It should not be so hard to write both poetry and fiction. Both arts, after all, make use of the same materials, words and punctuation. Poems...
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All I had to do was glance through this book, and I knew it held the perfect response to my constant whine: "But I can't think of anything to write about. Wahhh." Ms. Reeves provides a topic for every day of the year--including Leap Year. So there's never a dearth of things to write about. And the topics are not "What I did on my summer vacation." Rather they're real memory-joggers. "She was standing in the doorway. . . " Why, that one alone could keep me busy for a week! And there's monthly discussions of all things authorial--just in case one (or more) of your little essays strikes you as needing a wider audience. For anyone who thinks there might be some words inside clamoring to come out, Ms. Reeves is the perfect can-opener.
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A Writer's Book of Days: A Spirited Companion and Lively Muse for the Writing Life by Judy Reeves
Pat Shepherd, January 26, 2009
All I had to do was glance through this book, and I knew it held the perfect response to my constant whine: "But I can't think of anything to write about. Wahhh." Ms. Reeves provides a topic for every day of the year--including Leap Year. So there's never a dearth of things to write about. And the topics are not "What I did on my summer vacation." Rather they're real memory-joggers. "She was standing in the doorway. . . " Why, that one alone could keep me busy for a week! And there's monthly discussions of all things authorial--just in case one (or more) of your little essays strikes you as needing a wider audience. For anyone who thinks there might be some words inside clamoring to come out, Ms. Reeves is the perfect can-opener.(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)