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quiet reminders's avatar

Very thorough. Thank you very much. Helps a lot

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G. K. Allum's avatar

Amazing thanks

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A Collection of Coincidences's avatar

Thank you for being so honest about your journey. I learned quite a bit from your post. Much appreciated.

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G. K. Allum's avatar

I'm glad it helped you in some small way.

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Treading Water's avatar

Thank you for sharing that information

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Wild and windswept's avatar

Thanks for sharing your experiences, and good luck with your new venture!

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G. K. Allum's avatar

I will keep you updated, it’s a long journey

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A.C. SALT's avatar

Thank you for being so open and honest.

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A. Arvids Gales's avatar

Apologies, for book/child/work not growing in number but as my next door neighbour in Kelowna said, “Shit happens.” 20 years ago he was the same age i am now, 73.

If you find/have trusted people, who will or are competent in constructive criticism/analysis, get them to explain why. Like the difference between irony and sarcasm (irony implies but recognizes an obvious statement as not exactly correct; sarcasm reaches out to hurt another), constructive criticism/analysis implies faults in any work but shows how to improve (still can be hard on ego, develop a thick skin) criticism without rules or knowledge will hurt you, goes out to hurt you, to throw you off ever writing again for easing the critic’s own inadequacy.

Yes, am promoting self, but in your case, may you learn from this link entitled, What is poetry? It applies to all written work to all the arts.https://substack.com/home/post/p-159802113?source=queue

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