03-28-2012, 03:12 AM
Yes, it does seem confusing, but there's a simple answer:
The titles of the forums needed to be shortened to fit properly.
The actual title of "Poems For Serious Critique", for instance, is:
"Narrowly Defined and Preferably 19th to 20th Century Formatted
Poems For Grammatical, Very Literal, and Non-metaphorical Critique".
Hope that clears it up.
-rh2
P.S. These worship services can sometimes involve a holy relic
called "toupik" or "toothpick" or some such. There exists a tiny
legion of subalterns who've sworn a blood oath to protect it.
Any comments not in homage to its saint are deemed heretical.
P.P.S. Yes, I know, I'm having WAY too much fun being snarky.
Sorry, just couldn't help it.
And hell, let me go on record as saying that I really do respect the intent of 'workshop' type
critique methods even though they're not my cup of tea. There
are many ways to work at/with/around writing and it/they certainly
is/are one/ones of them.
As Margaret Atwood famously said:
"Workshopping is like trying to find god by going to church:
It's a lot easier than the desert and the results are usually the same."
a brightly colored fungus that grows in bark inclusions