A lot of good advice here and I think it really goes along too with people that say that you have to have this specific niche.
Here's a hilarious example
Write for women in Alabama that gave never been married and have no children and who studied at the University of Alabama. Their age is between 45 to 50 years old and they were the only child of their parents.
That was a hoot Kathleen! You're brilliant at this. If we stick to a writing principle like this, we can be very creative. Absolutely loving this and hope you don't mind if I "steal" your idea 😉
Oh dear, you're going to have me writing poetry. I picked that because I have an irrational hatred of it from school, being forced to overanalyse poems I didn't like and didn't understand. Challenge accepted 🤦♂️ Sigh.
I blame Seamus Heaney entirely, "The squat pen rests, snug as a gun".
I must have deconstructed this line 20 times before my answer was deemed acceptable at school. Now I don't remember the poem, apart from it was about digging. But the squat pen rests is burned in my mind.
Poem written, if it even counts as a poem, I'm not sure what the rules are, it looks like one though. I'll tag you 😬
That's an interesting and intriguing concept you present here to blend writing styles. I can see how that would be a great way for a writer to briefly and initially introduce something different in terms of the written narrative voice into their regular writing thematic style. For example, a non-fiction niche subject writer could insert a short poem into their larger written narrative as way to diverse the larger prose and also to experiment with writing poetry itself.
The practice does not really have to be published. You could practice for practice sake, just to kickstart your creative juice. If you really like it, it will be great if you can cross write, or gradually evolve.
I love love love all your ideas for how to learn, grow, and discover more about ourselves through our writing and others' writing.
Thanks Sheridan. That's exactly why we interact, we learn from each other :)
And I'm learning ghostwriting knowledge from you.
A lot of good advice here and I think it really goes along too with people that say that you have to have this specific niche.
Here's a hilarious example
Write for women in Alabama that gave never been married and have no children and who studied at the University of Alabama. Their age is between 45 to 50 years old and they were the only child of their parents.
It's crazy right? Loved the content.
That was a hoot Kathleen! You're brilliant at this. If we stick to a writing principle like this, we can be very creative. Absolutely loving this and hope you don't mind if I "steal" your idea 😉
it's not stealing and I'm honored.
Thank you Kathleen.
Oh dear, you're going to have me writing poetry. I picked that because I have an irrational hatred of it from school, being forced to overanalyse poems I didn't like and didn't understand. Challenge accepted 🤦♂️ Sigh.
You picked my favourite genre lol. Please tag me when you write them, I want to read yours!
I love poems and I wrote about 70 of them here on substack. If you are interested: https://moonaricathoughts.substack.com/p/be-bold
There were many more in my notebook which were not published.
Poems really help with writing because they help with rhythm, it's like songs to me!
I blame Seamus Heaney entirely, "The squat pen rests, snug as a gun".
I must have deconstructed this line 20 times before my answer was deemed acceptable at school. Now I don't remember the poem, apart from it was about digging. But the squat pen rests is burned in my mind.
Poem written, if it even counts as a poem, I'm not sure what the rules are, it looks like one though. I'll tag you 😬
Poems are totally subjective. One man's meat is another's poison.
But the pen and the gun is a good analogy, and we can also pit them against each other to show polarity.
That's an interesting and intriguing concept you present here to blend writing styles. I can see how that would be a great way for a writer to briefly and initially introduce something different in terms of the written narrative voice into their regular writing thematic style. For example, a non-fiction niche subject writer could insert a short poem into their larger written narrative as way to diverse the larger prose and also to experiment with writing poetry itself.
The practice does not really have to be published. You could practice for practice sake, just to kickstart your creative juice. If you really like it, it will be great if you can cross write, or gradually evolve.