Writing – Write Them Down!

I came across an interesting challenge a couple months ago.

It said every writer should try working in six different writing forms.  The idea was that we should challenge ourselves.

To stretch creatively by stepping outside of our usual forms.

If memory serves it showed up in a forum that focused mostly on long-form writing, which would explain the choices.  They are:

• Poetry
• Six Word Story
• Flash Fiction (50-1k words)
• Short Story
• News Article
• Opinion Piece

I’m always up for a creative challenge, so let’s give it a try.

The fourth one doesn’t qualify for me since I’m a dedicated short story writer.  So we’ll take last month’s writing piece as our contribution for that.  So let’s start with poetry.  I’ll try the others over the next four months.

I’ve mentioned before that poetry is something I fiddle with sometimes.  It feels like painting with words to me.  I’m not sure I’m any good at it, but I enjoy it.  I hope you do too.

Write Them Down

Write them down,
Write them down!

Get these people out of my head,
Clear their stories from my mind.
If I don’t get them written,
They jostle my brain,
Pushing at one another, and
elbowing mundane thoughts aside.
Looking for a crack to force their way
To the center of my attention.
They clamor at me,
Demanding to be freed.
Behind them I perceive
the crowd that is to come.
New faces with new stories
As yet still undefined.
But soon they will raise the cry,
A call to be realized.
Pounding at the door of creativity,
So I must clear some space.

Write them down!
Write them down!