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Originally Posted by Melanie Wright
I'm with Don Paterson on the advantages of writing in form: I also find that [the] subconscious can operate a lot more freely if I throw the left side of my brain some indigestible intellectual doggy-chew to shut it up and prevent it from interrupting.
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That's a fantastic quote. Sums up my view to a T.
For what it's worth, when I sit down to write, I generally DO think about how whatever ideas I have are going to fit in the form. Putting urge and inspiration aside, I find writing a formal poem roughly akin to solving a crossword puzzle: there are many words one CAN put in the various places, but there's generally just one "right" word per place.