After your post yesterday I was baking a rule into my head to avoid writing about 'walls closing in'. (Yes, I know, 'rules'...). Then today I received this competition prompt: "Write a poem with Winter (not Christmas) as the theme. Set the tone to be eerie and unsettling, perhaps even uncanny, making winter itself feel *sentient*" [my emphasis]. So what I'm learning from your follow-up is to create a toolbox of different narrative modes which can flex with objective, theme, audience, etc. Because everything remains possible as a writer.
After your post yesterday I was baking a rule into my head to avoid writing about 'walls closing in'. (Yes, I know, 'rules'...). Then today I received this competition prompt: "Write a poem with Winter (not Christmas) as the theme. Set the tone to be eerie and unsettling, perhaps even uncanny, making winter itself feel *sentient*" [my emphasis]. So what I'm learning from your follow-up is to create a toolbox of different narrative modes which can flex with objective, theme, audience, etc. Because everything remains possible as a writer.
Thanks, Toby! I felt bad for posting that so am glad it had a positive effect