[Editor’s note: The following poem provides poets – and other writers, too – with a few tongue-in-cheek moments of levity. And truth.] The length of your poem might need adjustment … Once upon a time, poems carried the sum of human knowledge recited ’round the hearth memorized for generations … Read More
Are you stuck again with writer’s block, staring at a blank sheet of paper or an empty, blinking laptop screen? Good news! The solution is so obvious. Use your personal experiences. Write about what you know, what you’ve lived. This tact is ideal for getting inspired to finish your poem … Read More
Five hundred words. Or maybe a thousand. That’s all. The Writers Alliance of Gainesville blog needs YOU to write on topics of your choice, at least those pertaining to any aspect of writing. Share your expertise, your experience, your hard-earned knowledge about writing with your colleagues. Your name might not … Read More
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. ~ George Orwell In 1949, George Orwell sat in … Read More
