Yeah, I've been honing my craft the last two years on steem, as well as before then. But steem is the most consistent I've been since I left uni in 2007.
I know I'm a bit heavy on the imagery sometimes, which is partly my style/voice, but I'm slowly find the balance between tighter prose and my poetic side coming through. I've gotta be honest I write poetry in much more of a flow... but no one ever made any money from poetry 🤣😂 well, not until after they were dead in most cases.
Thats the thing, you don't ever want to stray too far from the imagery. The tightness is good to work on but you gotta keep it the way you are. Some of my favourite authors are imagery daft but also tight. Its a good balance to get.
Isn't Steemit actually first class for encouraging us all to write!
tightness is good to work on but you gotta keep it the way you are.
I hear you, and I agree. They call it 'voice' in creative writing circles, I suppose it's a good description. It's definitely a balancing act tempering what it is that gives the writing that uniqueness with tightening up plot and structure.
Isn't Steemit actually first class for encouraging us all to write!
Yeah man, I agree 100%. My background is actually that I completed a degree in creative writing in 2007... bloody useless for getting a job 🤣 but I don't regret it. I had every intention to get down to writing novels after uni but clinical depression coupled with bad writers block did a double headed dildo arse fuck on me. I was literally useless as a writer for years, apart from the odd poem.
My first 8 months on steem was a really powerful time for me as I'd not written daily like that for nearly a decade. And once the creativity started flowing again it was like a catalyst which ground the depression away. Add into that the writing groups I was a part of, peer review and proofreading that we all offered each other and I honestly credit steem for my rediscovery of that passion for writing.
Lol, I'm getting all teary eyed here... but in all seriousness your right. Steem is first class for encouraging people in their creative outlets 🙂🍻
P.s. I seem to remember reading in your last post that you had to go to a book signing, when you consulted wifey on the free beer session. So I'm guessing you're a writer outside of steem as well. I do make some of my living writing outside of steem, but what's awesome about here is that you're never under anyone's thumb so to speak. It's always your choice what you write on steem. That's another gr8 thing about this place.
Cheers m8.
Yeah, I've been honing my craft the last two years on steem, as well as before then. But steem is the most consistent I've been since I left uni in 2007.
I know I'm a bit heavy on the imagery sometimes, which is partly my style/voice, but I'm slowly find the balance between tighter prose and my poetic side coming through. I've gotta be honest I write poetry in much more of a flow... but no one ever made any money from poetry 🤣😂 well, not until after they were dead in most cases.
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Thats the thing, you don't ever want to stray too far from the imagery. The tightness is good to work on but you gotta keep it the way you are. Some of my favourite authors are imagery daft but also tight. Its a good balance to get.
Isn't Steemit actually first class for encouraging us all to write!
I hear you, and I agree. They call it 'voice' in creative writing circles, I suppose it's a good description. It's definitely a balancing act tempering what it is that gives the writing that uniqueness with tightening up plot and structure.
Yeah man, I agree 100%. My background is actually that I completed a degree in creative writing in 2007... bloody useless for getting a job 🤣 but I don't regret it. I had every intention to get down to writing novels after uni but clinical depression coupled with bad writers block did a double headed dildo arse fuck on me. I was literally useless as a writer for years, apart from the odd poem.
My first 8 months on steem was a really powerful time for me as I'd not written daily like that for nearly a decade. And once the creativity started flowing again it was like a catalyst which ground the depression away. Add into that the writing groups I was a part of, peer review and proofreading that we all offered each other and I honestly credit steem for my rediscovery of that passion for writing.
Lol, I'm getting all teary eyed here... but in all seriousness your right. Steem is first class for encouraging people in their creative outlets 🙂🍻
P.s. I seem to remember reading in your last post that you had to go to a book signing, when you consulted wifey on the free beer session. So I'm guessing you're a writer outside of steem as well. I do make some of my living writing outside of steem, but what's awesome about here is that you're never under anyone's thumb so to speak. It's always your choice what you write on steem. That's another gr8 thing about this place.