05-29-2012, 11:50 AM
(05-29-2012, 11:32 AM)billy Wrote: we don't rip apart in the novice forum rachelHaha, funny how I just told someone the same thing about capital's...thanks for catching that...good tips about "you, I, our and ing" words...I will keep that in mind. I am not too sure where I would add punctuation...have an example for this piece?![]()
poetry rape is only allowed in serious crit
beware of big words like heart.
only use you , my our etc when really needed otherwise it ends up like prose.
i was once told not to use so many gerunds and then a war broke out as to what a gerund was, so i think it's wiser to say, don't use so many ing ending words. and finally () if a line needs a comma, period, or any other grammar somewhere in the middle of it, use it. if you don't you make the reader go back to see if they missed something. if they didn't they'll as likely not leave the reading of it alone. if you want grammar free poetry use enjambment for pauses and remove any capped letters (caps are grammar too )
i've said enough considering we're in the novice section. hopefully some others will help out with other aspects if the see them.
thanks for the read.



