Poetry is the one place where people can speak their original human mind. It is the outlet for people to say in public what is known in private.
Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better.
I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.