Do you have that run-down feeling? Is your prose wimpy, lifeless? Aside from informal interior thoughts of the most personal kind what can you do to perk it up?
Try poetry or song.
It would not be the first time a suiter springs poetry on his heroine or visa versa, but if well written it will convey more in a stanza then might be offered in a whole scene, because poetry unveils the heart and depth of feeling. At the very least you offer charm. A bit of magic never hurt a manuscript.
Be careful, though when offering recognizable songs subject to copyright. Do it right or offer a legal glimpse at the lyric or song. (homework here, for those interested.)
Here's a poem I'm fond of from my upcoming novel to be released by The Wild Rose Press. It's about a shuttered, neglected black teenager, locked in her room.
Try poetry or song.
It would not be the first time a suiter springs poetry on his heroine or visa versa, but if well written it will convey more in a stanza then might be offered in a whole scene, because poetry unveils the heart and depth of feeling. At the very least you offer charm. A bit of magic never hurt a manuscript.
Be careful, though when offering recognizable songs subject to copyright. Do it right or offer a legal glimpse at the lyric or song. (homework here, for those interested.)
Here's a poem I'm fond of from my upcoming novel to be released by The Wild Rose Press. It's about a shuttered, neglected black teenager, locked in her room.
“Black Magic Rose.
Black Magic Rose, pressed in a
book dark.
No sunlight to warm, no space to
breathe.
No soil to nurture, no wind, no
bees.
No garden of friends, just dying
memories.
Black Magic Rose, the book opens.
She kisses the rose, a tear falls,
Throws away the rose. Closes the
book.
With no love, Black Magic Rose
dies.
To bloom again, in rich sunshine.
Nurturing soil, wind, bees, garden
of friends.
Living memories and new ones abound.
A boy picks Black Magic Rose.”
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