‘IF’ FOR WRITERS
If you can use your Mac when all about you
Is Starbucks’ noise and din;
If you can get it on the page,
Then you’re on your way to win;
A first draft, then a second,
And edit as you go,
With no adverbs, ‘ands’ or ‘buts’,
Just let the phrasing flow;
If you can visualise-and not be too distracted;
If you can make the plot arc strong,
No editorial triumph nor disaster
With sentence, short or long;
If you can read a bad review,
And not cry nor sob nor weep,
Then throw it in the bin;
For sure, you’ve earned your sleep;
If you can take rejection slips
And make a pile a mountain high;
Then start again on query letters,
With not a single, doleful sigh;
If you can read your novels’ rankings
And accept them, high or low
With a massive pinch of writers’ salt,
You’ve won the scribbler’s throw;
If you can steer the Internet
Toward readers, blogs and such;
If you can keep all of that in balance,
Then you’ve found the magic touch;
If you can fill the unforgiving page
With reams of joy and fun–
Yours is the Web and everything that’s in it,
And–which is more–you’ll be a Scribe, my son!
ALL MY BLOG POSTS ARE FREE TO SHARE OR RE-BLOG SHOULD YOU SO WISH—BE MY GUEST!
Reblogged this on Claire Stibbe and commented:
One of my favorite poems! And this is a close second. Absolutely meant to be shared.
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…the more shared , the better , m’Lady, Claire 🙂
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Reblogged this on Legends of Windemere.
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,,thanks , that man , Charles 🙂
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You’re welcome.
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Nice one, Seumas. I’m sure Rudyard would be pleased. I will re-blog it. Cheers.
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…cheeers, Tony …:):)
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Good one, Seumas! Blessing to ye!
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,,,cheers , m’Lady, Janice 🙂
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I think you pretty much nailed it down, Seumas. Good piece. 🙂
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Beautifully put (if somewhat borrowed) but I love it anyway!
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..something borrowed, something new… :):)
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Reblogged this on Anita & Jaye Dawes.
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog.
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,,cheeers , that man , Chris 🙂
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Welcome Seumas 👍😃
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A great version of a great poem. Thanks. Made my day.
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.. thank you , Massimo :):)
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I’ve shared it with members of BookGarage.
Check our vision, and if it talks to you, join us!
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WIcked clever!
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…cheeers, m’Lady, Annette..mwaah 🙂
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❤
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Clever and creative, my friend. Thanks for the smile this day.
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…cheers, that man, Tom.. we gotta keep smiling! 🙂
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Now I’ll have to find the original poem.
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…and it’s well worth finding, m’Lady, Deby:)
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Very fitting homage to the original and to all writers. Thank you, Seumas!
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..cheeers, m’Lady, Olga 🙂
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thanks for the reblog, Les 🙂
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Pingback: …an Author’s version of ‘IF’… with acknowledgements to Rudyard Kipling… | ldbush21
All the “ifs”… are correct but there is another ….” If I were a rich man…(add nusic)” I woudln’t have to bother about money and the… why worry in all the “igs” above!!!!!!!!!!! and Amazone and so on… hahahahaha
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LUV IT! :):):):)
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