Ady ColesThe more ideas I collect, the less blank the page feels. It’s not cheating. It’s preparation. What do you keep in your idea bank?
https://odemap.substack.com/p/harnessing-social-media-for-inspiration?r=1k24z
It’s not just you. The urge to scroll is engineered by corporations and algorithms working as one machine.
I wrote a poem about it…
If you want to write better poems, read better lyrics.
The pressure to 'get it right' on first read can stifle creativity. How would your reading change without that pressure?
The power of a poem lies not just in words but in what’s left unspoken and suggested.
I used AI to shape ‘The Ode Map’, not write it.
Planning with AI, execution by me.
Would you let AI into your brainstorming phase?
https://odemap.substack.com/p/using-ai-in-creative-writing?r=1k24z
“Kiss” is ruining my last stanza.
Trying to make it rhyme? Fit the acrostic? Convey an emotional beat?
Yes, and yes.
When do you know a word just isn’t working?
The looseness of lyrics might be a feature, not a bug. Maybe songwriting is about trusting intuition over rules.
Novel and poems are ambiguous, flawed, and open-ended. This diversity trains us in critical thought & emotional intelligence - in ways that a streamlined AI can’t mimic.
The spark of connection can come from the most ordinary places - a glance, a song, a word.
