Sounds for storywriting
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If you tried any of these exercises, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. These poetry writing exercises are meant to be fun while building your writing skills. Have Fun with These Poetry Writing Exercises! The idea is to get your mind on the musicality in your writing. You can play the song while you work on the exercise or search for the lyrics online and use those as your baseline. And just like with taste and smells, similes and metaphors can enrich the page. But there are other times you need words for sounds. There are many times you would describe the action and not use onomatopoeia. Try to go way off topic from what the original lyrics were about. The OP's description of 'sound effect' calls up a limited type of sound.
When it’s done, your poem should be a bit ambiguous a reader will wonder whether the poem is literally about the metaphor or metaphorically about the life event.Ĭhoose a catchy song that you enjoy and rewrite the lyrics, but stick to the rhythm and meter. A dance is easy to visualize.īonus exercise: Write a poem about one of your life events using only the metaphor or simile you have chosen. Tip: Choose metaphors that are visually interesting. A simile is when we say one thing is like another thing. Remember, a metaphor is when we say one thing is another thing. Next, come up with one metaphor and one simile for each of these events. Make a list of significant life events: birth, death, graduation, marriage, having children, starting your own business. The more, the better.īonus exercise: Use the words from your lists to write a poem. Try to come up with at least ten of each. Assonance is when words in close proximity echo vowel sounds ( b ent p en). Remember, alliteration is when words in close proximity start with (or contain) the same consonant sound (as in pretty picture). Let’s jump right in!Ĭreate a list of word pairs and phrases that are built around alliteration or assonance. These poetry writing exercises are designed to get you thinking about rhythm, language, and imagery in your writing. They were behind her, in the bushes, and they seemed to be chewing. In fact some of these exercises don’t require any poetry writing whatsoever. As she gazed into the sky, she realised the sounds she expected were not up in the air. Today’s poetry writing exercises are good starters and don’t require you to know anything about poetry or have any experience writing poems. Perhaps you’re getting ready to embark on a big, long writing project and want to tone up your writing muscles first. Poetry writing exercises are ideal when you’re feeling uninspired or lazy, or maybe your poetry is getting stale and you need to take it in a fresh direction. That way, you’ll get your body geared up to do the heavy lifting, the hard running, and the strenuous workout. If you’re going to exercise, it’s a good idea to warm up first. Stretch your writing muscles with these poetry writing exercises.