Write About Rain

 "The poet puts down the title: "Autumn Rain." He finds two or three good lines about Autumn Rain. Then things start to break down. He cannot find anything more to say about Autumn Rain so he starts making up things, he strains, he goes abstract, he starts telling us the meaning of what he has already said. The mistake he is making, of course, is that he feels obligated to go on talking about Autumn Rain, because that, he feels, is the subject. Well, it isn't the subject. You don't know what the subject is, and the moment you run out of things to say about Autumn Rain start talking about something else. In fact, it's a good idea to talk about something else before you run out of things to say about Autumn Rain." ~ Richard Hugo


Start with a clean page or a blank screen. 

Choose to write about rain. 

Begin with all the situations you have experienced. Add scents, tastes, colors.Write whatever comes to mind. Keep going as other thoughts and feelings enter.

Take a break. Look around and out the window.

Start writing again. Let words flow concerning what occurs to you. 

Avoid writing about rain. 

Notice what happens.