1. I will write at least one poem a week. This sounds rather modest but it is achievable. At the moment, I’m writing more but I need to make allowance for holidays, and times when I know there will be other pressures. There will be times when I write a poem a day. Last year, I participated in NaPoWriMo, which gave me 30 poems in various stages of completion; my success largely thanks to prompts from Michelle at Poefusion. This brings me on to…
2. Sadly those 30 poems are no further on than they were last April. In 2009, I intend to set aside a time for re-reading, re-drafting and generally organising my poems. I’ve bought an A4 diary, in which I’ve started to paste print outs of my poems, prompts, left-over writing (edited out snippets that didn’t fit but have potential), random jottings and free writes. I will also organise my computer files, so that nothing is either duplicated or necessitates me using the ‘search’ facility. I’ve also finally acknowledged that my muse works better when I’m tapping at a keyboard than when I’m poised with pen and paper. See my previous post: left-brain/right-brain.
3. To be a writer, it is generally acknowledged, it is also necessary to be a reader. There’s some superb poetry in the blogosphere. I am also regularly updating my blogroll. I make a point of reading the posts of anyone who takes time to read mine.
4. I think January’s idea of a mid-year review is a good one so I am putting ‘Action Plan Review’ on my calendar for 1 July 2009.
Watermaid Musing 