the art of :: reversal :: writer’s block techniques
Thursday, November 19th, 2009The reversal technique is one of the more under utilized in trying to break away from writers block, likely because often you’re faced with a jibberish of words when you’re done. The art is simple, is there a poem or narrative you can’t quite bring to that break out level, is the language staying stale and dated? Take it and turn it upside down. Make the last line the first, and continue down the line. The last line of your new poem should be the title of your old poem. Make sense?
A poem called "Brown-Eyed Voodoo" Set in reverse.
Now you can edit as you reverse, since some sentences aren’t going to make a bit of sense, but only lightly edit, try to leave the integrity of the exercise intact. We’ll look at a poem called “Brown-Eyed Voodoo” for as an example.
