[Stylist] Critiquing method

[Jacobson, Shawn D]

You're welcome.  Any time.

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Shawn,
Me too, definitely.
thanks for your input.

Jacqueline Williams

Clarity is just questioning having eaten its fill.
     Jenny Xie


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Jackie

That is my problem with a lot of poetry.  It is more comprehensible to the poet than it is to me.

I hope the poems I write are accessible.

Shawn

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Brigit,
thanks for the information. My critique group is in a senior center, and I bring both poetry and other writings to it.
Though none are poets, they give me helpful feedback on whether the poem is accessible. I,, personally, do not like to have to hear a poem six times to try to make sense of it, so I listen carefully to their common sense comments. the difference is I sometimes precede the reading with some comments. I will try not to do that anymore. It definitely makes sense.

Jacqueline Williams

Clarity is just questioning having eaten its fill.
     Jenny Xie

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Jackie,

Yes, this is standard for poetry as well. Again, it helps the writer better understand what is working and what is not. In workshops, it's rare for prose and poetry to be mixed. So, poets workshop with other poets, and prose writers workshop with other prose writers. Public writing groups you find in your community will have a mix of prose and poetry. And if you've ever participated in a writing retreat, there will be a mix. But actual workshops do not mix, or it's rare.

I will say, in my experience, at the end of a workshop, the writer is given time to provide any insight and ask follow-up questions. And this is how I run workshops too.

Bridgit


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