12-20-2016, 07:22 AM
Write it as you say it. Meter is just your back beat, the rhythm holding the words together -- and the words are meant to be said out loud.
A good rule of thumb is that if you can't sing it, it's not metric. (Of course, sometimes you CAN sing it and it's not metric, but if you can't then it definitely isn't. See how that makes sense?
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Tap it out on the desk (I still do sometimes and I've been doing this for a squidzillion years). Get the meter fixed in your head FIRST and then say your lines to see if they fit. It will come to you, but it might not happen quickly. Most likely you'll try and try and swear you'll never get it until one day, hey! I totally hear it!
Or you'll die trying.
A good rule of thumb is that if you can't sing it, it's not metric. (Of course, sometimes you CAN sing it and it's not metric, but if you can't then it definitely isn't. See how that makes sense?
)Tap it out on the desk (I still do sometimes and I've been doing this for a squidzillion years). Get the meter fixed in your head FIRST and then say your lines to see if they fit. It will come to you, but it might not happen quickly. Most likely you'll try and try and swear you'll never get it until one day, hey! I totally hear it!
Or you'll die trying.
It could be worse