01-21-2012, 09:25 AM
It is not exactly a top tip, but I do find, sometimes, that walking, and walking at different paces, is good for producing some sort of rhythm, or meter. I seem to recall that Wordworth was also a walker, so now you know my secret.....
I have endless scraps of paper, as there seems to be a sort of Nuwases Law that notebooks get mislaid at a greater rate than it is possible to purchase them. If I kick off with an idea or two--and it's true they come in spurts -- then I like to get that down, and likewise what I think will be great lines. It is a fact, though, that however great the line, it has every chance of leading on to absolute drivel -- and that is where I admire all you editors, since I seem to be subject to another Law, which says that the better the first line, the worse the nonsense it will bring forth in its train.
I seem to be unusually humble this eve. Hmmm
I have endless scraps of paper, as there seems to be a sort of Nuwases Law that notebooks get mislaid at a greater rate than it is possible to purchase them. If I kick off with an idea or two--and it's true they come in spurts -- then I like to get that down, and likewise what I think will be great lines. It is a fact, though, that however great the line, it has every chance of leading on to absolute drivel -- and that is where I admire all you editors, since I seem to be subject to another Law, which says that the better the first line, the worse the nonsense it will bring forth in its train.
I seem to be unusually humble this eve. Hmmm