Urdu Poetry Writing Tips

These days many people aspire to be the writers of Urdu poetry. Before attempting to write poetry in Urdu one must keep several tips, tricks, and recommendations in the mind. Without these one cannot be a good writer or a poet.

The first thing one must keep in mind is that writing prose or poetry in any language comes naturally to most of the writers and poets. This is one of the talents which come directly from the creative part of the mind. It should also be kept in mind that the writing of poetry in Urdu or the poetry in any other language depends highly upon the mood of the poet. It means that it is not something one can force himself or herself to if he or she is not in a mood. 

Sometimes people have a creative edge but they cannot write good Urdu poetry. They must keep in mind that having a good diction in the Urdu poetry is very necessary. So the people who have a lot of ideas but bad language, vocabulary or grammar are bound to suffer. People need to have an extremely good command on the language o write Urdu poetry. 

Other than the command on language, the poets need a constant stimulation of mind. For that purpose they must keep on reading good Urdu poetry and prose books. The books help in the flow of the ideas, stimulation of mind and in improvement of the diction.