After the floodgates were opened for 12 hours, the entries poured over, and the results gathered, it's time to post up the finale of the
No-Bullshit critique event.
Writers were offered an opportunity to submit their work to be critiqued by two of the Literature Gallery Directors, ^
imperfect and ^
PoeticWar. When the time to submit ended, they got straight to work delving into the poetry and making their no-nonsense suggestions. The results of which have been uploaded, for your convience, to PDF form which
can be read right here.
Now, for those who have submitted, make sure to read this carefully:
The critics will NOT be responding to any objections or questions you may have involving their criticism on your piece. You are, however, encouraged to discuss the results and comment on the article. Just do not expect justification or follow-ups on your specific piece.
You should be mindful of what you take from this session. By no means is this critique meant to be taken as gospel, or everything that is said to be followed to the letter. That also does not mean you should ignore anything that doesn't please you. It's important to look at what is said and to investigate your own work and decide, for yourself, what to take away from all this.
As well, for the possibility of future critique sessions, please check out
this poll and vote to decide the fate of this particular feature.
Devious Comments
Either way,
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dAmn writers!
<~psychodrive> Dyslexia isn't an STD
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I've tried pursuing happiness. Happiness sought a restraining order.
Good job, there is a lot to be gained not just from reading our own stuff but others' and their criticism too.
another visit would have remained something I just wasn't quite happy with, but I'm sure with your help I can polish it up now.
Anyhow, thanks again James and Toni, very much appreciated.
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I thought that some of the metaphysical imagery was really particularly effective. Interesting rhythmic devices too, which seemed to counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor of the humanity of the poet's compassionate soul...
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"The world is not enough- but it's such a perfect place to start" - Garbage
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`roguewolf19 looks so Balla.
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~RavenDarkshadow Rocks My Descriptive World.
although i am curious as to whether it was toni or james who critiqued my one, although i could have a guess lol
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Don't like the truth? Then just pretend i lied...
suture's tips for the novice writer [link]
-the best place to learn how to write
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I hope this becomes a regular feature. Good stuff. I would have liked to see some more in-depth crit of some of the poems, but you guys got pretty flooded, and some of the works were quite long.
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Critiquing someone's prose or poetry is an awesome thing to do.
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