RE: @Blocktrades + @Openmic: Steem Fest Giveaway - PART 2
Lovely Vlog @raj808! I love all your ideas for a real 'Write' SMT, it's important, as I do see posts that are undervalued a lot even though a lot of hours have been put in the work. The way you talk about poems is the way I experience it with photography: a single photo without text won't be rewarded on Steem - even though I've spend 1 hour researching, 1 hour driving to the location, 1 hour finding the right spot, settings, or waiting for the perfect light, 1 hour driving back home, another hour going through the files and selecting the one to edit... Oh, and I don't even talk about the thousands of euros I spend on the gear or traveling to locations :P But still I'm expected to add a few sentences to that picture right? Like any artist in a museum also writes a text with his artworks?
Just an example of course, I actually don't (always) mind writing a few sentences, but I do believe SMT's will create a different set of rules for many artforms like photography and poetry that will get them more rewards and visibility. I'd love to see it happen sooner rather than later :-)
I already cast my vote but damn would I love to be able to cast 2 or 3 for this contest. I'd love everyone to be able to come! Money is such a burden isn't it :-( I'll cast my huge 10 cent upvote on your post :-/
See you soon!
This is so true what you are saying here and the comparison is very apt between photography and poetry! I am one of the few curie curators who submits poetry and I have got nearly all of them accepted, but this is only because I'm able to point out the obvious indicators of exceptional talent in those works as that is what I strive for myself.
This made me chuckle as it is exactly how I feel about some perceptions around poetry. There is an unfortunate (generalized) attitude that a poem is a 10-20 minute post, and some are, but high quality poetry is far from that. It usually takes me between 1-2 hours to write/research a first draft with a lot of stopping and starting to allow for thoughts/images to develop and not force it. First draft is rarely up to standard. I spend on average 4 hours I'd say editing and re-writing a poem over a few days as the feeling and understanding of where it has sprung from, subconsciously, deepens over time. Ha ha, I published a poem on steemit about 6 months ago that I had abandoned in disgust over ten years before. I saw it in my folder and re-read it, completely re-wrote it and edited it a few times and it ended up something I was proud of when before it had honestly been very sentimental & cliche. All in all around 10 hours went into creating that poem.
I've just realized that this may sound very high handed 😂, but I'm only relating these experiences as example of what I know happens on steemit to many other creative writers. I feel like WritCoin could help in rewarding through a kind of specialized curation. Sure it would be a little mad for a poem written in 5 minutes to get a $10 upvote, but one that is exceptional and took 4-5 hours or more over two days? I personally think that $10 is cheap. Same applies to other disciplines like photography which you mention.
Thanks you for this thought provoking comment @soyrosa and thank you for your support. Hopefully see you soon at SF3 :-)