Yesterday's class of @d-pend's Steemitschool 100 Day Poetry Challenge has been the second "Critique Thursday" class. To follow is a recording of the class. It's only sound, but has been uploaded to Youtube due to it being the best available place to upload it.
This week's class had no lecture portion, so let's dive straight into the video and the notes! You can head over to the episode's Youtube page for clickable time-stamps as well.
At the 3:28 mark we go over our first poem, @liverussian's "A Secret".
15:46 brings us to the second poem, @hazem91's "I Wish I Learned".
At the 29:05 mark we reach our third poem, @pingcess's "Golden Hours".
At the 56:30 mark we get to our fourth poem, @doncapo's "Lotus".
At 1:17:45 we get to our final poem for the class, @stevenwood's "Heaven".
At 1:31:28, I once more decided to shake things up for the end of class, with asking people what they feel they get out of being critiqued. @d-pend, @carmalain7 and @acousticstevo all weighed in on this topic.
The quote read from the exchange @d-pend and I had can be found here, but here it is for your ease of reading:
For me, one of the unexpected results of receiving critique is that it causes me to care much more about a piece. When I wrote this, it felt very silly/bad/inconsequential. I actually have that feeling a lot of the time creating art. Part of that is a genuine emotion of feeling free to create, unaffected by results, etc. But, part of it seems to be a psychological defense mechanism. That I convince myself I do not care deeply, but I actually do.
Join Us! And Important Note For Next Critique Thursday Class!
Steemitschool Poetry hosts a daily lesson at UTC 5-7 PM at the Steemitschool Discord server, 5 days a week (Saturday and Sunday are off). Join the Discord server here. Thanks to Daniel @d-pend Pendergraft for organizing it!
The weekly Critique Thursday class takes place at the same time, in the same place, on Thursdays.
If you would like to get a piece critiqued, bring it over, but make sure it is under 250 words, as longer pieces take too much time. Do try to have someone go over grammatical issues before class though.
For future classes, people who wish to have a poem critiqued will have to leave a critique on another poem between Thursday 7 PM UTC after the class ends, and Wednesday Noon UTC the day before next class (7 PM UTC, April 5th, to Noon UTC, April 11th, for next class). Links to the critique left (must be in English, on a poem written in English) must be left as comments on this post, or DMed to me or Daniel on Discord, by Wednesday Noon UTC, so I could go over them before class.
(Note, poem doesn't have to be from someone participating in either the class or the challenge, nor does it have to be from the past week. No, you can't critique your own poems, and critique written before week does not count.)
Half-assed comments will not be accepted. If you've done your best, even if you are struggling, it is good enough.
I believe giving critique is incredibly helpful. Both to the person receiving the commentary, but also to the one giving it. Since we're in a school setting, I am going to push participants a bit out of their comfort zone. And if we spend time giving you critique, I think it is only appropriate you spread the love further.
You can leave editing critique, or impressionistic ("holistic") critique. You can focus on imagery, the emotions the piece invoked in you. Anything.
Also, to close this, if you appreciate the critique class, and the effort that has gone into it, and if you'd like to have more people see it, consider upvoting and resteeming this post, and other steemitschool poetry classes recorded and posted over at @steemitpoetry to both show your appreciation, and to spread the love.
Speaking of which, thanks to @liverussian, @hazem91, @pingcess, @doncapo, and @stevenwood for sharing their pieces.
Thanks to @d-pend and @carmalain7 for reading other people's poems out loud during class.
Thanks to @d-pend, @carmalain7, @acousticstevo, and @tygertyger who in particular critiqued poems in class.
And thanks to anyone else who tuned in, or has checked this post out!
Check Out the Prior Classes Here:
(Don't upvote, older posts past pay-out.)
- Week #1 - Including "lecture" portion on what critique is, its different forms, and how and why to go about it.
- Week #2 - where we speak of what you should critique, reasons to not share critique, and reasons to.
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