Join the Neopoet online poetry workshop and community to improve as a writer, meet fellow poets, and showcase your work. Sign up, submit your poetry, and get started.

swamp-witch's blog

Critiquing Word Efficiency, Flow, and Content

Submitted by swamp-witch on Sat, 2018-03-10 22:21
Another from my old blog series. 
 
Of Critiquing Word Efficiency
 
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. 
 

A Collection of Essays and Advice on Critique

Submitted by swamp-witch on Sat, 2018-01-27 17:44

A collection of articles on critique and constructive criticism:

 

5 Keys to Giving Constructive Writing Critiques by Suzannah of Write it Sideways http://writeitsideways.com/5-keys-to-giving-constructive-writing-critiques/

 

Word Processors, Rhyming Dictionaries, & Thesauruses

Submitted by swamp-witch on Tue, 2018-01-02 20:01

There are many online options for some of the poet’s most basic tools, the word processor, dictionary and rhyming dictionary, and thesaurus. At Neopoet, it is highly recommended that you type your poetry in a separate word processor, then copy and paste it into Neopoet (here’s a video tutorial on how to copy and paste: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66pvfilotA originally shared with us by Weirdelf: thanks Jess!).

What Learning Resources Would You Like to See On Neopoet?

Submitted by swamp-witch on Tue, 2018-01-02 15:21
I am in the process of adding all my old educational blogs back to Neopoet and writing more. I have books of poetry and literature textbooks galore, so what poetic topics would you like to learn about?
 

Of Critiques and Developing Your Skills as a Critic

Submitted by swamp-witch on Tue, 2018-01-02 15:00
And finally, this is part three of my introduction to critique! I look forward to your feedback and will definitely be posting more on this topic in the future. 
 
 

Of Critiquing and Where to Begin

Submitted by swamp-witch on Tue, 2018-01-02 14:54
Here's part one of the series I made about critiques when I was about 18 years old!
 
 

Critiquing and Peer Editing

Submitted by swamp-witch on Tue, 2018-01-02 01:53
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. 
 
What to look for in your peer’s writing: 
 

"Good Writers are Made, not Born" by Jill Parrott

Submitted by swamp-witch on Sat, 2017-11-18 02:35

The author-god, according to mid-20th-century language theorist Roland Barthes, embodies the Romantic notion of the artist to whom brilliant epiphanies come to be written down. In fact, at times throughout history, the best authors were believed to have been chosen and directly inspired by God himself.

 

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - swamp-witch's blog
(c) Neopoet.com. No copyright is claimed by Neopoet to original member content.