RE: Poetry Editing 101: Session Four – Avoid Cliches Like the Plague or I Shall Smite Thee with the Poxe
Quite useful advice! Clichés are indeed bad. Whenever I pick up a poetry collection and see a cliché, I lose hope not just in the poem but in the main collection. Other rules that we tend to think we need to follow are rhyming - which is from it.
One of the biggest praises I have received regarding my poetry is by people saying that they do not usually read poetry, but they understood mine. Especially on platforms like steemit, you do not want a small cult to read your work, but preferably, anyone that reads it will understand.
As for the question for next post:
I have seen some people experiment with indentation in pretty unique ways. Do you have a general opinion on indentations - if they are helpful, distracting, or depends on a case-to-case bases?
Thanks for reading. Yes, I think the audience on Steemit seem quite open to poetry; best to make it as polished as we can.
Thanks for the question. It's an important one!
And it's also great to see a lot of steemians who never wrote poetry, doing so for the first time! These sessions are definitely crucial to learn from.