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How to view a poem's evolution through the revisions tab

Submitted by neopoet on Sat, 2018-01-27 07:50
Category: 
Navigating & using Neopoet

Weirdelf describes in detail the utility of the "revisions" tab, which allows you to track a poem's evolution on Neopoet. Transparency into the editing process is a helpful aid to learning.

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The "Edit" and "Revisions" tabs

Honest Critique

Submitted by swamp-witch on Fri, 2023-03-31 09:30
Category: 
General writing advice

Excellent suggestions for giving substantive feedback by Geezer

https://www.neopoet.com/forum/24941

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Honest critique...

Critiquing Word Efficiency, Flow, and Content

Submitted by weirdelf on Sun, 2018-03-11 08:27
Category: 
General writing advice

Critiquing Word Efficiency, Flow, and Content
Unlike prose (a short story, novella, novel, etc.), poetry has a more limited range of space. Poetry is not composed of complete sentences in paragraphs, and so, even epic poetry is limited by how long a line or stanza can be. With that in mind, a poet’s aim is to tell a story or paint a picture for their readers within those confinements. Using words wisely will help the poet to convey their message...

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Critiquing Word Efficiency, Flow, and Content

Backup your Works

Submitted by weirdelf on Wed, 2018-03-07 10:38
Category: 
Navigating & using Neopoet

Anyone, can download their own complete works on Neopoet at
https://www.neopoet.com/faq/answer/how-do-i-download-my-work-neopoet
Do this as a backup, we take all care Neopoet is not archival site and we do not guarantee the safety of works posted here.

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Download your Complete Works

Neopoet Formatting Explained

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 07:36
Category: 
Navigating & using Neopoet

Absolutely a must read!
Kelsey explains how there is so much more you can do and how to do it with Neopoet formatting.

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Neopoet Formatting Explained (Re-Posted)

Efficiency and Extravagance

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 07:34
Category: 
Literary devices

Kelsey's wonderfully accessible and erudite piece helps us juggle minimalism and realism, Neoclassicism and Romanticism in times of Post-modernism.

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Efficiency and Extravagance

Further Reading on Poetry (A Resource Compilation)

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 07:28
Category: 
General writing advice

Wow! Kelsey shares so much great stuff here on poets, poetry, tips, hints and advice.

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Further Reading on Poetry (A Resource Compilation)

Kelsey on Pinterest

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 07:24
Category: 
General writing advice

Kelsey shares heaps of great resources, quotes and tips at
https://www.pinterest.com.au/strangescholar/poetry-and-artistic-inspirat...
go!
now!

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Another Poetry Resource

Responding to Poetry like Students

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 07:20
Category: 
General writing advice

Using the chapter "Responding to Student Writing" from "Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom" by John C. Bean Kelsey shows how a lot of the advice can apply to Neopoet, if we change the nouns from "teachers" and "students" to "writers" and "readers".

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Responding to Poetry like Students

Ideas for How to Phrase Constructive Comments

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 07:16
Category: 
General writing advice

Kelsey gives some great ideas for ways to phrase constructive comments for those times when a reader just doesn't know what to say about a poem.

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Ideas for How to Phrase Constructive Comments

Image in Poetry

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 07:11
Category: 
Literary devices

Kelsey shares two excellent articles on Image in Poetry and Brainstorming & Planning

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Image in Poetry

Poetry Writing For Beginners

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 07:03
Category: 
General writing advice

Kelsey shares a collection of resources for beginning poetry including:

Generating Ideas Using the Senses.
Poetry 101. Resources for Beginners.
Classical Writing. Poetry for Beginners.
Poetry Tips.
Poetry Writing Exercise.
Writing Metaphors.
Poetry Techniques in 30 Minutes.
How to Edit Poems in a Workshop.
Poetry and Peer Editing.
Poetry Workshop Questions.

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Poetry Writing For Beginners

"The Poet's Revisions"

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 06:55
Category: 
General writing advice

Kelsey gives helpful advice and hints on a poets revisions based on a excerpt from XJ Kennedy's "Introduction to Poetry"

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"The Poet's Revisions" from XJ Kennedy's Introduction to Poetry, 1966.

Critiquing and Peer Editing

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 06:50
Category: 
General writing advice

Kelsey writes on 'whether you are critiquing poetry or fiction in a creative writing course, or peer editing argumentative essays for your college composition class, there are some universal ideas (in my opinion) that will help you make the most of the critiquing experience...'

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Critiquing and Peer Editing

Of Critiques and Developing Your Skills as a Critic

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 06:46
Category: 
General writing advice

Part 3 of Kelsey's 3 part series on Critiquing, Suggestions and Editing

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Of Critiques and Developing Your Skills as a Critic

Of Critiques and Using Suggestions for Editing

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 06:44
Category: 
General writing advice

Part 2 of Kelsey's 3 part series on Critiquing, Suggestions and Editing

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Of Critiques and Using Suggestions for Editing

Of Critiquing and Where to Begin

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 06:29
Category: 
General writing advice

Part 1 of Kelsey's 3 part series on Critiquing, Suggestions and Editing

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Of Critiquing and Where to Begin

Word Processors, Rhyming Dictionaries, & Thesauruses

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 06:25
Category: 
General writing advice

by swamp-witch

There are many online options for some of the poet’s most basic tools, the word processor, dictionary and rhyming dictionary, and thesaurus... this article helps you find, evaluate and use them.

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Word Processors, Rhyming Dictionaries, & Thesauruses

A Collection of Essays and Advice on Critique

Submitted by weirdelf on Tue, 2018-03-06 06:14
Category: 
General writing advice

Kelsey (swamp-witch) has a curated a collection of 9 articles on critique, constructive criticism and analysis:

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A Collection of Essays and Advice on Critique

Poetry Forms O - Z

Submitted by swamp-witch on Mon, 2018-02-05 00:14
Category: 
Poetic forms

The second half of IanT's compilation of poetic forms and their descriptions in alphabetical order.

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Poetry Forms O - Z. Pantoum added

Poetry Forms A - N

Submitted by swamp-witch on Mon, 2018-02-05 00:13
Category: 
Poetic forms

A compilation of poetic forms in alphabetical order, including descriptions of the forms, provided by IanT.

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Poetry Forms A - N. For reference

How to Join Contests and Workshops

Submitted by swamp-witch on Fri, 2018-02-02 13:07
Category: 
Navigating & using Neopoet

Instructions on joining workshops or contests and how to submit poetry to either.

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How to Join Contests and Workshops
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