Be Excited about Grammar

You are going to be judged on your writing so it makes sense to perfect the technical aspect of your creativity. Lets face it, youre not going to taken seriously if you dont know how to use apostrophes (or appreciate subtle use of irony). 

I recommend Lynne Truss as a introduction to the life of a pedant. Dont worry, sorry, don't worry, people will accept you correcting their use of less and fewer after a while. Keep the faith... 

Lynne Truss quotes

PS If you can count it, use 'fewer' (like chickens or nuclear warheads) while if in it's quantity (like milk or sick) use 'less'. Juxtaposition is placing things together for effect - like 'milk and sick'.  

Get inspired! Read on.

The UEA was the first British University to offer Creative Writing - look at the list of alumni - and the breadth of writing is quite staggering. Everyone needs to read through these.
New Writing at UEA

"What should I do with this?" you ask, considering skimming through the poetry for five minutes before returning to Cwazy Cupcakes. No!

Read through the poems as you've already written one. Print off, say three. Annotate them, try to understand what the poet is saying. Print off your poem, annotate it. Try to work out what you are saying. Place them in a ring-binder in a section marked poetry.

Extension: write another poem, perhaps inspired by what you've read. If you've written an introverted verse dripping with angst (that's cool) read Sylvia Plath's Daddy
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178960

Look at this very cool Slam Poetry inspired by Daddy
Daddy - Slam Poetry