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The Heart of a Woman, a poem by Georgia Douglas Johnson


The heart of a woman goes forth with the dawn,
As a lone bird, soft winging, so restlessly on,
Afar o’er life’s turrets and vales does it roam
In the wake of those echoes the heart calls home
The heart of a woman falls back with the night,
And enters some alien cage in its plight,
And tries to forget it has dreamed of the stars
While it breaks, breaks, breaks on the sheltering bars
A poem by Claude McKay: On Broadway

About me young careless feet
Linger along the garish street;
Above, a hundred shouting signs
Shed down their bright fantastic glow
Upon the merry crowd and lines
Of moving carriages below
Oh wonderful is Broadway -- only
My heart, my heart is lonely
Desire naked, linked with Passion,
Goes trutting by in brazen fashion;
From playhouse, cabaret and inn
The rainbow lights of Broadway blaze
All gay without, all glad within;
As in a dream I stand and gaze
At Broadway, shining Broadway -- only
My heart, my heart is lonely.
"Start Writing And Become A Better Person"

For people who have always wanted to improve themselves and become a better person, here is a way for you to do so. Just pick your pen or laptop and START WRITING. Yes, writing is a very good way to improvise you. If you are wondering how then we have the answer for that.

Discipline
Sports is a very good platform to improve discipline. But what about people who are not into sports. For those people, writing can be a very good option. Writing just for a few minutes every day can teach you patience and discipline. To write something you need to have a systematic approach, which reflects in your day to day life.

Gratitude
According to research, people who write down the good things of their life every week are found to be more motivated and positive. It helps people realize the value of everything they have got and not to take things for granted. By writing, you can understand your life.

Better reader
As a writer, you read the works of others with a keen interest to improve yourself. You do not read like a normal reader, you read, imply, and try to connect all possible dots of the content. You analyse the works of others, find the positive for you to use and negatives for you to avoid.

Smartness
To write something, you have to put efforts on your brain and think. You force your brain to struggle and pull out ideas from deep inside your subconscious mind. Moreover, studies show that people who write by hand have increased cognitive activity and can actually be more intelligent. It is a good exercise for the brain.

Empathy
As a writer, you have to wear many hats. You have to think in the perspective of others. When writing constantly, you apply this technique in real life also. You understand the situation of other by putting yourself in their shoes. This helps you deeply understand the emotions and feelings of others.

Positive Nature
The world is cruel, and it criticizes the work of every person. Being a writer, you happily welcome criticizes and work on them so that you can avoid them in the future. You become positive to pick out the positives even from the negatives.

Mentally Healthy
Writers usually are found to be mentally healthy. It is because they pen down their frustrations and anger. This habit not only avoids the writer from getting involved in a dispute but also gives him time to relax, calm down and think about the situation with a cool mind.

Sense of accomplishment
When you write down something, be it a journal, a blog, a diary, or a book, it gives you a satisfactory sense that you have invested your time into something useful instead of wasting it away. You have a record to show something you have done for the day.


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20 Writing Tips from Fiction Authors

Writing success boils down to hard work, imagination and passion—and then some more hard work.

Use these tips as an inspirational guide—or better yet, print a copy to put on your desk, home office, refrigerator door, or somewhere else noticeable so you can be constantly reminded not to let your story ideas wither away by putting off your writing.

Tip1:
"My first rule was given to me by TH White, author of The Sword in the Stone and other Arthurian fantasies and was: Read. Read everything you can lay hands on. I always advise people who want to write a fantasy or science fiction or romance to stop reading everything in those genres and start reading everything else from Bunyan to Byatt." — Michael Moorcock

Tip 2:
"Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you." — Zadie Smith

Tip 3:
"Introduce your main characters and themes in the first third of your novel. If you are writing a plot-driven genre novel make sure all your major themes/plot elements are introduced in the first third, which you can call the introduction. Develop your themes and characters in your second third, the development. Resolve your themes, mysteries and so on in the final third, the resolution." — Michael Moorcock

Tip 4:
"In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it." — Rose Tremain

Tip 5:
"Always carry a note-book. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever." — Will Self

Tip 6:
"It's doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction." — Jonathan Franzen

"Work on a computer that is disconnected from the internet." — Zadie Smith

Tip 7:
"Interesting verbs are seldom very interesting." — Jonathan Franzen

Tip 8:
"Read it aloud to yourself because that's the only way to be sure the rhythms of the sentences are OK (prose rhythms are too complex and subtle to be thought out—they can be got right only by ear)." — Diana Athill

Tip 9:
"Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." – Anton Chekhov

Tip 10:
"Listen to the criticisms and preferences of your trusted 'first readers.'" — Rose Tremain

Tip 11:
"Fiction that isn't an author's personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn't worth writing for anything but money." — Jonathan Franzen

Tip 12:
"Don't panic. Midway through writing a novel, I have regularly experienced moments of bowel-curdling terror, as I contemplate the drivel on the screen before me and see beyond it, in quick succession, the derisive reviews, the friends' embarrassment, the failing career, the dwindling income, the repossessed house, the divorce . . . Working doggedly on through crises like these, however, has always got me there in the end. Leaving the desk for a while can help. Talking the problem through can help me recall what I was trying to achieve before I got stuck. Going for a long walk almost always gets me thinking about my manuscript in a slightly new way. And if all else fails, there's prayer. St Francis de Sales, the patron saint of writers, has often helped me out in a crisis. If you want to spread your net more widely, you could try appealing to Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, too." — Sarah Waters

Tip 13:
"The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement – if you can't deal with this you needn't apply." — Will Self

Tip 14:
"Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!" — Joyce Carol Oates

Tip 15:
"The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator." — Jonathan Franzen

Tip 16:
"Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose. If you have the knack of playing with exclaimers the way Tom Wolfe does, you can throw them in by the handful." — Elmore Leonard
Tip 17:
"Remember: when people tell you something's wrong or doesn't work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong." — Neil Gaiman

Tip 18:
"You know that sickening feeling of inadequacy and over-exposure you feel when you look upon your own empurpled prose? Relax into the awareness that this ghastly sensation will never, ever leave you, no matter how successful and publicly lauded you become. It is intrinsic to the real business of writing and should be cherished." — Will Self

Tip 19:
"The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you're allowed to do whatever you like. (That may be a rule for life as well as for writing. But it's definitely true for writing.) So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter." — Neil Gaiman

Tip 20:
"The nearest I have to a rule is a Post-it on the wall in front of my desk saying ‘Faire et se taire’ (Flaubert), which I translate for myself as ‘Shut up and get on with it.’" — Helen Simpson

Even famous authors sometimes have a tough time with writing; they also go through periods of self-doubt. Despite this, they always manage to come up with the goods. So take a lesson from them and stop putting off your writing plans and get started on your publishing journey today.

There has never been a better time than now to realize your dream of becoming a published author. Let your voice be heard and let your story be told. Never let your passion for writing wane.
The Banjo Player, by Fenton Johnson

­­There is music in me, the music of a peasant people
I wander through the levee, picking my banjo and singing my songs of the cabin and the field
At the Last Chance Saloon I am as welcome as the violets in March;
there is always food and drink for me there, and the dimes of those who love honest music
Behind the railroad tracks the little children clap their hands and love me as they love Kris Kringle
But I fear that I am a failure
Last night a woman called me a troubadour
What is a troubadour?
21 Great Writing Tips by Famous Authors

1. The first draft of everything is shit. -Ernest Hemingway

2. Never use jargon words like reconceptualize, demassification, attitudinally, judgmentally. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass. -David Ogilvy

3. If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy. – Dorothy Parker

4. Notice how many of the Olympic athletes effusively thanked their mothers for their success? “She drove me to my practice at four in the morning,” etc. Writing is not figure skating or skiing. Your mother will not make you a writer. My advice to any young person who wants to write is: leave home. -Paul Theroux

5. I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide. — Harper Lee

6. You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ― Jack London

7. Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. — George Orwell

8. There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. ― W. Somerset Maugham

9. If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time — or the tools — to write. Simple as that. – Stephen King

10. Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong. – Neil Gaiman

11. Imagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you finish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self is the thing that is wrong with the book. So change it. Stop arguing with yourself. Change it. See? Easy. And no one had to die. – Anne Enright

12. If writing seems hard, it’s because it is hard. It’s one of the hardest things people do. – William Zinsser

13. Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college. – Kurt Vonnegut

14. Prose is architecture, not interior decoration. – Ernest Hemingway

15. Write drunk, edit sober. – Ernest Hemingway

16. Get through a draft as quickly as possible. Hard to know the shape of the thing until you have a draft. Literally, when I wrote the last page of my first draft of Lincoln’s Melancholy I thought, Oh, shit, now I get the shape of this. But I had wasted years, literally years, writing and re-writing the first third to first half. The old writer’s rule applies: Have the courage to write badly. – Joshua Wolf Shenk

17. Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. – Mark Twain

18. Start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there’ll always be better writers than you and there’ll always be smarter writers than you. There will always be people who are much better at doing this or doing that — but you are the only you. ― Neil Gaiman

19. Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. – Oscar Wilde

20. You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ― Ray Bradbury

21. Don’t take anyone’s writing advice too seriously. – Lev Grossman
Writing is about getting happy. ~Stephen King

“Writing isn’t about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it’s about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It’s about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink.”
Near or far,
the journey could be;
Circumstances are never at par!Big or small,
the reasons could be;
Problems would befall!Long or short,
the distance could be;
Pain could be as heavy as a quart!Night or day,
the time could be;
Love is always ruled with a different sway!Hot or cold,
the choice could be;
Don’t hold on to the greed for gold!Hate or love,
the emotion could be;
Unity at the time of war is all above!Peace or turmoil,
the mind’s state could be;
Courage must be embroiled!Success or failure,
the result could be;
You ought to sail like a sailor!Life or death,
the situation could be;
The truth would never be underneath!!The post Reality! appeared first on wOrgasm.

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A tale of four clans - part 1

Four clans, to rise or fall.
Four clans, for one and all.
Together they face all that befalls.
The clans that answers the land's call.

Tillers- we tend to toil.
We till and sow in our soil.
From dawn to dusk, we moil.
Land is what, we roil.

Morning light, we sow to reap.
With seeds that are sown deep.
Sunshine and skys that weep
Gives us food that we heep.

Fighters we are,
Brave soldiers by far.
Our trophies, are our scars.
We shield, as we spar.

King and country, we protect.
From enemies, both indirect and direct.
Mountains and lands we trek,
To protect our land, that we love and deck.

One clan to soothe and heal,
We protect the land's zeal.
Disease and illness we seal.
Science is the weapon we wield.

King and people, we revive,
Through our healing rive.
From flood to drought, we survive.
Service is what, we thrive.

We reside on the golden seat of the mountains cold,
Power and treasure we hold.
Honor and valour from our old,
Is only companion that we enfold.

A king to rule them all.
A king to bind them all.
A king who stands tall,
One who answers his people's call.

Thus the land thrived and strived,
Because of the clans, it survived.
No matter the hardship it revived,
Expanding and flourishing in its stride.

#riya
Seeking hands, soothing words,
Loving touch, barely heard.
Silly whispers, caring gaze,
Loving enfold, lover's haze.
Starry sky, soulful night,
Healing grace, pretty sight.
Coming together, falling apart,
Duet song , a beautiful start.
Hourly message, daily calls,
Bouncy steps, walking tall.
Dreams on hold, life on fire,
Fears untold, sought out desire.
Weekly meet, warming greet,
Touching gifts, living sweet.
Hamer​ falls, fate calls,
Nasty words, feeling small.
Identity tested, dreams persisted.
Proving worth, love tested.
Hurting heart, crying eyes,
Shattering apart, with pretty lies.
Once soothing, now annoying.
Strategic plans, troops deploying.
Shattered heart, failing miserably.
Lovers hold, breaking amicably.
Yearning soul, faking smiles.
Bearly whole, saddening lies.
Chance meet, brimming eyes,
Slowly retreat, breaking ties.
Healing heart, doubting all,
Another story, a different fall.

#riya
She comes to me only in nights
She hugs me tightly whenever she had a fight
I have seen many of her tears
I have been the one to console her fears
When she is annoyed she beats me
When she is hurt she needs me
I am the one she have her childish fights
We become close when there is no lights
When she is tired she rests her head on me
A soothing friend is what she sees in me
When she is scared she holds me tight
I am the only one for her, when everything else is quiet
I have seen her nightmares and dreams
I have heard her mouns and screams
I want to hold her but I can't
I want to heal her but I can't
I want to make her happy
I want to make her merry
But alas I can't I could not
Give her what she wants
She is a beautiful broken Willow
And I am her silly soothing pillow

#riya
When asked what she liked?

She answered: I like cooking my family and pets.

😄😄

#usepunctuations

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#Death

Freedom from the known
a life after death to live alone
A wish to see, who comes along
when I am ready to leave, & gone.

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Setting sun, fading echo.
Grasping hands, failing to let go.
Paining heart, parting ways.
Churning Memories, eternally stays.
Dimming light, fading hope.
Greying skies, failing slope.
Tearing soul, tethering world.
Screaming silence, barely heard.
Vacant eyes, empty stares.
Void days, filling despair.
Breaking soul, lonely being.
Shattering whole, a soundless keeying.
Passing days, waiting sunbreak.
Healing road, waiting to take.
Souling song, soothing grace.
Friendly hugs, knowing face.
Another flight, a reckless fall.
Seeking hands, an enchanting call.
Healing heart, fading scars.
Soaring love, a shooting star.
Hurting memories, to an easing echo.
Raising sun, a breezy meadow.
Making promises, a shaky step.
Pairing heart, slowly crept.
Healing all, healing whole.
Leaning shoulder, a companion soul.
Finally whole, finally healed.
Through a paired heart, eternally sealed.

By: #riya