tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205957.post110658755913228130..comments2024-01-09T05:47:38.046-08:00Comments on In Small Pieces: Rewrite, rewriteMonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16918009458719403138noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205957.post-1107193725164385622005-01-31T09:48:00.000-08:002005-01-31T09:48:00.000-08:00No, and you might know.No, and you might know.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16918009458719403138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205957.post-1107064989699767362005-01-29T22:03:00.000-08:002005-01-29T22:03:00.000-08:00oye,
you haven't updated poems for a while.
no rev...oye,<br />you haven't updated poems for a while.<br />no revision happening?Anandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306759189001920958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205957.post-1106716047273276342005-01-25T21:07:00.000-08:002005-01-25T21:07:00.000-08:00Hey Sashi, thanks - the most important task is of ...Hey Sashi, thanks - the most important task is of course to not let the relentlessness of daily life get you down. I hope I can count on you for the slash and burn!Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16918009458719403138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205957.post-1106681392757132272005-01-25T11:29:00.000-08:002005-01-25T11:29:00.000-08:00Apart from the necessary task of revision etc, som...Apart from the necessary task of revision etc, some other things I find useful to improve the work:<br /><br />1) Reading more poetry - I attempt to find and read one new poet a week.<br />2) Memorizing poetry - "the music of what happens" (as Seamus Heaney called it) is better heard when engraved in one's head. <br />3) Reading, or attempting to read, books on craft (forms, prosody,history,ideas to jump start writing etc) and criticisim, along with essays on related subjects (about poets, aesthetics, history etc) <br />4) Putting aside a day in the week to the exclusive task of reading and writing. <br />5) Walking around.<br />6) Updating lists of subjects I want to write about/on, but for which I don't have the words yet.<br />7) Finally getting hard hitting or what I term "slash & burn" criticism (The Chinese say, to become a master, one has to eat bitter. Also more recently there was this evocative passage in Marquez's memoir about the music he faced when he unveiled his first short story - his critic friend burnt it in an ash tray. How nice!) is always a good idea.<br /><br />Enjoy writing.<br />SashiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205957.post-1106653876651100692005-01-25T03:51:00.000-08:002005-01-25T03:51:00.000-08:00you bet.you bet.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16918009458719403138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8205957.post-1106653689802923892005-01-25T03:48:00.000-08:002005-01-25T03:48:00.000-08:00Phase two ...!Phase two ...!Ubermenschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929115834655344542noreply@blogger.com