English 50 Exercises for Poets. English 50 – Intro to Creative Writing: Exercises for Poets 1. Five Ways to Begin Writing a New Poem Actively seek inspiration by looking in your journal for ideas or reading other people's poems; don't analyze, just seek stimulation. Use your five senses – don't rely solely on visual images; remember your senses of touch and smell. Pay attention to music, and not just the music we hear on radio and TV: listen to the natural and manmade rhythms around you, including the sounds of mechanical objects and engines. 2.
Write in the persona of someone of the opposite sex. Go back to the previous page? Twenty Rules of Thumb for Creativity. Twenty Rules of Thumb for Creativity 1. The best way to get great ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away. 2. Create ideas that are fifteen minutes ahead of their time...not light-years ahead. 3. Always look for a second right answer. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
If you have some other rules of thumb for creativity, Send them to me e-mail Return to Tools Page here. To This Day Project - Shane Koyczan. The Poetry Foundation : Find Poems and Poets. Discover Poetry. Haiku1.