#breakingthemould

#BreakingTheMould #WritersLife #Poet #Poetry #FreeExpression Poets know best what it means to break the mould Every poem is an attempt to break free... It's a release of self-expression, Hopes and dreams, Voicing an objection Or speaking the unspeakable truth. Poetry used to be just words that rhymed... Now poetry is words that resonate. Some poems have many lines, And some just have two. You don't even have to spell them right, You just have to express you. Gone are the days of uniformity... Here are the days of originality. I am an artist, let that be known. I am a writer, with or without a genre. Don't try to mess with my pen, 'Cos I might just write about you... Copyright Ufuomaee 2018 #AuthorsPerogative #WritersFreedom #WordSmith #DoItYourWay #BookEditing #Poetic #Poems #WritingStyle #Genre #Write #Creativity #Imagination #Freedom #WritingFiction #WritersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BpjJ1FYncSv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vrsllapaorn8

#BreakingTheMould #WritersLife #WritingTips #WritersLiberation #WritingSkills Someone once told me that I shouldn't try my hand at story series, because it wasn't my strength. Mind you, I'd never written one before. All he'd read of my writing were my Christian articles and short stories that were like parables. If I had listened to that person, I would never have written #TheChurchGirl, my first story series, which I later extended before deciding to convert it to a book. Now, I have TEN self-published novels. In another group, someone said or implied that you can't be a poet and a novelist, that you should just know which one you are and stick to it. I strongly disagreed. I have been a poet for longer than I've been a novelist. Though I've been a story teller since childhood, I never actually got far in my first attempts at writing stories. All of my first writings were poems. Now, I don't only write poems, I write songs. I write articles. I write short stories and story series and novels. Soon, I'll be writing scripts for movies. I will also publish non-fiction books. I am really not trying to do everything, I am just a writer who can write anything... My genre isn't fiction. It isn't romance. It isn't Nigerian either. I believe my genre is Faith, and I seek to use any and all means to communicate the message God has given me. Please don't let anyone put you in a box and tell you what you should do or can't do. As a writer, you have a special gift to CREATE and break all molds...even religious molds. You are only as limited as you believe you are. #AuthorsPerogative #WritersFreedom #WordSmith #DoItYourWay #BookEditing #Poetry #WritingStyle #Genre #Write #Creativity #Imagination #Freedom #WritingFiction #WritersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BpgnT6BHKH5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hrf986w7vqq

#WritersLife #BreakingTheMould #ReadingToLearn #ReadingForFun #ReadingToGrow Writers, do you ever feel like some people are just CRITICS??? Like, instead of reading a book for enjoyment or to learn, they are reading your WRITING... Looking for flaws, looking for opportunities missed to showcase your writing prowess, looking for what you forgot to mention etc. These ones never get enraptured or lost in the book, because the whole time they were "reading", they were "working" as judges. And this shows in the way they give feedback. Two people can read the same book and one can't stop going on about how awesome the MESSAGE was, while the other couldn't get past the FLAWS. As if they were offended that the writer had the nerve to think they could publish a book...and they just have to be the ones to tell them that they are not good enough. I think those people must be really miserable. They have lost the ability to escape in fantasy or BOOK HEAVEN and just enjoy a story or a book for the message the author saw to pen down. Maybe they fancy themselves as professional book critiques or better writers... I remember one time I was at #Beyonce's concert, and I was determined to record as much as possible on my phone to save and watch later. Guess what? I missed out on a WHOLE lot. I wasn't seeing Beyonce with my own eyes and revelling in the atmosphere and the moment. I was too stuck trying to save a memory on a camara, that I have now lost, and the one that God gave me to save this beautiful moment in, I only have in its place a miserable night. Honestly, at one point I am positive she looked at me and was sad, because I just looked miserable, like I was doing a job, because I clearly didn't come to have fun at her concert! That's the same thing that happens to those readers who do not read to be swept into the Author's world, but only so they can tell the Author how they could have done it better in their "review". Good luck. #AuthorsPerogative #WritersFreedom #WordSmith #DoItYourWay #BookEditing #Critics #Grammar #Readers #Review #Creativity #Imagination #Freedom #ReadersOfInstagram #ReadingFiction #WritersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpdxm2SHqBh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=av68jaw716lf

#WritersLiberation #BreakingTheMould #WritingTips #WritersLife I think editors are very much like pastors. They can be invaluable to or stiffle your growth. Like Pastors, they must be chosen wisely. Not anyone with training and a certificate will do. It also of little importance how many they can boast of in their portolio (or congregation). Ultimately, the question is - are you going in the same direction. Do they know and understand where you are trying to go and do they know how and have the resources to get you there? The other thing you should watch out for are TOXIC editors. Just like toxic pastors, their desire is to keep you under their control and continually reliant on them. They don't desire your growth and independence, but desire to feed off you continually. A good editor is like a good pastor. Their aim is for you to no longer need them. You see, leaders groom leaders. Pastors train up able ministers. Editors mentor bestselling, confident writers. They are as friends who praise and celebrate you and your growth, who aren't competing with you and who you CHOOSE to keep going to because you trust them and know that they really LOVE you! #AuthorsPerogative #WritersFreedom #WordSmith #DoItYourWay #BookEditing #Editor #Grammar #Research #Write #Creativity #Imagination #Freedom #WritingFiction #WritersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BpbemGHnS5A/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j4tud52osu8t

Couple things from me... 👊🔥 —- #newmodelagency #breakingthemould #socialmedia #website #🇧🇭 —- Check us out at @mattybmodels1 🕺🏼💃🏽 #modelagency #topmodelsonly #bahrainmodels #bahrain #dubai @erincampbelldj #changeiscoming @garyvee = #inspired #onelife #tripledown #relentless #content (at Bahrain) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn02rndBrHD/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15nct1pot3swv

Thanks to Tide Productions for the photos :)

Pictured: Stonefield  ////// Photograph by Monique Montfroy

http://www.frankie.com.au/item/6907-how-to-become-a-drummer-with-lindy-morrison-from-the-go-betweens