[Stylist] Critiquing method

[Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter]

Which is the point of writing workshops and why the writer listens to feedback, grin.

Bridgit

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Subject: Re: [Stylist] Critiquing method

I don't know about the rest of you, but I read for enjoyment. Unless I'm reading a manual or something that has the intent of teaching me something, I don't want have to work to interpret something. There are many ways to say what you mean and mean what you say without forcing a reader to see something you intentionally hid maybe so well that only you, and those who know you, can see it. 

Barbara Hammel

> On Nov 20, 2019, at 14:30, Jackie via Stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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> Subject: Re: [Stylist] Critiquing method
> 
> 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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