I'm gathering up the courage to start again in 2025.
The thing is, I have all these scattered ideas and what do I focus on?
Do I want to:
- write poems of praise and poems of lament and post them as video (because publishing them in print puts them out of the running for prizes and other trad publications)?
I'm gathering up the courage to start again in 2025.
The thing is, I have all these scattered ideas and what do I focus on?
Do I want to:
- write poems of praise and poems of lament and post them as video (because publishing them in print puts them out of the running for prizes and other trad publications)?
- share my poetry expertise? (how rhythm works, for example, or metaphor)? Teach online classes if there is enough interest?
- ask people to sponsor me to write a poem? (And what boundaries do I put in place for that?)
- share what I'm reading (I want to focus on contemporary Christian poets, but I also want to seek out diverse poets in this area ...), maybe even interview some of these poets?
Or do I just do all of the above? In a sustainable manner - e.g. once a fortnight?
Thanks for this prompt, Substack Team, at least I've started writing SOMETHING down!
I'm gathering up the courage to start again in 2025.
The thing is, I have all these scattered ideas and what do I focus on?
Do I want to:
- write poems of praise and poems of lament and post them as video (because publishing them in print puts them out of the running for prizes and other trad publications)?
- share my poetry expertise? (how rhythm works, for example, or metaphor)? Teach online classes if there is enough interest?
- ask people to sponsor me to write a poem? (And what boundaries do I put in place for that?)
- share what I'm reading (I want to focus on contemporary Christian poets, but I also want to seek out diverse poets in this area ...), maybe even interview some of these poets?
Or do I just do all of the above? In a sustainable manner - e.g. once a fortnight?
Thanks for this prompt, Substack Team, at least I've started writing SOMETHING down!