I wrote one poem in my adult life, five or six years ago. I think I might try writing another. This may seem unusual, seeing as I know nothing about poetry. But, I do know about writing... and what is poetry but a lyrical, condensed form of writing? I hate rhyming and repetitive patterns, though …
Poems
I haven't read many. I got a couple books of poetry (English Romantic Poetry: An Anthology, and Edward Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam) to get a taste of it. What else is recommended? What a big part of literature I know nothing about!
What pad?
As some of you may know, I write short stories. I've got quite a few that no one has read, and they just sit around doing nothing. So, I've decided to start posting some of them somewhere they might actually get read. Maybe... Wattpad is a social writing site? Or something? All the youth are …
Strange points of view
I'm listening to My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk, and so far there has been a chapter narrated by a dead man at the bottom of a well, and one narrated by a stray dog. These attention-grabbing narrators are fun to read, and I think they might be fun to write, too, so I …
King, Queen, Knave, by Vladimir Nabokov
This fun, funny, and darkly interesting novel is another masterpiece in the seemingly endless line of masterpieces from Nabokov. This book has made me decide that I will no longer listen to any Nabokov books, and will read them all instead, because I am endlessly wanting to highlight things. This story is about a woman's …
