How to Make this interesting?
add color and texture, mix with spicy word combinations
move beyond the me to the we
paint a picture and hand you a brush
How to Make this interesting?
Let go of preconceived notions
say adios to comparisons and the
stomping feet of the inner editor in
the first draft
How to make this interesting?
Keep the pencil moving
Listen to the rustles outside the window
Smile at Alice's white tail curving around the screen
Surround yourself with interesting people & stuff
How to make this interesting?
Don't pick fights
Don't keep peace for the sake of peace
Let your anger grab a pencil sword
Let your lust grab a feather duster
or a cat o nine tails
Sing opera whether or not you can
off the page
How to make this interesting?
Juggle punctuation -
Sniff out the sleeping corners
in your mind
in your gut
in between your toes
Forget your third grade teacher
Red pencil marks
Sneering 'friends'
Your siblings opinions
How do I make this interesting?
The ending will take care of itself
No clever exclamation point
necessary
-- Julie Jordan Scott
Oh, I love it! Especially "Let your anger grab a pencil sword". :)
I'm glad you left your spine poem on the shelf. :)
Posted by: Margit Sage | October 05, 2013 at 11:00 AM
beautiful julie
no punctuation purposely
take what you need
- kathi
Posted by: kathi wright | October 05, 2013 at 11:45 AM
Awesome Julie. The feel of freedom. Like a parable of life.
Posted by: Ron Potter | October 05, 2013 at 12:10 PM
Very good.
Posted by: Rhian | October 05, 2013 at 02:19 PM
Perfect list of what we writers go through with every new project! The part I'm working on the most:
"Let go of preconceived notions
say adios to comparisons and the
stomping feet of the inner editor in
the first draft"
Posted by: Amy McGrath | October 05, 2013 at 02:32 PM
I like "the ending will take care of itself". That is often so true. I'm going along writing something wondering where it will lead and when I get to the end, the closing sentence comes to me. It does take care of itself. ;)
Posted by: elleroy was here | October 05, 2013 at 03:28 PM
Loved the line to Sniff out the sleeping corners.
Posted by: Lance | October 05, 2013 at 04:45 PM
Oh, I love this oh-so-much! Especially "Sniff out the sleeping corners/ in your mind/ in your gut/ in between your toes"...
Brilliant. I'm so glad to have discovered you through OctPoWriMo
Posted by: THEGingerSass | October 05, 2013 at 09:43 PM
Superb Julie. There were quite a few moments of 'oh my flip, yeah!' for me in this. :D X
Posted by: shah wharton | October 08, 2013 at 08:30 AM