Archive for March, 2010
I love to write, but i would hate to be stuck in a job writing a teen magazine column for the rest of my life.
What is a career where i can write profound literary writings and convey my interpretations and oppinions?
What careers would suit me?
If you love poetry and literature, understand that journalism is neither. It is covering two or three events a day, talking to 10 or 15 people each day and writing two to five stories a day. If you are good, three or four of those stories will be solid and one or two will be well written.
What you want to do is be a copy editor/editor for a publishing house, writer or teacher. Editors edit manuscripts. Even the very best writers in the world need an editor. I can spot errors in other writer’s copy 10 miles away. But, since I am reading what should be there instead of what is actually there, it is very difficult to spot errors in my copy. All writers have this issue, whether they write for a newspaper, magazine, cheap novels or serious novels. An editor works with the writer to come up with the best wording and phrasing, the best organization, the tightest copy possible. The main drawback with being an editor is that you don’t have time to write yourself. And, the last thing you want to do after editing a 2,500 page manuscript is to write for yourself.
Teaching is also a good way to express your love for poetry and literature. By teaching, you can critically analyze good writing and apply those lessons to your own writing. Teaching also gives you time to write for yourself.
If you choose to be just a writer, understand that most writers don’t make money or a lot of it. Writing — particularly poetry — just doesn’t sell well, particularly in terms of the time you invest in the work. For every Stephen King or Tom Clancey, there is a writer at a keyboard at night writing the next Great American Novel that will sell about 1,500 copies or less. But, I put this option here to make this point: you can work at anything you want to and be a writer. You just have to write.
folk acoustic musicians always go on about reading books and poetry to get their influences, what kind of writers/published works are they talking about?
the kind of books/poetry that influence their music by the way, you know, lost love, loneliness etc
Not sure as far as Ryan Adams is concerned (I’m not very familiar with his music), but as far as Bob Dylan goes, I’d say Keats and Dylan Thomas (Dylan Thomas inspired Bob Dylan’s stage name). Plus the beat poets- Kerouac, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Cassady. Dylan was very familiar with all of them and very influenced by their work.
I have to find a poem to write a paper for, but I have no idea what kind of poem i need. are there any poems people would recommend?
poems by Walt Whitman (ex. O Captain, My Captain), Emily Dickinson (ex. Route of Evanescence), and Edgar Allen Poe (ex. The Raven) would be good, just to name a few.
Best of luck!
I have had several of my poems published in books but that doesn’t seem to be enough. How do I get my poetry REALLY noticed?
The world is full of rejection and you have to live with it. Continue writing your poetry, I’m sure its beautiful. Don’t write if its only to be noticed. Write because you love it, write what you feel, see, and experience. Make sure your poetry represents your thoughts and feelings.
You should definitely continue publishing your work, it may take awhile but your poetry will be noticed and appreciated. All great artists struggle. And no matter how hard it seems Never sell out, because then your poetry wont be a part of you.
Maybe you should enter a poetry contest – just a thought.
Mushaira Jon Eliya Aliya John Aleya Urdu poetry Shayari Indian Pakistani Poet Part 1
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Bilal showing out with a performance of “Live poems” at The Black Cat in DC on 11.9.07.
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poetry read by Pascale Petit from Seren Books, Wales leading literary publisher.
http://www.seren-books.com/
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I’ve been lately thinking
About my life’s time
All the things I’ve done
And how it’s been
And I can’t help believing
In my own mind
I know I’m gonna hate to see it end
I’ve seen a lot of sunshine
Slept out in the rain
Spent a night or two all on my own
I’ve known my lady’s pleasures
Had myself some friends
And spent a time or two in my own home
And I have to say it now
It’s been a good life all in all
It’s really fine
To have a chance to hang around
And lie there by the fire
And watch the evening tire
While all my friends and my old lady
Sit and pass the pipe around
And talk of poems and prayers and promises
And things that we believe in
How sweet it is to love someone
How right it is to care
How long it’s been since yesterday
And what about tomorrow
And what about our dreams
And all the memories we share
The days they pass so quickly now
Nights are seldom long
And time around me whispers when it’s cold
The changes somehow frighten me
Still I have to smile
It turns me on to think of growing old
For though my life’s been good to me
There’s still so much to do
So many things my mind has never known
I’d like to raise a family
I’d like to sail away
And dance across the mountains on the moon
I have to say it now
It’s been a good life all in all
It’s really fine
To have the chance to hang around
And lie there by the fire
And watch the evening tire
While all my friends and my old lady
Sit and watch the sun go down
And talk of poems and prayers and promises
And things that we believe in
How sweet it is to love someone
How right it is to care
How long it’s been since yesterday
What about tomorrow
What about our dreams
And all the memories we share
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F*ck Ashton Kutcher, the public image butcher…