The Guide to YWP
actually, the pessimist's guide to YWP
1: If you're new, please don't post bad poetry. We don't like it. We won't read it.
2: Don't just say you LIKE a piece. say why. We know it's good. Tell us how to make it better.
3: We really don't care what your dog ate last night. At least write a story about it, don't just POST it.
4: Don't talk about anything other than the topic, unless you're in a forum. It makes us regs pissed off.
5: If you have a specific goal for the poem, post it at the top, then we can suggest how to make it fit that.
6: We're really nice people. Please don't tell us we don't know what we're talking about.
7: GG is god. Respect him and at least TRY his suggestions. Generally, they're pretty amazing.
8: Don't have stupid competitions to make more posts. They're just that. Stupid.
9: Lists are always interesting. They introduce us to who you are.
10: We'd love for us all to be ONE BIG family. allow it. only... OUTSIDE YWP. meet in person, (in a public place) call each other, email, IM, whatever, we dont care.. JUST DON'T CLOG OUR FORUMS!
rant over. Please comply. thank you. much love.
Lili
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Ha!
Ha!
Aw, I'm looking through this, thinking guilty...guilty...guilty...
really Usagi... You just
really Usagi... You just violated the post itself. Seriously. COMPLY!
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All right, all right.
All right, all right.
I like the piece
because
um...it's a list?
Some of these have rather
Some of these have rather ambiguous definitions. Such as: What exactly constitutes "bad" poetry?
Also, sometimes conversations develop away from an original topic which end up being just as interesting. I don't know if you were kidding about this or not. Sometimes I can't tell.
hahahahahahaha Oh boy, I
hahahahahahaha
Oh boy,
I love this!
Because...
it's a great list
(which is interesting
because it introduces
us to who you
are)
Uh oh.
sorry, Parisian.
I hope I haven't violated this too much...
I like this post because:
I like this post because:
(follow the format)
...it is pretty and amazing and you can do very little to improve it and it should not be improved because of the brilliance that is PT.
Do I pass? (Love #7 by the way.)
Oh, I have a mini one to add: If you're going to be writing worthwhile pieces: take the time to use PROPER GRAMMAR (when not specifically needed for poetic licence, etc.)/spelling. PLEASE!
I am so guilty of talking
I am so guilty of talking off topic.
Yikes!
Whoa...
...I really don't know how to react to #7. I can tell you this...I was a journalist for 33 years (I still write alot) but nothing has been more fun that working with you guys these past two years. God? I doubt it. So do my kids.
And on the rest of the list, YOU ROCK! Start a movement!
And, because I'm a shameless sort, I am going to put this on the front page to make sure everyone reads it (AND I am going to resist changing #7 which makes me squirm something wicked.)
cheers
gg
oh noez.
Yes, a cult in the making!
XDDD [As the same, I keep thinking, guilty, guilty, guilty...
I love the list. =] Straightforward and to me, it makes me laugh! Which unfortunately, I haven't done much today...
Umm.... GUILTY AS CHARGED!!!
Umm.... GUILTY AS CHARGED!!! lol
Umm..... *checks format* I like this because it... umm.... really tells everyone who you are? I'm so bad at this....
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Babbit is an awkward turtle.
Oh noez!! Errrr.... This
Oh noez!! Errrr....
This guide really stands out to me because it expresses what you think, and how you feel about this site, although it's the "pessimistic guide to YWP"
I do agree with number 7. But I'm not so sure if I can connect really with number 1.
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"...All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you..."[Gandalf]
"So the lion fell in love with the lamb..."[Edward Cullen]
Wow
1: The point of this site is to make better writers. If someone posts "bad" poetry (I don't think there's such a thing) then help them to make it better.
2: Okay this one I agree with
3: WHO CARES IF I WRITE ABOUT WHAT MY DOG ATE LAST NIGHT!?, under the blog descrpition it says "A writer's notebook -- to write about your life, community and ideas, to write commentary, poetry, essays, non-fiction or fiction. " WRITE ABOUT YOUR LIFE, I don't have to tell you a story if I don't want to, I can go on for hours about how there is a red stapeler in front of me if I want, NO ONE WILL FORCE YOU TO READ IT.
4: I personally don't care what people talk about. Once again NO ONE IS FORCING YOU TO READ ANY OF IT.
5: Do that if you want to
6: People can tell me I don't what I'm talking about if they feel like it.
7: This I half agree with (he's not GOD)
8: That is stupid, don't do that
9: I agree with this too...
10: Once again, NO ONE FORCES YOU TO READ IT!, I don't care if you clog up our forums.
So if you didn't catch on, I put my thoughts about youre thoughts, and they correspond with the numbers in your list of "rules"
Sorry I kinda lost it
I was tired, and I actually agree with most of what you said, it bothers me too.
....
i actually, completely agree with what you said, agreeing and disagreeing exactly where you did. even if you did lose it, i agree with what you wrote when you were 'lost'. i think that what Parisian Twist was too antagonistic for my taste. sorry :]
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Edward: "and so the lion fell in love with the lamb.."
Bella: "what a stupid lamb"
Edward: "what a sick, masochistic lion.."
Quoted from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
PT, this, like you is
PT, this, like you is amazing, and thats why I love it; it expresses you.
Ok, I want to go through some... I have my own feelings...
4. Um, I have my own opinion. People can talk about anything, as long as its not on anyone else's piece of work thats not in the conversation...
7. This one is my favorite. It's amazing. ^_^
*gg, I can see your point, but, I mean, to us, we dont see you, and you randomly answer our prayers for things on the website. You are all knowing, all seeing, all powerful....(At least on this site) I have to admit, you kind of are like god... I can see what PT meant... *
lol. ^_^
But all things aside, I love this list!!! ^_^
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Grrrrraaaaaaaaannnnnnggggeeeee......
One thing that I did forget
One thing that I did forget to mention was... Isn't the point of the forums to have a conversation with the other writers of the site? As long as it's relatively on topic, it doesn't matter weather or not the forum becomes clogged. And number one seems a tad bit harsh to me...
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Babbit is an awkward turtle.
OK, fine-
but everyone gets different things out of this site. You don't have to read anything you don't want to.
And everyone has a different definition of "bad" poetry.
And thusly, my brief rant is concluded.
thank you.
:)