Comments : Writers Block

  • 16 years ago

    by Lesslovedthanloathed

    Not much flow, the wording could be better.
    3/5

  • 16 years ago

    by Courageous Dreamer

    1st stanza - pretty good, you got the whole idea of writers block into a quick paragraph, it describes what writers block is.

    2nd stanza -
    "Your mind is as blank.."
    `I dislike this line, for the main fact that you just used blank in the first line of the first stanza.. use a variety of words that mean the same thing as blank. Maybe.. empty or.. white.. or... look up some synoymns so that it isn't so noticable. Empty would be a simple word to use so that you don't repeat the word blank.

    "sitting there it is laughing at you,
    it always seems to mock."
    `You used the word "you" to end both the 2nd and 3rd times, that really hurt the poem in my opinion. Maybe you'd do something like..
    "Sitting there, it laughs causing humiliation,
    as it mocks the poet who struggles to write."

    That just quickly popped into my head, you could shorten it in your own words.. but the repetition of the same word at the end of two lines that are right next to eachother really don't work.

    3rd stanza - It was awkard to have a transition from four lines to five, but I do that sometimes.. and my poems don't have a constant flow or anything.. but.. I think staying with the same number of lines could definatly benefit you, it helps with the flow.

    "is coming, so you begging to read the poems "
    `You begging? Did you mean to say.. "is coming, so you beg to read the poems" ?

    "your mind becomes full to the brim"
    `I loved this line.. full to the brim. :]

    Fourth stanza -
    "Putting pen to paper your ideas flow
    like a stream on to the paper,"
    `Great simile. I can almost see this poet myself, struggling to come up with ideas, but then they read other poems and all these poems inspire them to write something, all these ideas flow so nicely into your head and then so smoothly onto paper.

    "it is now glaring at you
    it was hoping that you would fail.
    But you showed it who was boss."
    `Hm.. I see a little hint of repetition here.. but It was alright. The last line was a bit awkward for my taste, but it fit decently.

    Good work, but needs improvement.
    I hope my suggestions helped. Hope I wasn't too harsh. Sorry if I was.

    4/5.

  • 16 years ago

    by Beautiful Forever

    The flow was a little off but this poem was terrific. Very east to relate topic, great word usage... and it was just written nicely. Kept in line with the them very well!

    I wrote a poem under this topic as well, and I must say... it fails in comparison to yours. 5/5! keep it up!

  • 16 years ago

    by ether

    â� - you need to edit out those things.

    This is a little.. slow. What you're saying is fine, and how you say it. But it was really hard to read, it didn't attract my attention and hmm. I guess there isn't that much you can write about writing that hasn't be written before.
    Still, some of the phrases you used were fresh. 4/5

    jess ~

  • 16 years ago

    by Dark Savior

    I like this poem, It not only touches on a subject everyone can relate to, but one that we all appear to have from time to time.

    I like how you didn't just write about "Writers Block" but you also showed how to get past it, very good idea.

    The structure could have been a little bit better, but nothing to take away from the poem in all actuality.

    This was a really good poem and I enjoyed the read.

    5/5

  • 16 years ago

    by Dark Savior

    I like this poem, It not only touches on a subject everyone can relate to, but one that we all appear to have from time to time.

    I like how you didn't just write about "Writers Block" but you also showed how to get past it, very good idea.

    The structure could have been a little bit better, but nothing to take away from the poem in all actuality.

    This was a really good poem and I enjoyed the read.

    5/5

  • 16 years ago

    by Jenni Marie

    "Blank paper on the table
    pen in your hand
    but no ideas are coming,
    nothing worth saying."

    ^^ Ohhhhhhhh how true is this! I think every writer has been affected with this curse at some point in their lives..

    "Your mind is as empty
    as the paper in front of you
    sitting there it's laughing at you,
    it always seems to mock."

    ^^ I love this, it's so true that it seems to be mocking you while you sit and think over and over but nothing comes to mind.

    "You are upset because nothing is coming,
    so you begging to read the poems
    others have written and then suddenly
    your mind becomes full to the brim
    with new wonderful ideas.

    Putting pen to paper your ideas flow
    like a stream on to the paper,
    it is now glaring at you
    it was hoping that you would fail.
    But you showed it who was boss. "

    ^^ I love these stanzas, the way you showed that you can still write, that you just needed some inspiration..it was beautiful, and the last line made me smile.

  • 16 years ago

    by Ingrid

    I really liked this poem and how you came out a winner!
    Way to go girl!

    Hugs,

    5/5 Ingrid

  • 16 years ago

    by SilentSuicide

    I love how ironic this is. must have had NO idea what to write so you write about JUST THAT. so awsome :]]

  • 15 years ago

    by Katie

    I can totally relate! I hate it when I can't put my words together, but I love it when they just start flowing. Great job!

  • 15 years ago

    by Hollymariee

    A simple idea that is easy to relate to .. Not quite enough for a 5/5 though because it doesn't really have the "wow" factor . 4/5