From you @quillfire that is indeed a wonderful compliment. Thank you so much.
Being amidst so many creative authors at PHC is, on one hand slightly unnerving, but I choose to look at the other hand and see it as something that will allow my 'poetry muse' to revel in her true colours more often. ♥︎♥︎⚖️♥︎♥︎
"... so many creative authors" ... and that includes you. Steel sharpens steel, Ally. You throw yourself in at the deep end ... and swim.
I STUDY how the other PHC folks write. If something was funny ... what made it funny? How exactly did that writer 'turn a phrase' ... and why did it sound so 'good?' Was there a literary technique they employed that I could "borrow" (steal life a thief in the night). All it takes is one insight and the quality of your writing can jump to the next level.
The critics originally made fun of Shakespeare, calling him (amongst other things) a "multi-colored crow." Apparently, that was quite the insult back then. He had not attended Oxford or Cambridge and "they" considered him a hack, stealing the idea of writing his plays in iambic pentameter.
Well, they weren't turning up their noses for long., were they? No human being, in all of history, has ever changed a language as much as Shakespeare changed English. Indeed, you'd be hard-pressed to utter a couple of paragraphs without unwittingly utilizing something Shakespeare invented.
Shakespeare beat Nike to their motto, if not literally, then figuratively: Just Do It.
From you @quillfire that is indeed a wonderful compliment. Thank you so much.
Being amidst so many creative authors at PHC is, on one hand slightly unnerving, but I choose to look at the other hand and see it as something that will allow my 'poetry muse' to revel in her true colours more often. ♥︎♥︎⚖️♥︎♥︎
@allyinspirit,
"... so many creative authors" ... and that includes you. Steel sharpens steel, Ally. You throw yourself in at the deep end ... and swim.
I STUDY how the other PHC folks write. If something was funny ... what made it funny? How exactly did that writer 'turn a phrase' ... and why did it sound so 'good?' Was there a literary technique they employed that I could "borrow" (steal life a thief in the night). All it takes is one insight and the quality of your writing can jump to the next level.
The critics originally made fun of Shakespeare, calling him (amongst other things) a "multi-colored crow." Apparently, that was quite the insult back then. He had not attended Oxford or Cambridge and "they" considered him a hack, stealing the idea of writing his plays in iambic pentameter.
Well, they weren't turning up their noses for long., were they? No human being, in all of history, has ever changed a language as much as Shakespeare changed English. Indeed, you'd be hard-pressed to utter a couple of paragraphs without unwittingly utilizing something Shakespeare invented.
Shakespeare beat Nike to their motto, if not literally, then figuratively: Just Do It.
Quill