Back on track

It's been a while since I've written consistently, but I'm back.
It's time to post something again.
I have been quite busy writing since my last post and hope to share my new poems with you. I'll be posting something every week. Most of my new posts will have some of my own poems in them, but I'll also be writing about things that might inspire you ofcourse. Hopefully you'll stay tuned!
Thank you and keep on writing!

Where to write?

When I started of writing, I always wondered where I could get the most exposure. For a starting writer it's important to have people read his poetry and reviewing it. Only then, you can improve.
So where do you start? Well I'm not sure, though I can tell you where I started. That was at writing.com. It's a great site with a very large and nice community. It's an easy to use site, though may look a bit overwhelming at first. What else can you do? You could of course start a blog like I did. But I must say that it is hard to attract visitors at first. That's why I combined my writing.com profile with my blog. Putting up a link to my blog on writing.com and posting only a few poems on it. Referring most of the people to my site for more poems. This worked quite well and gave my blog a bit of recognition. I highly recommend that you do so to.
Of course there are many more websites where you can post your poetry and have people review it, though writing.com has become my favorite because of it's community. You can always register at multiple sites and refer to your blog, though this worked for me and I never had the need to post the same poems at multiple sites. It seemed a bit strange to me.

I hope I've been a bit of help to you and don't forget to check www.writing.com.

Never give up!

It's been a while since I wrote here. I can't really explain why. I have been trying to explain why for an hour now, but I just can't. That's why there is nothing else to do then to move on. Hopefully we can agree on that.

In life there will always be times where you think that giving up might be better. It's easier, though not the right option. Giving up is never an option. People have told me to give up a lot of things. I never did. I just kept on trying, moving on and giving it my all. In the end I proved many wrong, there was no need to give up because I did what they said I couldn't do. The same goes for writing. Many may say that your writing isn't good enough even may say it sucks. Then what? Just keep on writing. It only gets better and who says that those saying it sucks aren't just jealous? Many famous people only got famous because they never gave up. That's why you shouldn't give up either.

Inspiration?

Today I had some friends over asking me about my blog. They tried helping me by naming things that could inspire people to write. The first thing they said was weed. It's no secret my friends and I smoke some weed sometimes. It's legal here so what's the problem? As long as you know your limits, right? So they said weed and coming to think of it, it does help you think creative, though really inspiring you to write? I have written enough times under influence of weed and I must say that it helps. The only problem is that you think you're doing a great job, but that may not always be so. Enough times I would read what I wrote the day after and most of the time it's not good at all. Funny is that you will write about the most philosophic questions ever or think of subjects you usually won't think of. That's something great, because when you read it you can start making adjustments and make something good out of it. Then you get an exciting, crazy, perhaps great poem. Here is a poem I wrote when I was under influence : Never This Chill

Now does weed inspire you or not ?
I think it's safe to say it inspires you, but writing when under influence is a different story. Also keep in mind that when you're under influence you won't be in the mood to write. You'll most likely want to sit, laugh and eat.
One last thing, there are many ways to be inspired, try those instead of weed. Especially when it isn't legal!