Jasmine Hart

50,000 words, 2,000 a day to give myself a bit of a cushion. Aiming to complete the first draft of my existing novel.

I'm scared too... And woefully under prepared.

The best thing you can do is read poetry.Anthologies are great for introducing you to a range of forms. My favourite is "Being Alive", edited by Neil Astley. Then I'd ...

Maybe take a look at Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem "Metrical Feet- A Lesson For A Boy".

I agree, I'd start with short stories to build discipline and improve your writing before you devote a lot of time to a novel. I'd also read short stories if ...

It's definitely not wrong if it works for you. I'd be the same, I only take a few minutes to write a poem, I find I have to get it ...

14567...about 6000 words behind where i want to be but if I do 2000 words every day for the rest of the month with two days off I should make ...

10344 June, are you serious? That's amazing! Fair play!

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6514. Yesterday I was 131 words short of what I wanted to do so it's 2131 today...

4645 Maybe try typing Lorril.Set youself a time to write and then go write.

Yes! I totallt forgot! I have no plot and no characters and no setting...

Hey. I wrote an article on this a while back-it's in the knowledge base. :)

Robert Frost's "Selected Poems". So good!

Hi. I'd recommend joining the user group "The Double-Trouble Writing Huddle". That's a section especially for people who want to do a co-write. I think that you'd have more success ...