Friday, January 16, 2015

Tips On How To Write Using Symbols In Poetry

By Enid Hinton


You have always wanted to pursue your passion. Writing is something that you have always found to be therapeutic and at the same time, liberating. You know that you can never be truly the person you are now unless you get to really express your thoughts into written words. You are not a very good communicator to begin with. So, might as well pursue something that would require less talk.

Poems are your expertise though. You like how you can interweave words into something picturesque whenever you attempt at verses and phrases through this medium. Still, there is a long way for you to go to be truly able to express what you want to express through this channel. This is why you have decided to do what you can to be more familiar with the symbols in poetry.

One of the hardest stage that you have to hurdle when you aspire to become a poet or a writer for that matter is always in determining who you are supposed to start the whole composition. Many people have found out that it is always easier for them to write succeeding verses after they have successfully determined who they are supposed to get things started. Know how you break the ice personally too.

Before you start writing it is important that you get your goals established first. You will find that it would be easier for you to come up with write ups that are in accordance to how you would want them to be once you have determined what it is exactly that you are trying to aim for this time. Your goals can serve as your guide so you know you are treading the right direction.

Find out who your audiences are going to be too. You want to determine who are the kinds of people that you would want to read about what you have written about. Aside from knowing what you goals are, it is important to consider the demographics of your readers, then, you can fashion your write-ups in accordance to your audiences. This way, you know they can relate to what you write better.

Write from the heart, but avoid the usual cliches. People tend to have this motion that since they are writing poems, they can just use the well worn phrases and themes that many others have used before No. Try to go for a path that has not been taken before. You will find that you can get your creative juices more active when you do things this way.

Always have a theme to base everything on. Not having a theme is like walking down road were you are not sure where you are headed to. Sure, spontaneity can be fun, but not when you are wrong poems. You want to have a clear sense of direction beforehand. Only by choosing a theme and using it as your guide on where you are supposed to be headed to can you do so.

Use images. No, you do not physically draw the pictures that you would want your readers to see. Rather, you have to paint them with words. Use phrases. Let the viewers see what you see with every word, every phrase, every line that you write down. You will be surprised how powerful the imagination can be.




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