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| Brianna
Valued Member Username: shkethtmnymkrhorsey Post Number: 153 Registered: 12-2007 |
Ok so here's my problem. I starting to really second guess myself in my writing lately. So much so that I'm afraid to post poems on here for fear of being told that I'm not good enough for here. And also because well nobody likes to get critiqued but I just feel like maybe I'm losing my potential at writing ((if I ever had any)) and I feel like I'm wasting your time and someone's gonna get mad at me because of that. Any advice. Has anyone ever gone through something like this. Your help would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. This world will never be...what I expected...and if I don't belong...who would've guessed it......even if I say...It'll be alrighhhht..still I hear you say..the words to end your lifeeee.. <<Never to late by Three Days Grace ...I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh as that was! My very heart leaped with delight at the sound. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne | ||
| Gary Blankenship
Moderator Username: garydawg Post Number: 23075 Registered: 07-2001 |
Bri, a lot of what you hear is a matter of taste. Some is what we have learned over time while others have learned other things they consider more important. And some is because some critters (grin) have a goal of finding something that might help make the poem soar or perhaps tweak a thought in the poet. Regardless, you are the poet and have final say in what is used and what isn't. In addition, you are young and have elected to work in a house with many experienced, professional poets. However, there are those here of an advanced age who have not been doing this thing we do for long at all - perhaps no longer than you - or if they have, have been at it without the help a forum such as this can provide... Please keep at it, and some day when you win honors and awards and great prizes, we can say we knew you then, and maybe even brag - I suggested a line break or a small change in word... Smiles. Gary Celebrate Walt with Gary: http://www.poetrykit.org/pkl/tw10/tw4conte.htm | ||
| Brianna
Valued Member Username: shkethtmnymkrhorsey Post Number: 156 Registered: 12-2007 |
Thank you so much Gary. I can honestly say that those words were very helpful and touching and they definitely helped. ((By the way I think that would make a very good poem(hint hint).)) Lol. Thanks so much Gary. This world will never be...what I expected...and if I don't belong...who would've guessed it......even if I say...It'll be alrighhhht..still I hear you say..the words to end your lifeeee.. <<Never to late by Three Days Grace ...I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh as that was! My very heart leaped with delight at the sound. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne | ||
| Brianna
Valued Member Username: shkethtmnymkrhorsey Post Number: 157 Registered: 12-2007 |
O I can also honestly say that I am going to work my butt off so I can be famous one day and you can get that honor to say that you knew me wayyy back then **big grin** haha lol This world will never be...what I expected...and if I don't belong...who would've guessed it......even if I say...It'll be alrighhhht..still I hear you say..the words to end your lifeeee.. <<Never to late by Three Days Grace ...I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh as that was! My very heart leaped with delight at the sound. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne | ||
| Jane Røken
Advanced Member Username: magpie Post Number: 1195 Registered: 03-2007 |
Brianna, please don't lose heart. I'm sure most of us, probably every one of us, have felt exactly like that at some point. And still do, occasionally. And that's Da Truth. We all wonder sometimes where our writing potential is hiding right now, or whether it has ever been, or if it's any use at all..... Nobody is 'not good enough' around here. And you can be one thousand percent sure that your poems are being read, and enjoyed, by a helluva lot more people than just those who take the time to comment. I agree with Gary. Keep at it. Most of us do. And most of us get gradually better at feeling confident about it. But I still believe that even the very 'best' poets among us second-guess themselves now and then. It's a fact of life. Poetry is a fact of life. You are a fact of life. All the best - Jane | ||
| Brianna
Valued Member Username: shkethtmnymkrhorsey Post Number: 159 Registered: 12-2007 |
Thank you so much Jane. It is truly wonderful to have such experienced writers here to help me with my poetry. I don't know how far I'd ever come without you guys here and only my 7th grade best friend to help me. ((She writes poetry too)) This world will never be...what I expected...and if I don't belong...who would've guessed it......even if I say...It'll be alrighhhht..still I hear you say..the words to end your lifeeee.. <<Never to late by Three Days Grace ...I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh as that was! My very heart leaped with delight at the sound. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne | ||
| Judy Thompson
Intermediate Member Username: judyt54 Post Number: 979 Registered: 11-2007 |
Jane is right. "not good enough" doesn't even exist here. As Gary said, you are very young, and have a ways to go. no one in here, even the oldest of us, started out writing at the level we're at now. It doesn't 'just happen' in a week or a month, and sometimes it takes years and years to get to a point where you really really LIKE what comes off the end of that pen. The best way to get better is to read poetry, and write it. dont try to be poetic, just write. I used to hate revision, those were MY WORDS there, and they were perfect. yep. Then I started thinking about it, and realized that changing this made that better, and taking this line out sort of smoothed the bumps out, and somebody said, hey I LIKE what you did here, and now I love revision, and being critiqued. It shows me where the rough spots are, and sometimes gives me ideas of how to fix them. None of it, Brianna, is set in cement. Just because we say it, doesnt mean you have to do it. Just think about it. | ||
| Fred Longworth
Senior Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 3594 Registered: 05-2006 |
Brianna, Something needs to be said about subject matter. There are numerous topics which a teenager can likely write about better than an older person. Examples: (1) the sorry state of America's middle and high-schools; (2) the enormous amount of $$$ spent by corporations which appeals to teenage vanity and urges them to buy, buy, buy, buy; (3) the concern teenagers have about kids coming to school with Daddy's guns and going on a shooting rampage; (4) admiration for contemporary music groups; (5) the desire to have that "first car". Unfortunately, many young woman appear on poetry sites like this one, and their first ten poems focus on the following themes: (1) my boyfriend -- boo-hoo (2) my boyfriend -- boo-hoo (3) my boyfriend -- boo-hoo (4) my boyfriend -- boo-hoo (5) my boyfriend -- boo-hoo (6) my boyfriend -- boo-hoo (7) my boyfriend -- boo-hoo (8) my boyfriend -- boo-hoo (9) my boyfriend -- boo-hoo (10) my boyfriend -- boo-hoo * * * * * In my estimation, you are a sharp young gal. Post more poems. We're eager to read them. Fred Unofficial Forum Pariah recent victim of alien abduction | ||
| Ron. Lavalette
Intermediate Member Username: dellfarmer Post Number: 823 Registered: 05-2007 |
Brianna: I've been writing since the beginning of time, and have been pretty lucky to have a few things published but, still, here's my problem: Ok so here's my problem. I starting to really second guess myself in my writing lately. So much so that I'm afraid to post poems on here for fear of being told that I'm not good enough for here. And also because well nobody likes to get critiqued but I just feel like maybe I'm losing my potential at writing ((if I ever had any)) and I feel like I'm wasting your time and someone's gonna get mad at me because of that. Any advice. Has anyone ever gone through something like this. Shut up and write something --Ron. Eggs Over Tokyo | ||
| Brianna
Valued Member Username: shkethtmnymkrhorsey Post Number: 161 Registered: 12-2007 |
Thank you guys so much. You've been a huge help.  O annnnnnnd.... HAPPY EESTER EVERYONE!!!!!!!This world will never be...what I expected...and if I don't belong...who would've guessed it......even if I say...It'll be alrighhhht..still I hear you say..the words to end your lifeeee.. <<Never to late by Three Days Grace ...I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh as that was! My very heart leaped with delight at the sound. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne |
