
I love discovering new poets. The poetry I enjoy tends to be reflective, not love poems but about life and nature and the nature of life. I want poetry to (a) heighten my emotions, and (b) make me think. Sounds contradictory, doesn’t it?
Two simple ways poetry can help your fiction writing: (1) Use of poems or lines from poems in the introduction or chapter headings of your novels, and (2) Use of poems to find a title for your novels. Shakespeare’s poems – and plays are especially good for this, as is the Bible.
But the best way poetry helps fiction writers is in improving writing.
Even the simplest poems, like this one, can bring strong images to writing:
In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.
What a beautiful, haunting image this is.
Brand recognition is important and writers need that recognition as much as companies selling commercial products or services. James Patterson might be able to get away with not having a recognizable logo, but many writers have “branded” themselves in some way. As difficult as it is to come up with the perfect name, it’s even more difficult for many people to choose a logo that perfectly exemplifies their business. I’ve seen business people muddle over pages of logos with subtle differences, attempting to find THE ONE. Of course, like the name, the choice of a logo is one that stays with you for a very long time. Many of the same considerations apply to logos as to business names.
In a Station of the Metro
by Ezra Pound
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough.
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