02-24-2012, 09:24 PM
Usually, I read other's critiques after critiquing--not always. I don't like to be influenced. I want the writer to get my fresh opinion. If I read the other comments first I'm worried that something might come across to me there that may not be coming across in the poem, which would make my comments less helpful to the writer.
If I'm totally not connecting with the poem though I may read the other critiques first though usually I don't comment.
If I'm totally not connecting with the poem though I may read the other critiques first though usually I don't comment.
The secret of poetry is cruelty.--Jon Anderson