it will also cause the amount of poetry to decline exponentially.
well you have a valid point, what of the verse by verse critique people give with a two liner at the bottom.
many are as new to critique as they are to poetry. to make it so only the most well detailed of critiques are allowed in the serious critique forum would be to disallow budding critics a chance to spread their wings.
Back to my first comment:
at present we are too few to have restrictions on when and how you can post poetry. as the numbers get higher we will change the requirements. that eventual requirement will be, one poem a day in each section with feedback on at least one poem in the section you post in. but we haven't the numbers to sustain such a rule as of yet.
i'm not sure i agree that if you only write, you're a parasite. as of now to do such a thing is within the rules.
back to the two paragraph question. how big is a paragraph, how many words, how long must they sweat over the critique?
for now i think a serious critique is where you point out at least more than 2 or 3 faults or qualities. personally i do not want a 4chan board when every critique simply rips every poem apart. i could go through most poems and fault them more than you can imagine and do so with valid statements. that said this place will hopefully also be a place where tolerance is allowed. where people aren't damned if they don't spend a day on a critique.
as for the parasite thing...how many in depth critiques have you done and how many poems have you posted? not those few liners but real in depth crits of at least two paragraphs or more. (and i'm not having a go so don't let's be arguing about it
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this site isn't meant to be like the one you left Lawrence. it's meant to be a place for everyone. and if someone does a small crit in the serious critique forum, lets not lash them at the mast for not being the prefect critic. (all just my opinion ;d )
any one else have anything to say.
ps, i missed the (someone who is just a critic is not a poet) line.
i'd love to have two or three people here who never wrote a word of poetry but just gave honest feedback, critique. some can do good crit and be crap at poetry and some really good poets can crit to save their lives.
sorry but any good critic will be welcome here whether he posts poetry or not. (that anyone can give feedback here will never change)
well you have a valid point, what of the verse by verse critique people give with a two liner at the bottom.
many are as new to critique as they are to poetry. to make it so only the most well detailed of critiques are allowed in the serious critique forum would be to disallow budding critics a chance to spread their wings.
Back to my first comment:
at present we are too few to have restrictions on when and how you can post poetry. as the numbers get higher we will change the requirements. that eventual requirement will be, one poem a day in each section with feedback on at least one poem in the section you post in. but we haven't the numbers to sustain such a rule as of yet.
i'm not sure i agree that if you only write, you're a parasite. as of now to do such a thing is within the rules.
back to the two paragraph question. how big is a paragraph, how many words, how long must they sweat over the critique?
for now i think a serious critique is where you point out at least more than 2 or 3 faults or qualities. personally i do not want a 4chan board when every critique simply rips every poem apart. i could go through most poems and fault them more than you can imagine and do so with valid statements. that said this place will hopefully also be a place where tolerance is allowed. where people aren't damned if they don't spend a day on a critique.
as for the parasite thing...how many in depth critiques have you done and how many poems have you posted? not those few liners but real in depth crits of at least two paragraphs or more. (and i'm not having a go so don't let's be arguing about it
)this site isn't meant to be like the one you left Lawrence. it's meant to be a place for everyone. and if someone does a small crit in the serious critique forum, lets not lash them at the mast for not being the prefect critic. (all just my opinion ;d )
any one else have anything to say.
ps, i missed the (someone who is just a critic is not a poet) line.
i'd love to have two or three people here who never wrote a word of poetry but just gave honest feedback, critique. some can do good crit and be crap at poetry and some really good poets can crit to save their lives.
sorry but any good critic will be welcome here whether he posts poetry or not. (that anyone can give feedback here will never change)