11-19-2012, 08:55 AM
[quote='TwistedAngel' pid='106376' dateline='1353235969']
the sentiment of this is cool an posting is scary enough but critiquing is even scarier an is a skill in its own right
most of us newbies come along an think yeah i'll post wot i got....but then you see this place for wot it is..O M G !!!!
you right it aint a pat on the back site, it is a place to actually improve you writing skills...even the 'poetry exercises' have words that i have never heard in me life before 'meter' 'refraints' etc etc
This for me sums up why some poeple (myself included) dont comment on some great pieces, but a simple, I like this.....because, is easy and required if you want to engage with the pigs. From what I see the powers that be, do an excellent job of keeping abreast of all comers, new and old, making sure we are involved and supported I started writing poetry 6 Months ago and have recently joined PPP and for me my contract was very clear, in that I am expected to read and reply to other posts and post my own, I see this as a privelage and even though my feedback is mostly shite with limited crits, I am learning. I totally get someone who just wants to join and read poems without posting, when they dont post themselves. But if you do post and only comment on your own posts, then stop it and fullfill your contract we all deserve it.
You can only get so far up your own arse before all you see is your own shit. TOMH
the sentiment of this is cool an posting is scary enough but critiquing is even scarier an is a skill in its own right
most of us newbies come along an think yeah i'll post wot i got....but then you see this place for wot it is..O M G !!!!
you right it aint a pat on the back site, it is a place to actually improve you writing skills...even the 'poetry exercises' have words that i have never heard in me life before 'meter' 'refraints' etc etc
This for me sums up why some poeple (myself included) dont comment on some great pieces, but a simple, I like this.....because, is easy and required if you want to engage with the pigs. From what I see the powers that be, do an excellent job of keeping abreast of all comers, new and old, making sure we are involved and supported I started writing poetry 6 Months ago and have recently joined PPP and for me my contract was very clear, in that I am expected to read and reply to other posts and post my own, I see this as a privelage and even though my feedback is mostly shite with limited crits, I am learning. I totally get someone who just wants to join and read poems without posting, when they dont post themselves. But if you do post and only comment on your own posts, then stop it and fullfill your contract we all deserve it.
You can only get so far up your own arse before all you see is your own shit. TOMH