07-10-2016, 02:32 PM
Let's keep it civil in here, shall we?
Lizzie, to answer your question about the difference between a workshop and what we do here in the critique forums: why, no real difference at all. Some people seem to labour under the misapprehension that this is only a place to post finished works, or only your best works, or that only perfection will be accepted. On the contrary -- "critique" is just a convenient word because for some people, "workshopping" seems to imply too much hard work. This is above all a poetry community, a place where people who share an interest can also share ideas and knowledge. We don't have to like one another (in fact, there are some people on here who I'm pretty sure I would downright loathe in real life) but it would be nice to imagine that we can put aside personal differences and defensiveness and try to be as objective as possible.
Lizzie, to answer your question about the difference between a workshop and what we do here in the critique forums: why, no real difference at all. Some people seem to labour under the misapprehension that this is only a place to post finished works, or only your best works, or that only perfection will be accepted. On the contrary -- "critique" is just a convenient word because for some people, "workshopping" seems to imply too much hard work. This is above all a poetry community, a place where people who share an interest can also share ideas and knowledge. We don't have to like one another (in fact, there are some people on here who I'm pretty sure I would downright loathe in real life) but it would be nice to imagine that we can put aside personal differences and defensiveness and try to be as objective as possible.
It could be worse