tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338748757092553597.post3625619113003765446..comments2023-10-20T04:24:40.601-06:00Comments on 9 to 5 Poet: Weekly Word Count, Feb 5-Feb 11Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09701158085304753313noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338748757092553597.post-7604775761886172632007-02-13T14:39:00.000-06:002007-02-13T14:39:00.000-06:00I always like to say that "writing my novel comple...I always like to say that "writing my novel completely dehumanized me" and I exaggerate, but on some level, I felt it was true. Because in comparison, poetry elevates me.<BR/><BR/>Ps: plot is sorta important...not in prose poetry though, which is this week's PT idea!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04561786891662799199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338748757092553597.post-29792815690746097062007-02-12T18:43:00.000-06:002007-02-12T18:43:00.000-06:00PWADJ -- I've had a similar experience with my old...PWADJ -- I've had a similar experience with my old writer's group. Except I only got 60 pages into my novel, and then I realized it had no plot. They all encouraged me and assured me that's okay, but I think a plot's kind of a big thing in fiction. Or so I heard.<BR/><BR/>Now that I'm posting on PT, I find that I'm much more connected to poetry again. Doesn't it feel different to write poetry than fiction? For me, it just feels right, like it's home for me. Fiction always felt a little forced. (Maybe it was because I was forcing myself to write it. Hmmmm...)Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09701158085304753313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338748757092553597.post-10918738227565085872007-02-12T12:05:00.000-06:002007-02-12T12:05:00.000-06:00I had a writing group (of just one other person, b...I had a writing group (of just one other person, but just the same) which was fiction-based as well and I actually managed to get a nice draft of a novel out of it! I had been craving poetry though: it is my home base, my familiar, my true love, and so when I started my new blog (at teh same time as I started a new job adn my "writing group" was no more) I joined PT and am really happy to be getting more poetry again. I've managed to put a manuscript together too - it feels very good to be back in poetry's grip. <BR/><BR/>You keep on keepin' on there 9 to 5er!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04561786891662799199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338748757092553597.post-23218867891359242552007-02-12T11:37:00.000-06:002007-02-12T11:37:00.000-06:00Thanks for stopping by O seasnain! I'll have to b...Thanks for stopping by O seasnain! <BR/><BR/>I'll have to be honest, my numbers are a little fudged. I give myself 500 words credit for each poem, and 100 words for a haiku, and these are all first drafts. (I draft many times.) <BR/><BR/>My feeling is that poetry is more difficult than fiction, so even though I may have written 100 words in a longer poem, it is comparable to 500 in fiction. Still 2 poems a week rocks compared to my typical 0. :)<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the encouragement!Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09701158085304753313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4338748757092553597.post-82984539192252151322007-02-11T21:44:00.000-06:002007-02-11T21:44:00.000-06:00Hi. I found your site through Poetry Thursday. C...Hi. I found your site through Poetry Thursday. Congratulations! Those are some numbers for completed works. I'll have to stop by again.Ó Seasnáinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17856337719297402048noreply@blogger.com