Some of my poems got accepted for the first issue of a lit magazine. I haven’t told anyone but my sister. I’m scared they’ll change their minds by the time the issue comes out, and I’ll have looked silly for thinking my work was worthy of publishing.
Nothing inspires me to write poetry more than reading poetry. Literally every time I have ever sat down to read poetry, within 10 minutes I am bent over scribbling notes and annotations and whole sonnets.
Sometimes because I loved what I read. Sometimes because I hated it. Sometimes because I wanted to make it better, make it different, make it mine.
As an artist, there is nothing wrong with seeking inspiration in other work.
If you’re having writers block…READ!!!! CONSUME MEDIA
I feel like I don’t hear that given enough as advice for writers block..just read? Watch tv? Movies? Find inspiration in media.
Writers block is a lack of inspiration, so go collect more.