The Joy of Poetry

A Personal Account of Discovering the Arts

Jenia Silver
The ambition to be a professional writer is one I, myself have had for an extended number of years. Within that time I have noticed certain necessary efforts to ensure that I can continue to write. As any product available on the market will provide a source and a professional with insight and structure; few basic elements must be applied. Being prepared to compete with your own active imagination instills a value within the free press society of America. Using one's own experience as a tool to conduct business is as worthy as a tradesman's belt. Mind what matters. My most recent and conveyed message through writing is a strong connection in nonfictitous events and establishments. Compared to a journalists' point of view, my target is to be interactive inside of a community where I live, and give basic facts on what is relevant. This could be a kid's petting zoo, or the local recreational facility near by. My aim is in giving details to the public on less visited, or real unknown functions of the town around me. Not all or even half of all what is written is intended to be known as true. For the reasoning of simple entertainment purposes and the need to live vicariously, the professionals on these markets are nearly similar to godlike figures. Personally, I am not incapable to perform such a creative piece, or acknowledge my inner world of fiction, but outright want to deny it possible for a fascination I exchange from watching the news. Information has to come from a source, whether it be dictionary, encyclopedia, or the web. So finding reliable means to transport the questions and direction of a story into the full finished version is what writers must do. By giving a daily allowance of time to devote on shuffling ideas around by using pen and paper can boost the brain muscles. Practice any kind of writing to encourage new and different techniques. Even journaling about how your day was spent, and what you thought of the emotional involvement spent will get the mode of explanation flowing. I found this to be a helpful activity, even when I could not agree to work on abstract plans of screenplays or songs lyrics. I did not give up. I just started to acknowledge why I was blocked; I felt so many other books and movies and songs were already out there. Then, I went to the library and read those books, watched the movies and listened to the songs. My favorite genre of books became the literature and writing section. Themes of prompts and suggestive methods to fill in the blanks started me writing out different subject matters which I had noticed in my journals. Although, I am not a professional here I am at least an attempting amateur. I have been publishing material for this website now for few months. As I tool at look at my own goals of being a writer I noticed I had gotten somewhere of the ground and out of my journals. Finding inspiration and guidance in notorious authors keeps me processing possible great tales for the future. In the human experience, we all need a word of advice at some point. So, here is mine: practice at making your words known to yourself and practice as well at being an audience through what has already been wrote, in this use to retain material soon you will begin the exchange.

Published by Jenia Silver

I was raised in North Texas. Lived in Las Vegas,NV for five years. Visited the great hippie state of Cali last year, which gave me great resource on writing local stories there. I have been writing for tw...  View profile

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