I'm not just looking for compliments here, really, and please don't feel like you have to say something nice.
I'm wondering if I seem to be improving as a writer at all, or getting nowhere. I have strong ideals at to doing as well as I can, and have been told I'm a perfectionist, and therefore rarely feel truly satisfied with my work.
Anyway, please tell me what you think.
Thank you very much!!
2007-10-15 03:14:48 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
Thank you so much...I don't deserve such nice people to comment on my work. Seriously, you almost make me tear up. I hope to improve more, and thank you so much for your very,very kind words. May I be worthy of them! :)
Humbled,
Singing 2 the Rain
2007-10-15 04:55:33 · update #1
Hello,
Well this is of course purely subjective, it is difficult to tell if you are getting better only because getting better happens so gradually that eventually you just notice that you have stepped up to a new plateau.
I remember your earlier work, and though I have not commented on every piece of yours I have read many of them. Your content seems to be deepening. I would read your earlier work and think that it had pretty, non-forced rhymes. It was pleasant, but it didn't make me reflect much (though admittedly I tend to favor free verse). I remember one you did recently it was untitled. First line: I knew I should not linger there. That one was excellent. The content made me reflect. The mood was good. Also, when you wrote Goodbye Algernon you stretched yourself into more free verse, and though you got mixed responses--you did a good job with it. So, yes I think you're improving but it may not always be obvious to you. This is a looking back in 5 year steps sort of thing. Just my thoughts.
Best,
Todd
2007-10-15 04:09:00 · answer #1 · answered by Todd 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what the first guy had in his craw, but I have a special word for him that starts with as and ends in shole. Now, with the amenities out of the way, let me just say that any decent poet is never satisfied with their work. We are our own worse critics. We see faults others don't see, but if we do make a mistake, we tend to keep overlooking it for the same reason we made it in the first place. We don't realize it's a mistake. Therefore it is nice to have someone knowledgeable to proof it and tell us what's wrong. And to answer your question, yes, I can see improvement in what I saw when I first started on YA. You have made great improvements, and you seem to learn from your mistakes, for the ones I see are new ones, and get fewer each time. I love your work, keep it up, they say practice makes perfect, if true we should get better some day.
2007-10-15 10:57:54 · answer #2 · answered by Dondi 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
dearest singing u r a wonderful writer...i dont even know if u r british but u seem 2 b the true british literary type of a person...even though i never much prefered modern poetry n ur poetry may b very modern u prefer rhyme but i feel u r a Romantic at heart.ur kow so much abt classical music n u use it so nicely in ur poems ur wisteria poem was such a example.modern yet romantic...'i miss u too 'is 1 of my fav...u have always written better things dear...u seem 2 b the kind of a poet who will have a name 1 day with many books published...i sincerely wish that i day i may buy ur book.u r a better writer n never write rubbish like i do...its wonderful 2 have a poet like u here at yahoo answers...there is always a strange musicality in ur work...
i wish that u keep writing better stuff...love ur writings dearest...i hope u look nice on halloween attired in oldish things...would like 2 get to know u better...
take care dearest,
:-)maryam
taking help from my memory i hope i quote it right
here is for u,one of ur fav poet who was born the same date as i.
i am going out to clean the pasture spring
i ll only stop to rake the leaves away
and wait to watch the water clear, i may
i shan't be gone long, you come too.
2007-10-15 11:03:34 · answer #3 · answered by vulcan_m 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dear singing 2 the rain, how do I say this? I guess I just blurt it out and be done with it. How do you expect to improve on perfection? I only wish I could write half as good. I love your work. Be of good cheer, for the best is yet to come, I am sure.
2007-10-15 12:04:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its kind of hard to answer this, since I haven't read any of your earlier work, but as I've stated before, I am a huge fan of your writing, and clearly so are many others, so you're doing somthing right.
2007-10-15 17:09:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love your poems and i think your getting better with time; but you always were great,keep up the nice work..
2007-10-15 11:24:31 · answer #6 · answered by Cami lives 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sorry I have not read any of your stuff but I would love to and I am sure that it's great. GOD BLESS
2007-10-15 11:09:41 · answer #7 · answered by mysteryousmtz 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
listen to your self get that nose out of the air and you may see you are just like everybody else
2007-10-15 10:19:27 · answer #8 · answered by zassass 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋