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[aCe_]

I want to write some poetry, but I don't know where to start. Any ideas?

[OveriseFan]

About lyric writing but it's helpful for poetry too(They're basically the same): http://ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=256864

Read lots of poetry too. I recommend Robert Frost, but I'm partially biased.

[wyverna]

write about what you know

[jusscali]

write about what you know
yeah you should really have something in mind, because in my experience, if i dont have something to say, then i dont really look for a way to say it.

[matt_rawlings]

Bright Eyes
Death Cab For Cutie
The Smiths
Cursive
The Beatles

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Amazing lyrics

[OveriseFan]

I think that's bad advice guys. We'll be getting more shit in this forum.

They're right, of course, but read that thread I linked first. Because, well, it's no help having something to write about if it reads like shit.

[OveriseFan]

Bright Eyes
Death Cab For Cutie
The Smiths
Cursive
The Beatles

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Amazing lyrics

Some of their stuff is amazing, some is just terrible...(lyrically, of course)

[crit]

i wrote something last night after listening to kevin devine and dashboard for two days straight...sometimes you just hear something and you get an idea and run with it...

[jusscali]

i wrote something last night after listening to kevin devine and dashboard for two days straight...sometimes you just hear something and you get an idea and run with it...
yeah im big on plaguerism too hahaha

nah if i hear a song i love, that i wish i had wrote, i try to go for a similar idea and work with some ideas too. it helps

[wyverna]

yeah you should really have something in mind, because in my experience, if i dont have something to say, then i dont really look for a way to say it.

I generally write when I have some strong emotion or something's happened. I don't really decide to write, it just happens. If that makes sense.

[OveriseFan]

I generally write when I have some strong emotion or something's happened. I don't really decide to write, it just happens. If that makes sense.

Which is why you're a good writer.

[wyverna]

Which is why you're a good writer.

Thanks :) I was thinking about this today, actually. Someone asked me why I write, or how, or something, and I'd never actually thought about it before. It's just like a natural thing, I suppose. Mind you, that doesn't mean I'm any good at it :)

[jusscali]

Thanks :) I was thinking about this today, actually. Someone asked me why I write, or how, or something, and I'd never actually thought about it before. It's just like a natural thing, I suppose. Mind you, that doesn't mean I'm any good at it :)
im not very good at it at all, in fact i usually cant stand most poetry, but i went through a phase this year where my shitty works actually helped out a lot.

[wyverna]

im not very good at it at all, in fact i usually cant stand most poetry, but i went through a phase this year where my shitty works actually helped out a lot.

With poetry, I either love it or hate it. But I don't actually write as much poetry as I do stories, which is weird. But for me, it's just my instincts, when something goes wrong, to write it down in one way or another. It helps me.

[jusscali]

With poetry, I either love it or hate it. But I don't actually write as much poetry as I do stories, which is weird. But for me, it's just my instincts, when something goes wrong, to write it down in one way or another. It helps me.
fo shizzle. i respect that. there are tons of nights where i just want to start a novel, some masterpiece ive been constructing in my head over these last few rough months. i kept a journal and have always been a good writer. all my friends are sure ill write one someday.

[wyverna]

fo shizzle. i respect that. there are tons of nights where i just want to start a novel, some masterpiece ive been constructing in my head over these last few rough months. i kept a journal and have always been a good writer. all my friends are sure ill write one someday.

I wouldn't want to write for a living because then it would be something I have to do. Also, I don't like sharing my writing because it's usually very private, and has a lot of myself in it. I wouldn't say I'm a good writer, but it's definitely a natural thing. Like, when people say something I'll immediately know how I'd write it down, I don't know if that makes sense. I just express myself better with pen and paper - or a keyboard and computer screen - than I can any other way. And sorry if I'm talking too much about myself :)

[jusscali]

I wouldn't want to write for a living because then it would be something I have to do. Also, I don't like sharing my writing because it's usually very private, and has a lot of myself in it. I wouldn't say I'm a good writer, but it's definitely a natural thing. Like, when people say something I'll immediately know how I'd write it down, I don't know if that makes sense. I just express myself better with pen and paper - or a keyboard and computer screen - than I can any other way. And sorry if I'm talking too much about myself :)
its alright. you started a linedance revolution, you may speak as much as you please

[wyverna]

its alright. you started a linedance revolution, you may speak as much as you please

:) I like you

[jusscali]

:) I like you
well im glad ;)

meow

[wyverna]

well im glad ;)

meow

:luna:

we've kinda lost the point of this thread now, haha

[jusscali]

:luna:

we've kinda lost the point of this thread now, haha
awkward silence

[crickets]

[jusscali]

write something, something not personal that you can share.

[wyverna]

write something, something not personal that you can share.

I'll try

[jusscali]

I'll try
the anticipation is ripping me apart right now. ill be patient though.

[wyverna]

the anticipation is ripping me apart right now. ill be patient though.

It'll be a while. I take ages to write. And I don't have any inspiration right now.

[matt_rawlings]

Fact:

My song 'Yes, I Mean No' was written as two songs to begin with. The entire first verse's lyrics were freestyled and then I wrote them down.
And the chorus was written when I was bored in class.

'With You, I'm Safe' was written when I was listening to 'Your hand in mine' by Explosions in the Sky

[OveriseFan]

Fact:

My song 'Yes, I Mean No' was written as two songs to begin with. The entire first verse's lyrics were freestyled and then I wrote them down.
And the chorus was written when I was bored in class.

'With You, I'm Safe' was written when I was listening to 'Your hand in mine' by Explosions in the Sky

And how amazing it is...

Check my post in the "Best songs of 06 thread" :wink: Though my post is something of a joke in itself

[aCe_]

Thanks for all of your advice. I just have this urge to write something right now.

[a speedo model]

i would just write, write, write, looking to the bands i admired for inspiration. most of it was shit, actually pretty much all of it was. but like anything it takes time to get good at...