in my book a character is going to write a poem about her "sad" life.....i can think of anything to write....any help?
2007-09-14 15:30:43 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Don't think too much, just write the way you feel, and only keep the parts that are interesting to others. You will write a good book with that plan.
2007-09-14 15:35:36 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think about the character. How would she write the poem? For instance, has she studied poetry? (If not, you probably wouldn't make it a perfect villanelle or something). Is she writing it in a journal, to herself, or does she mean it for someone else? Keep her personality in mind, and her motive for writing it. Think about what kind of words she would use-- does she have a certain way of talking, some words she likes? Is her life really sad, or is she the melodramatic sort?
You might even ask if including the whole poem is necessary, or if you could say that she sat down to write it and include a few lines, or how she felt about it when she was done (throwing it down and hating it/ thinking it's wonderful). It's up to you.
Good luck.
2007-09-14 16:54:01 · answer #2 · answered by Roald Ellsworth 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Describe her personality a little to show your future readers what she's like. Then maybe you could include thoughts she's having, and the scenario she's in. If you want her life to be sad, maybe you should discuss some family problems (even through actual dialect between her and them fighting, which could interrupt her thinking). Maybe she could be writing in a journal. Use detail and description so your readers can put themselves in her shoes more easily, it helps bring out the emotion better. Describe any internal problems she may have (self-consciousness, little or no confidence, problems she's had all her life... maybe health, friends, not fitting in, academics, physically, appearance etc.)
I hope this triggers some ideas for you, and good luck!
2007-09-14 15:36:09 · answer #3 · answered by Someone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did much the same as you, when I was writing "Many A One Dream," eleven years ago.
Try drawing from your own life about the hard times you faced, and turn them into either fictitious events for your character or have them really happen to your character, to give everything more of a 'personality.'
2007-09-14 15:36:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just think about the saddest moment in your life... think of how you were feeling what was going through your mind and the words will just come to you. It's easier to write things that you've felt or experienced.
2007-09-14 15:41:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i stand on a road. The dust swirls behinde me. I am alone. I have no1 to love me, no1 to hold me, I am alone. As my tears fall dust turns to mud, as I leave a river of sorrow behinde me. I am alone. I am a wolf, who's long deprate howls rip into the silent night and make even the banshees cry. My world is a midnight pit, where not even the thinest ray of sunlight finds a home. My sorrow is like a snake, long and ready to strike, poison glistening at the tips of ivory fangs. I continue down the empty path to the lonlie nothingness that lies ahead. I am alone.
2007-09-14 15:43:42 · answer #6 · answered by Emily V 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
well its hard to start off but its your book so just brainstorm some ideas maybe relating to you (if u have a sad life...) or to other people get some ideas by reading some poems
2007-09-14 15:33:39 · answer #7 · answered by Crystal 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We'd have to know something about the character's life.
2007-09-14 15:38:24 · answer #8 · answered by tabulator32 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
just think of a poem
2007-09-14 15:33:01 · answer #9 · answered by jung k 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Why don't you take a walk and come back to it.
2007-09-14 15:33:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋