Tag: criticism
group name: criticscorner
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November 21, 2006 10:00 PM EST --
All righty then -- now that I have your attention, what I'd really like, if you're interested, is your vote as to which opening works better for the first chapter of a novel I am reworking. . . . more
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May 08, 2006 08:33 AM EDT --
You've put your all into a poem, essay, story, image, or novel. It is your child, a piece of you. It is a third or thirtieth draft, something you've really worked over, and now you are putting . . . more
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July 03, 2006 11:53 PM EDT --
Introduction to Poststructural Preemptive Self-Nihilism On Gather
~ Will Evans
Audio: Laurie Anderson "Language Is A Virus"
"The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the . . . more
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February 14, 2008 02:22 PM EST --
I've accepted the opportunity to post the discussion topic on Pat Bertram's Group No Whine, Just Champagne for Thursday, the 21st, and the subject will be in regard to criticism, constructive . . . more
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January 21, 2007 10:14 AM EST --
Giving thoughtful, constructive criticism has got to be one of the hardest, scariest pieces of the communication puzzle, at least in the American cultural milieu.
If and when we ever do . . . more
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October 04, 2006 08:56 PM EDT --
"One may give up the desire to control sound, clear his mind of music, and set about discovering means to let sounds be themselves rather than vehicles for man-made theories or expressions of human . . . more
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July 14, 2007 08:42 PM EDT --
The first, and best served rule, is not to post anything as a new member. Even if you are an established member of the community posting under a new name to get more honest feedback: Don't. . . . more
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February 15, 2007 12:37 AM EST --
Ray by Barry Hannah.
There are certain rites of passage every young writer must go through. In this case I am not sure why it took me so long. The novel is quite fragmented and is narrated in both first . . . more
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June 14, 2007 12:12 PM EDT --
He took a last long drag on his cigarette, and coughed. Awakened from his short reverie, he found a miniscule nub attached to the filter. He flicked the cigarette off his middle finger into . . . more
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May 16, 2006 05:30 PM EDT --
(Note: I wrote this in 20 minutes completely off the top of my head at a recent workshop -- curious about people's reactions).
"She was determined to have no explanation for most of her life." . . . more
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June 28, 2006 05:46 AM EDT --
"I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naïve or innocent, who . . . more
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October 14, 2007 12:44 PM EDT --
None of this is my fault.
FOXNEWS is calling it “The Payday Massacre”, like I'm some kind of gangster killer. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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December 11, 2007 11:06 PM EST --
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Rockets launched in sync
Tracking private zenith's
Panorama of heaven’s whole
Each share an equally coveted canvas
Intransigent . . . more
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December 15, 2007 03:31 PM EST --
This is a revised edition of my last poem, Afraid. I'm not trying to deceive anyone, but after revising I thought better of the title, and so a new publication. Thank you to everyone . . . more
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November 12, 2007 11:40 AM EST --
Religion in America is in steep decline, and I know why. Simply gaze upon any church built after 1950, and you will know why too. Modern churches are ugly as sin, and so too is modern religion. . . . more
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June 02, 2007 10:26 PM EDT --
LIMA BEANS AND BARBIE DOLLS
Lima Bean was my first stuffed toy, a present from my Don Pedro when he returned from México. . . . more
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November 09, 2007 09:31 AM EST --
Welcome to Friday's Gather Essentials: Writing . I'll be featuring any type of post today , but encourage you to think about criticism and critique .
The great composer Robert . . . more
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February 11, 2008 12:02 AM EST --
My brother is looking for a house. A month ago, he handed me a picture of a beautifully restored Victorian for $850,000. He teased "Should I buy it?"
It was the house we grew up . . . more
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February 18, 2008 08:12 AM EST --
On bitter cold days like we have had this last week, the world locks up and shuts down. Nothing moves that does not have to move and what does move, complains about it. Even the mercury at . . . more
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October 21, 2007 09:09 AM EDT --
Critique Welcome
Wearing full camouflage: jacket, pants and cap, did little good. Merle was still detectable crossing the kitchen. Behind him, a trail of waffled . . . more
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