Sunday, October 30, 2011

Difficulties in Revising

It's hard for me to put the revision principles into practice. I find them to all be useful and honestly the improvements made on poems that we've reviewed makes a world of difference. For me though, I struggle to revisit the feeling I had when writing muse work and build upon it. It definitely leads somewhere different entirely. It can seem as if I am trying too hard to improve upon what was written before. And I find myself going so far down a road that is leading me no where creatively. I think I find most of my issues result from the fact that I write more comfortably in prose than poetry. I feel as if I'm not creating work that is worth reading or revising. I will continue to work on my revision and writing skills because I do not think it is impossible for me to find a way to make this work and create some poetry of worth.
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  1. Sara CrudoOctober 31, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    I agree with you 100%. I cannot revisit the feeling either. I get into a zone at the time but as I re-read the poems the zone does not come back. The only thing I am doing, is rearranging words, taking some out and putting better words in. This works for the most part, but when I read it after the revision, it feels like a totally different poem. I am not sure if i am doing it right.

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  2. colleenNovember 1, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    I Completely agree with the both of you! Some times I feel like my best work is when I'm in the moment and it is whatever comes to my mind first. When I start to revise..its like I'm over thinking it way too much and then whatever I wanted for the poem to be be originally gets lost in the mish mosh. The one thing that I deffinitely get and use is cutting the fat, because I feel like often the first draft of something can be pretty redundant when you take another look. Ugh this process is deffinitely a complex one.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 2, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    I also agree with you. This is something that I still struggle with, but I've learned to cope. The majority of the time, when I'm doing muse work, I listen to music, and for each poem I write down what song I listened to. Each song gives me a specific feeling, and when it comes time for me to revisit that poem, I listen to the music and it helps me A LOT with getting that feeling back. Maybe give it a try? I know that everyone works differently.

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