09-13-2013, 05:21 AM
[quote='Leanne' pid='139209' dateline='1379015750']
I'm not sure where the document on critique and feedback ended up, but here are two excerpts from it that might be worth adding to this thread:
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The speaker/voice of the writing is not always that of the author, even if it uses an I. Don’t assume that anything written in the first person is always autobiographical (this can cause offence). Avoid giving “life advice” in a critique, unless it’s part of your interpretation of the poem.
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Thank you for the above quote! Many got their panties in a twist (and they were all men) over my Mardi Gras poem's voice that I had to put in my signature: The poem is not the poet.
I'm not sure where the document on critique and feedback ended up, but here are two excerpts from it that might be worth adding to this thread:
[quote]
The speaker/voice of the writing is not always that of the author, even if it uses an I. Don’t assume that anything written in the first person is always autobiographical (this can cause offence). Avoid giving “life advice” in a critique, unless it’s part of your interpretation of the poem.
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Thank you for the above quote! Many got their panties in a twist (and they were all men) over my Mardi Gras poem's voice that I had to put in my signature: The poem is not the poet.
My new watercolor: 'Nightmare After Christmas'/Chris