Monday, January 12, 2009

Advice to New Writers (smartz)

Read, read more

read again, read aloud

Chew words

spit them out on the page

dribble them down the front of your shirt

caress them

let them slip out

soft, moonlight, a bud opening

If they don’t please, toss them

If they come tumbling back

give them a second chance

Gather words in a basket

set them on a shelf to ripen

put a few good ones under your pillow each night

and let them seep into your dreams


2 comments:

CJGallegos said...

Great advice! You inspire me. In fact soon, very soon, I will post to this blog....;-) Coop

Cindy Cornell said...

I love this. It must have stuck. I woke up at 6:00 am on a holiday and had to remove the words from under my pillow.