Emotive Poet

10 new writing prompts!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 03:26:00 +0000

Check out my writing prompts page on the right to read them. Hope you like. :)

Hemingway

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:39:00 +0000

Depression quote

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:16:00 +0000

"Depression is such a cruel punishment. There are no fevers, no rashes, no blood tests to send people scurrying in concern. Just the slow erosion of the self, as insidious as any cancer. And, like cancer, it is essentially a solitary experience. A room in hell with only your name on the door. I realize that every person, at some point, takes up residence in one or another of these rooms. But that realization offers no great comfort now." --ditto

Author unknown

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:54:00 +0000

Writing quote 1

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:46:00 +0000

"There's nothing to writing all you do is set down at a typewriter and open a vein."

-- Unknown

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noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:42:00 +0000

Self expression

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:38:00 +0000

"When people don't express themselves they die one piece at a time."

-- Unknown

Writing quote

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:33:00 +0000

"I do not like to write... I like to have written."

-- Unknown

Poetry quote 1

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:13:00 +0000

"If you cannot be the poet be the poem."

-- Unknown

Poetry quote

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:05:00 +0000

"Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words."

-- Robert Frost

Trouble with character bios and back story's check out my page for some help.

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:31:00 +0000

Character bios and back story's

Make Your Blog A Book

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:58:00 +0000

Post A Book In The New Blogger

Very cool hack.

Insomniac

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 03:19:00 +0000

A peaceful slumber never finds me.

The sandman mustn’t have me on his list.

Tossing, turning my only desire is to close my eyes.

It’s all just too much pain to deal with.

Pills do nothing but make me high, so no sleep tonight.

Though I’m awake the nightmares still appear.

Seeing

Feeling

Hearing

The hellish visions seize me!

Making it too scary to close my eyes.

My soul has never been so afraid.

Have you ever looked into the eyes of the decayed?

Prayed it was all just an illusion to the eye?

It’s all just so wrong; I’ve been awake too long.

Exhausted

Inert

Lonely

The whole world is asleep.

My thoughts faster than a heartbeat.

I dream of the dreams that I cannot dream.

Night after night is always the same.

I watch shadows dance down the hall as

I listen to the silence of nightfall.

Moonrise

Stars

Sky

I wish there weren’t so many hours in the night.

Insomnia has its claws in me,

It won’t give up without a fight.

I wish dawn didn’t come so early.

How much longer till the sandman finds me?

I only desire eight hours of eternity.

© 2010 Jennifer L. Brooks

Coming soon...

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:34:00 +0000

New writing/posts coming soon. I'm not feeling well and have a baby girl to take care of and I'm working on a new story.

Poetic Thought

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:23:00 +0000

Words come to mind

But I get tongue-tied.

I try paper and pen.

The ink runs out before I begin.

A poet scared of emotions…

It should be a sin.

It hurts more than anyone will ever know.

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:36:00 +0000

I have a good life but I just can’t be happy, no matter what I do the depression always consumes me. An insomniac since birth, I’m up night and day and always so lonely. I feel like life has left me. I’m just a shell with no reason to be. God, I’m so, so empty! No one understands how I feel and they never will because it’s too complex to believe. So I’ll do what I’ve always done. Hold the tears in until I’m too sad to cry and laugh out loud though I’m dying inside, while reciting a silent prayer in hopes that one day, life will come back to me and there by my side will be somebody.

Have writer's block? Here are some tips that should help you hurdle that barricade.

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:45:00 +0000

Try to schedule a time to write and stick to it.

Stop criticizing your work it's probably not at bad as you think and everyone knows that first drafts are usually always awful, that's why they're first drafts.

Take writing seriously, not as just a hobby but if you want it to be your career then you have to FEEL like it is.

Take breaks, often! Especially if you've just finished something even if it is just a first draft or half of a first draft.

Setting deadlines can help as well, just don't be too hard on yourself if you fall short of them, try and do better next time.

Question your writer's block. What is slowing you down and suppressing your creativity? Are you just having a bad day or could it be more than that? Anxiety, depression? Explore your emotions and mind.

Work on more than one project at a time. If you're working on a novel and you're hitting dead ends, then remember your sense of humor and write a bunch of funny, quirky haikus or limericks. After all writing is suppose to be a joy.

Change the scenery, if you're always cooped up behind a desk all day then go outside on your deck or to the park or just change rooms.

Change your clothes, be comfortable.

Remember why you're writing and what your current project means to you. Don't give up.

Use writing prompts.

And probably most importantly...GET OFF THE INTERNET!!! Your friends on Facebook can wait and you can't post on your blog if you don't have anything written.

Writing Quote 1

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:59:00 +0000

“Writing a book is exactly like love…You give it everything you have. If it doesn’t work out, you’re heartbroken.” Heather Sellers

I am a lost dark soul, looking for my inner light, so that I may find my way out…

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:57:00 +0000

“My world falls apart, crumbles, “The center cannot hold.” There is no integrating force, only the naked fear, the urge of self-preservation. I am afraid. I am not solid, but hollow. I feel behind my eyes a numb, paralyzed cavern, a pit of hell, a mimicking nothingness. I never thought. I never wrote, I never suffered. I want to kill myself, to escape from responsibility, to crawl back abjectly into the womb. I do not know who I am, where I am going—and I am the one who has to decide the answers to these hideous questions. I long for a noble escape from freedom—I am weak, tired, in revolt from the strong constructive humanitarian faith which presupposes a healthy, active intellect and will. There is nowhere to go … “–Sylvia Plath, journal, November 3, 1952

One Class Society

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:50:00 +0000

Delay the hate till it dissipates.
Love something as long as it takes.
Speak even if your voice shakes.
Don’t suppress your abilities.
Use your wits, have a positive mentality.
Knowledge is the best utility.
Don’t forget civility hasn’t died.
You’re not inferior don’t be afraid to cry.
Living like a criminal is no kind of life.
Murder by a stranger is no way to die.
If only society could give up the tragedy.
Let go of the pain and rivalry.
We could all be a better type of people
in a one class society.

© 2008 Jennifer L. Brooks

Not really a poem, more of a creative thought I had one day.

Writing Prompts

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:44:00 +0000

Writing Prompts
This is a link to a page on my blog where I have 10 writing prompts to motivate your mind. I will change them often so keep checking back but I will re-post the link every time I change them. Get INSPIRED!

Haiku

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:15:00 +0000

Creativity
is not enough for artists
alone, they need faith.

JFK Is One Of My Heroes

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:32:00 +0000

Very True So Listen Up!

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:29:00 +0000

"When your heart speaks, take good notes."

-- Judith Campbell

Let Your Writing Take You On A Journey

noreply@blogger.com (Jennifer) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:08:00 +0000