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The Elder of Vicksburg's avatar

Please pull all of these insights into a book - it would be the "strunk and white" of our times. You are quite seriously one of if not THE best stylist of your generation.

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Chris Carstens's avatar

I’m not sure this applies to poetry. Actually, I’m afraid it probably does -- it it doesn’t start to chug down the rails on its own after five good tries, the engine pushing this train is probably conceit and not inspiration. Beauty is about craft, goodness is about your intention as a writer but truth is the real hardass. You can’t fake it and you can’t fool it, and well crafted falsehood is the worst kind of dangerous.

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