OBSCURE POET

 

Anne Reeve Aldrich, Poet and novelist. (1866-1892)

WORDS OF WISDOM

 

ONE STORY, TWO GENRES

 

This sounds challenging as I've never, to my knowledge, have done this.

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT MEANING

Berry, bury

Creak, creek

Die, dye

Knead, need

POETRY EVENT

 

My spouse and I attended a poetry reading and comedy improv event last evening hosted by the Amateur Comedy Club last evening. A friend read some thoughtful and poignant poems. The building above dates back to 1850, a former carriage house.

It has been a few years since I gone to a poetry reading. I am looking forward to doing it again. 

WORDS OF WISDOM

 

RECOMMENDATION

 An excellent book for all writers.

TRUE

 

WRITING PROMPT

 

REWRITING

 

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT MEANING

For, fore, four

Morning, mourning

Oar, ore

Seam, seem

Waiver, waver

WORDS OF WISDOM

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human condition.

~Graham Greene, Novelist (1904-1991) 

RECITALS

I enjoy going to recitals and poetry readings. I'm struck by so many diverse styles. I study how the reader recites and draws me in. Are they relaxed? Clear? What mannerisms do they display? 

The readers are performers, making the words come alive through their physical and voice mannerisms. I use my hands and voice inflection when emphasizing a particular part of the piece. 

I haven't done any recitals in a few years but want to get back into it. 

USING NEW WORDS

I try and keep my stories and poems simple and easy for the reader to understand. I have a few files of index cards with new words I have found. I have used a few of them in my writings. 

Using too many big words, I believe, can throw shade on a story. The author may end up coming off as a pompous know it all. The idea is to tell a good story, not to show how smart he/ she is. 

WORDS OF WISDOM

When you're writing a screenplay, it's like you're dreaming the film for yourself again and again and again until it becomes almost like a memory before you make it.

~Greta Gerwig

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT MEANING

Faze, phase

Pail, pale

Roe, row

Scene, seen

Tare, tear

Tear, tier

Ware, wear, where

Yore, your

IDEAS ARE ALL AROUND

I carry a notebook and pen wherever I go. There's more ideas floating around than I can grab. I try to be observant of the people and places that are around.  It doesn't have to be earth shattering or dynamic. It can an article of clothing, a sign, a person's mannerisms, etc.  

I have ideas scribbled down in notebooks from years past. Every once in a while I'll go back and look at them. At times, my perspective about what is written has changed with the passing years. I have gained a better understanding on why I wrote these little snippets. 

Keep picking those plums from those tree. Don't dismiss anything because it could be that diamond-in-the-rough. Don't ever throw away a notebook. I have a crate full of them. There may some some juicy plums waiting to be tasted.

COULD I DO BETTER?

Have you ever read a book and believe you could have written it better? How about a movie. Do you believe a script could have been better constructed? 

I believe that many directors and producers take too many liberties and make a movie that is inaccurate or just horrible. Too many times the book and the movie are so different. Also it's not often that sequels are as good as the original. 

SAME SOUND, DIFFERENT MEANING

Mail, male

Maize, maze

Pole, poll

Pray, prey

Rest, wrest

Right, write

Tail, tale

Toe, tow

WORDS OF WISDOM

Writing just a little bit each day is better than not writing at all.

~Genevieve

FAMOUS WRITERS BORN IN AUGUST

David Balducci

James Baldwin

Ray Bradbury

Jorge Luis Borges

Suzanne Collins

John Green

H. P. Lovecraft

Herman Melville

Jojo Moyes

Dorothy Parker

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Danielle Steele