I want to say, at the outset here, I mean no disrespect to the young lady above; however one thing I believe I didn’t make clear in the above post is that the business of writing, at its core hasn’t changed all that much. People who claim it has, have, most likely not made a study of writing as a profession throughout history. Continue reading
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The Job That Doesn’t Exist | mishaburnett
Courage man! Just keep writing. Read what Anais Nin said about the subject. I think her words are far more elegant than my memory will paraphrase, however. In essence both these methods will “work.” The first, you write for others. Keep writing for them, and you will eventually find a market. The second, which dear Anais, thought better to follow herself, just write. Write for yourself. Keep writing. Publish yourself. Eventually people will come to you. But you must love to write more than anything else. By the time they come to you, you may not need them anymore, but still they will be welcome. The sound of opening doors is deafening. Anais wrote for decades. before any but a few knew of her work. Decades. Not years. Continue reading
The 101:
I have three steps so far from freeverse to decasyllabic line. Next will be blankverse: in which I should approach iambic pentameter. Five sounds of two syllables each all of which have a feminine first syllable and a masculine second. And as was my plan before I was so rudely interrupted by existential sadness, I am backfilling with this project. Which, thus far, I am enjoying greatly. There is also some new material not related to this that I am in various stages of completing. So, unless my work ethic disappears along with my sadness, I shouldn’t think I’ll have too much difficulty catching up.
Here is the sequence as it sits so far:
This is, of course, not a formal course, as I have neither qualifications nor experience with composing such things.
I may do a write up on each entry; however, as of now, this is not planned. My more classically enabled sweetheart and, two dear and much more classically educated friends might be willing to help me with suggestions as to how to arrange such a thing. Still, since I have the impression that this project will, at best, receive one or two hits here and there, I am in no rush to do so. Regarding the evolving sequence and the progressing sequence to follow, the sonnets themselves are the most important.
I’ll have enough to do as it is in catching myself up, as it were!
Wish me luck!
David Emeron: Sonnets 