Denim Jacket
I was actually quite pleased with that as they were all my own words, not lists, old documents, or other works rehashed.
I started to read the ‘Complete Creative Writing Course’ but almost fell asleep so went to bed with ‘Ten Things About Writing’ instead.
I love books like this for bedtime reading as there is enough information in one chapter to take in before falling asleep, or occasionally it will grip you totally and you will read the whole book in a few hours instead.
I’ll also be adding at least one photo of my own to the post that people could, if they want, use as a writing prompt.
Today’s was taken on one of my many walks around Darlington, I like picking little abandoned points like this and I’m going to collect them all into a photography project one day.
Landay
“A poetic form from the Pashtun women of Afghanistan and Pakistan based around an oral tradition of singing their injustices and their love.
The form is of two sentences, nine syllables in the first and thirteen in the second, sometimes they rhyme and they try to end in a ma or na sound.”
After reading the article at The Poetry Foundation about the culture and history of the oral tradition I was trepidatious that I was going to use such a strong part of their culture as a writing exercise and initially thought that I wasn’t going to write one but here is mine
Bearded or not, the men take and hold
Steal the hearts, souls and bodies, give hate in return.
Now off to write a post for my gaming newsletter and try and keep up some impetus in all the various projects I’ve got going.
I’ll also be spending an hour with one of the various resources that I have to learn more about the art of writing.