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Fun comes afterwards, Pat, especially where I see poetryetc - or is it you? - has entered question marks for my apostrophes and dashes! Bill > On 16 Oct 2013, at 7:51 am, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Bill what no fun????? Shame Sounds like a masochist -P in sympathy -I like the challenge messing about playing -you can write in a deckchair in the sun with a nice cuppa even a bickie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Wootton > Sent: 15 October 2013 21:22 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Getting ready to write > > Getting ready to write > > First clean the teeth. > Don�t want an unclean mouth clogging the creative juices. > Next warm the hands by the fire; > those fingers will be cooling down soon no matter how fast you type. > Now survey the seat, adjust the height. > Brace. > Place hands above keyboard; > now let the right index finger descend where it will. > Others will follow - you are away. > > But what�s this? Why > are you stopping already? > That jiggling is unproductive, > that nose does not need picking, > the back of the seat is as comfortable > as it has ever been; > didn�t bother you one bit > when you were answering emails > or downloading music a minute ago. > > Get back on board. Pause not. > The thing is to get ahead of yourself. > Allow the writing to lead. You will follow > in its wake, amazed at what emerges. > It�s not fun. No one likes writing, > as Dorothy Parker observed. What�s to like is �having written�. > The blend most of us seek is an admixture > of the personal and the prompted. > Don�t stop now � you may be on to something � > >