Tuesday, April 12, 2011
One workshop down..
Today I work shopped my first poem, and I have to admit, it went a lot better than I had predicted it would in my mind. Once I got over the daunting task of reading my work out loud, I felt more relaxed. I was very pleased with the critiques that everyone had. Many people liked what I had come up with, and many had similar thoughts of areas in which I can build upon and improve. The only issue that I have is as I read through all of the critiques I couldn’t help but notice that some of the contradicted each other. How am I supposed to know which way to go? Do I delete that line? Do I change the title? I suppose that I have to use my best judgment, but aside from that I am very happy with how the workshop went. I hadn’t showed that poem with anyone before this morning, and I’m just very pleased that it was so well received by most of the class.
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I kind of feel the same way. If you get a lot of critiques you want to try to use all of the advice given, but it is hard to use all of the critiques and keep the material the way you want it. I think the most important part is that you keep the poem in a way that utilizes critiques you find the most useful and at the same time keeping the poem the way you intended it to be, but finding a balance can be hard. I wouldn't fret about it too much, I mean it is just an introduction class.
ReplyDeleteI can relate to this a great deal. Alot of the feedback I got contradicted one another as well. It got to the the point where I pretty much had to make the best decisions gearing towards my poem and what I wanted for it. I used a method in which I examined all the critiques and then picked out the the most popular ones. Mainly because something obvious every picks up on in your writing,but beyond that they begin critiquing based on personal writing style and that is not personally what I want.
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