The solution is easy enough to identify but the process is difficult.
Keep writing!
Even the greatest writers and poets will tell you that not everything they write is great or even worth reading. There are days when nothing you write seems to work. There are days when you stare at the screen wishing you even had enough inspiration to even write something bad. The key is that you keep writing, and working, until the inspiration comes and you find the words. If you keep working at it, the words will come. Inspiration will strike.
Keep writing!
One method you can use to get writing is the five-minute rule. No matter how daunting the task at hand may seem, spend at least five minutes a day actively working on it. That doesn’t mean you automatically spend five minutes and stop, but it does mean that at least once a day you will try. Sometimes the hardest part is just getting started. After five minutes you may find yourself deep in the task and making progress. At other times, five minutes will seem like an eternity. Just keep trying.
Keep Writing!
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Sometimes if you can’t think of what you can write, have a friend
help you out with a story or whatever it is you are working on. Or
you could just take a break and do something fun and then come back
and work on it; a wise person once told me that. So if you get stuck
just keep on doing something else to get those brain juices to start
functioning!
i guess learning two words or more daily from the dictionary goes a long way in overcoming the self expression trap.Also,reading works from Shakespeare especially the sonnets serves as an inspirational goldmine.
im having trouble with writing my poetry and sometimes listening to a song can help!! one of my best poems (TOO LATE) was writen while i was listening to one of my most fav song (apoligize by: onerepublic)! ive just started wrting poetry and im not so good at it unless im listening to a song!! but sometime i have to be all by myself to write!! it also helps to go to some place that inspires you, i wanna go sit downtown and write poetry!! it just depends on the mood youre in. ive been writng stories for years (by the way im only 14 yrs old lol) i love too write but the best stories ive ever writen is when i have a title to start me off!! all you have to do is give my one word and i can write a really good story! i stopped writing about 1yr ago and now im into poetry!! so i hope it works out great for me, its a great way to express your feelings with out being worried when the next time youre gonna talk to a friend lol!!! if someone wants to respond to me about this hit me up on myspace.com/41314611!! lacey a.k.a. ~LOVE~
can i write my poems and print them out.
my raw stuff that i found just the other day seems to have the same raw feelings from the past.what ever i write i save, and work it out later.the messages and feeling come to me in pieces