Comments on: Writing with Rhythm

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:32:45 +0000

I have always been one to be free with my words, some have called me beautifully-blunt, while others have just cried.
I do not intend my writing of poetry to delve right inside you, calling to your inner core and testing your faith of feeling….
I am just me, a girl who writes for her own freedom and therapy…
I do not stick to any writing rules as such, I just let it what needs to come out.
Is this wrong? Should I be really thinking, and later changing what I meant when my hand sweeps across a page?
And if I was to do so, then what good is the creative free thoughts of which I have spoken?
For they would not be free, they would be manipulated and styled, adjusted to the way we are told and taught to be heard.
Do not get me wrong, there is alot of unbelievable pieces out there, but it does make me wonder how many of them are straight from the writers soul, not reformatted or worded at all….
Just pure soul on paper…????

By: Precise Edit

Precise Edit — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:07:15 +0000

Here’s a thought about using the iambic rhythm: because this is a natural speech pattern in English, it is useful for adding emphasis to impact statements in writing.

Ex: “I think we have a problem.” “Abort!”

By: Lydia, Clueless Crafter

Lydia, Clueless Crafter — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:27:42 +0000

You are right. The Pentagon Report is unnecessarily confusing with the lack of breath, the commas.

I will take my words from visual to aural before I publish. I hope that my NYC cafe mates – where I write – will not mind too much. . .

By: Chris Millar

Chris Millar — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:14:50 +0000

That is a good piece – plenty for thought and it is very practical advice.

I am told (I may be grey haired, but not that old that I remember) that Dickens honed his work by giving public readings.