01-07-2015, 06:26 AM
I'm afraid I'm not putting my hand up. It's nothing personal -- I've just done it so many times before, know how time consuming it is and find that I have no time to spare for it.
Additionally, I find it remarkably under-appreciated. As an editor, I would be paid around $150 an hour for doing what we do here for free and still so many people complain that we're not giving them enough, or that we're not giving them what they want (i.e. sugar coating and a nice ego stroke). We provide them with a multitude of excellent examples of classic and contemporary poetry, yet they whine about being forced to read and comment in the workshops.
I know that's not you, Bunx. You've been pretty decent
But it's still rather frustrating that assisting people to improve in poetry is viewed by so many as something simple, that we owe them in some way simply because they've allowed us the privilege of reading their ill-conceived and monumentally cliched piles of crap poems.
Additionally, I find it remarkably under-appreciated. As an editor, I would be paid around $150 an hour for doing what we do here for free and still so many people complain that we're not giving them enough, or that we're not giving them what they want (i.e. sugar coating and a nice ego stroke). We provide them with a multitude of excellent examples of classic and contemporary poetry, yet they whine about being forced to read and comment in the workshops.
I know that's not you, Bunx. You've been pretty decent
But it's still rather frustrating that assisting people to improve in poetry is viewed by so many as something simple, that we owe them in some way simply because they've allowed us the privilege of reading their ill-conceived and monumentally cliched piles of crap poems.
It could be worse