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Written on February 16th, 2010 by adminno shouts
Repetitive strain injury is an issue with writers and artists so make sure your ergonomics are sorted out! This may seem a bit extreme for poem writers but think how much time you spend sitting hunched over reading – get up every hour, go for a walk, have a stretch, do a little yoga!
This will not only help prevent you injuring yourself, it means you’ll be getting some exercise – and as a writer it is important you exercise!
It is all too easy to fall into the trap of sitting at your desk all day drinking endless caffeinated drinks and eating salty or sweet snacks. This can be very detrimental to your health if done for long periods – and yes we are moaning ninnies but we just thought it best to warn you!
Having said that we hear one of the WoPoWriMo’s team members loves having a bowl of dry cereal to munch on whilst writing or reading! Another prefers yogurt covered rasins!
Written on February 12th, 2010 by adminno shouts
Writing of any sort can seem to be an activity full of hurdles that are not just simply too hard to jump over, but may take a pole vault or, if you’re really unlucky, mountaineering kit.
However, all hurdles can be overcome and the first issue is really identifying what they are. Only then can you start to think of ways of solving them – or maybe just planing a route around them.
Here are some good on-line resources to help with hurdles:
http://purple.monsters.wigglypets.co.uk/?p=102
Ok well it’s one but if you know of any others then please add the link in the comments field, with some writing so we know you are human and not a spam bot!
Written on February 8th, 2010 by adminno shouts
Well there is one week down and hopefully you have started amassing poems! What? “No”?
Well go back and do the exercises, even if you run them all as response writing exercises and forget the poem bit – you may find that when you look back at them something poetic will jump out!
Fresh people are joining the challenge of WoPoWriMo and poems are being put on WoPoWriMo Poems, we have participents in four continents and are covering a wide range of ages and styles.
Go get writing those poems!
And for those feeling they are producing too much and it’s all drivel – keep writing, some of it can be edited into shape. As for the rest…. well, you obviously need to get it out of your system.