Testing Spoken Word YouTube Channel
Okay, so right now, I’m not going to talk so much about this thing. It’s just an experiment that I’m […]
Okay, so right now, I’m not going to talk so much about this thing. It’s just an experiment that I’m […]
The feeling of being a writer(greatness)
I know that feeling, better felt than described .
When I read a book, I get a kind of inspiration. This inspiration makes me see myself.
I see my stories and the lyrics in my head. As much as I know and see them . I try to write and what I come up with is like I am gifted with bad writing.
This I have come to understand as the incompetence disconnect.
A fancy way of saying what I imagine is different from what I draw.
It is more like when a child not…
Is literature dying?
I use to think literature was only big elite books from authors I barely knew.
But with I time I understand that literature involves beyond the three branch of writing
Prose
Poetry
Play.
It is a work of art that changed our perspective. That made us see the world differently.
While with Ai out there and all the things happening we start asking what is the use of writing.
When it seems are hard we should go back to the drawing board and ask a couple of questions.
Why do I…
Deliberate Writing Practice
As I write and keep progressing it becomes really important that just writing is not enough to improve.
I have to be intentional with my practice that way I can work on my skills and improve.
As a warm up I will be participating in the poetry marathon. Beyond that I am still sketching a longer writing challenge. I want it to help me create work I am proud of and to share it with world irrespective of how good I think it is.
Analogy of writing with exams
I am…
Have you registered for the poetry marathon?
Take note . This is not my challenge. It is a poetry challenge and I like .I will be participating so if you are interested you can join me and other writers
Deadline for registration is August 28th. Register Poetry Marathon
How has it been going so far? A lot is happening with writing. Nevertheless I choose to write.
Expanding the reach of your work.
I have been looking at the art of writing and how to change them into a form for everybody.
For…
How are you doing today?
In this newsletter is a challenge and a tool
Challenge
If you like poetry and would love a writing challenge you should sign up for The Poetry Marathon Challenge.
The goal is to write a poem every hour.
The challenge broken down into two
Full Marathon 24 hours
Half marathon 12 hours
Check the poetry marathon website for more details.
I will be participating in the challenge this year.
This year’s Poetry Marathon is fast approaching. It officially starts on September…
Update
When you are writing consistently everyday. There are days it feels like you are not moving forward. It looks like it’s better not to write. I am experiencing those days.
This what progress looks like
As regards submitting for feedback I will timeblock time for that else I will never do it.
Writing Goals,Systems and Projects
I used to think of goals and talked about them as a young writer.
There is nothing wrong with that
Year after year I set my new year’s resolution . It felt like…
The feeling of showing up and Starting Small
After trying and failing to write consistently I figured out some of the mistakes I made when trying to build a writing routine.
I will share them with you in this newsletter.
Starting Too Big
One of the mistakes I made was trying to write in big hours because when I read interviews of famous writers and all the people I admired . They said they wrote for 3 to 6 hours a day.
When I started building up from small.
I saw what the problem was.
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