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W-F,
Stephan is right. No one is better than anyone else (except for him; we're all better than he is).
What I'd like to know is what kind of reading do you like? That's often a guide to where you want to take your writing, even when you yourself don't know. The other, is asking the question, "What do I really want to say?" Also, what other arts do you like? Drawing or painting? Playing a musical instrument? That's often a guide to our own personal bent.
Finally, I left one of the sugar-coated sites to come here precisely because it intimidates me. I want to be intimidated (also tied up...but that's another matter). That site became infested with teens who thought that every thought that popped into their head had to be posted immediately, lest its wisdom be lost from humanity forever. To keep that from happening here, we will be hard on you, and hopefully, all of you hard on me. Remember that there are few Mozarts - people who can spontaneously produce masterpieces. There are a few more Beethovens - gifted people who work like hell to produce masterpieces. There are some like us who understand that poems and other writes must be "crafted" - that is, worked and reworked with great care and effort. If you do that, I guarantee you that in a year you will look back on your writes of today, and realize how much progress you're making.
Ditto Stephan on the congrats over your new rugrat.
Alcuin
Stephan is right. No one is better than anyone else (except for him; we're all better than he is).
What I'd like to know is what kind of reading do you like? That's often a guide to where you want to take your writing, even when you yourself don't know. The other, is asking the question, "What do I really want to say?" Also, what other arts do you like? Drawing or painting? Playing a musical instrument? That's often a guide to our own personal bent.
Finally, I left one of the sugar-coated sites to come here precisely because it intimidates me. I want to be intimidated (also tied up...but that's another matter). That site became infested with teens who thought that every thought that popped into their head had to be posted immediately, lest its wisdom be lost from humanity forever. To keep that from happening here, we will be hard on you, and hopefully, all of you hard on me. Remember that there are few Mozarts - people who can spontaneously produce masterpieces. There are a few more Beethovens - gifted people who work like hell to produce masterpieces. There are some like us who understand that poems and other writes must be "crafted" - that is, worked and reworked with great care and effort. If you do that, I guarantee you that in a year you will look back on your writes of today, and realize how much progress you're making.
Ditto Stephan on the congrats over your new rugrat.
Alcuin
by Alcuin of York on May 20 2007