How Do You Make Poetry Sound Professional?
• Find somewhere quiet and relax for awhile with paper, pencil and a book to write on. Start your poem with imagination. If you can’t think of anything, write about whatever you’re looking at at that moment, or what you would like to see in your future. Begin with “the”, “in” or just simple words that begin talking about a specific subject, and rearrange it as you go. • When you’ve written a poem you’re happy with, get it edited. A trusted teacher or professor, a good friend, or anyone you know who works in writing, editing or publishing can give you useful feedback. • Fix your poem accordingly, and get it re-edited as necessary until you feel it is sufficiently polished. Get it out there! Submit your poem to a contest, a publisher, a newspaper, or try to get it read at any nearby poetry reading. It gives you bragging rights and you’ve gotten a taste of true professional writing.
