You Can Write For Magazines

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April 11, 2007 / 9:48 pm

I am characterized by
High pitched nooOOOooo's.
Sing song finality. The ad
Blinking in my eye sells a
Book titled "You Can
Write for Magazines". Well,
Great. Thank you. You Can
Go Directly to Hell. I don't
Want to write for magazines.
I want to write for you and you
And that guy at the counter
Who drinks too much vodka and
Why should I bow down and write
Down. My words are simple but
My metaphors deep. If they're
Over your head, I jump over the
Moon. If you find them random
And a little disconnected than
You just don't get it. Yeah,
Overly and underly overenthusiastic
Regarding my skill level. Prone to
Thinking myself equally brilliant
And retarded. Stuck between
Stations more likely than not.
I've neither the nerve nor the time.


 

Reviews

[Vlazuvius]

Like the other reviewer, I found a lot of myself in

"Prone to
Thinking myself equally brilliant
And retarded."

It makes a good writer's mantra, I think.

I have one book on writing. It focuses strictly on the grammatical issues that I developed a bad habit of ignoring. But a book on writing for magazines? How limiting. I really enjoyed that you've taken the status quo to task. This isn't the best thing I've found on here in my limited time surfing this site, but probably the most entertaining poem.

[Raef C. Boylan]

I was very entertained by this piece, and also applauded the sentiment of it.
There are so many 'this is how you write' books out there and, although some are worthwhile reading, you gotta wonder at people who have enough time to read endless libraries of them - when do they find time to actually write, or to read the calibre of literature they admire and want to follow on from?
People who aim to write for magazines tend to be limited in scope, unless they find a magazine hat adores their work for what it is.

I like how you twisted the italics on that ad for your comeback.

"Prone to
Thinking myself equally brilliant
And retarded." - I recognised myself here.

Overall, a great piece. Thanks for posting it.