Details Week!
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What reason(s) do you write for?For me, writing is a portable creative outlet: I can think about a poem anytime, anywhere and I can go over my prose with just a little notebook.Channelling my ideas into paper helps me clear my head and makes me feel good.
Do you take your writing seriously?Yes, I do.
If so, when did you start taking writing seriously?I realized that I could use the extra income since I self-published my "Dangers of Poetry". I've been dedicating more time to my writing, both in English and in Portuguese. I've entered a couple of serious contests outside of deviantArt.
Where do you feel you stand as a writer?I mostly write poetry in-character, which means that I like to build each poem around a distinct point of view from a character that I create. I never worry about "finding my own voice" - I've noticed that such a thing happens naturally and, when it does, I eventually write about myself, but that is not what I try to do with my writing. I like to role-play, to walk that mile in another man's shoes and let that self-projection change what I write.
What do you feel you do well? (ie, characterisation, dialogue, imagery, etc.)I'm definitely not a specialist. Since I'm always trying different things with each poem, I need to be versatile. I'm not afraid of trying new (and sometimes stupid) things. Also, I don't do writer's block.
What do you feel you struggle with?The reason I say "I don't do writer's block" is because writing has always been a difficult process for me, I've never been un-blocked, I always need to work for it. Many times, I am amazed by how many times I need to go over a single line or phrase before it's done. In general, this means that I have a tendency to be very concise in what I write - every word counts for a lot - so, if a reader misses one little thing, my message is lost.
What do you most want to improve on?Because of my difficulty in writing long pieces of text, I feel that I need to improve on my prose (which should also help my poetry). I need to be able to weave intense action, meaningful description and believable dialog in one easy structure. Although I'm more optimistic after my last two attempts ("Pearl" and "Feedback"), it always feels too clunky to me.
Do you have any questions to ask your readers?What do you feel about this "in-character poetry" that I talked about? Do you think that you are being cheated out of a real poetic connection that you want to establish with the actual author?
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Also, don't worry about the prose. Weaving everything together comes with practice. I've found writing something then comming back to read it after a couple of months very helpful. Its easier to critique something if you've forgotten it was you that wrote it.
Good. This is the best thing you can do when it comes to writing, trying new things leads to learning, because sometimes you get things you like out of it, and others you don't.
"I feel that I need to improve on my prose"
This is a good outlook to have, too. Just, as you work on your prose, work on your poetry as well. I find that if you work on one for a while and not the other, you'll get better at the one, but you'll lose a bit of what you had with the other.
"What do you feel about this "in-character poetry" that I talked about?"
It's a good way to write for different things, though I'm not so sure it's something you'll want to go for all of the time. With some pieces, it helps to be that disconnected from the writer, but with others having the connection to the writer does help.
"Do you think that you are being cheated out of a real poetic connection that you want to establish with the actual author?"
Absolutely not. You write the way you do for your own reasons, and as such, that connection is there, regardless of how present "you" are in the poem.
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I've always thought good prose should feel rhythmic. Poets have a head start on that, I think. But don't worry if your prose feels clunky compared to your poetry. That's just how it is. But the more you work on it and try to smooth it out, the better you'll get.
Conciseness is good. It's amazing how many long winded writers there are in the world.
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Have you ever tried some flash prose? It maybe a nice way to bridge concise poetry while you try to improve your prose.
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So you start with a character and then build a poem from that? Hm... If it's not too much trouble could you explain that a little better to me (if not it's ok you dont have to). From what i understand of the whole in-character it sounds pretty cool.
A suggestion:The in-character poems sounds like a good character sketch which, if a good one is made, you can easily come up with a novel. Maybe you can try making a poetry novel or series where at first glance it looks just like a story book but if one were to read it, it would be a long story told in poetry form. idk maye you've already thought of that or it sounds too complicated or something, but it's just a suggestion.
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A recent example is that I can't really do this month's NaPo, I need at least a couple of days per poem.
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I guess that one of the greatest challenges for a writer is finding a balance between all these things.
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