Incandescence

Face it. We’ve all walked (clicked) away from a poem worrying that we might catch cancer if we kept reading it—so much that even our commenting runs the risk of ...

All-- Many, many articles have been written on the way you should critique a work. I am not going to do that here. Instead, I am going to give you ...

Sam-- My style for dialogue (of which I am aware you are no fan) is to not address most every phrase to any character--why? It certainly makes the action move ...

"The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is ...

Prospective Poets, Let me give you an idea of where you are and what you're up against. A picture of what's ahead, if you will. You have an interest in ...

Poets-- It seems I've seen a lot of poems posted that suffer greatly because of their line-breaks. To that end, here's a quick-study in them. These are rules of thumb ...

Centering Poems Ever wonder why they do it? Back in the old days, when poems were typed up on the old Royal manual, one didn't see too many poems centered ...

Hi guys-- It seems I find myself repeating myself - a lot - both in the classroom and on the YWS. To help avoid that, at least here, I've collected ...

I think this technique becomes slightly more complicated when you are not writing in first-person.

Hi Dream Deep, I saw this after the comments regarding your Nietzsche-based poem, and in my mind this connects that to it. So for all intents, I'll assume you want ...

Hi Jack, A nice breakdown here. Largely, I would say I fall into the Spoilsport category, with a few hit-and-miss Critiquer qualities, but that's for others to decide. It is ...

Thanks Bob! I just needed to make sure all the symbols were there.

Hi guys, This is just a test message. I am interested in seeing how many of you can open the attached document. It is the first page of my lecture ...

I think a really, really great introduction to advanced mathematics is through: * Richard Hill, Elementary Linear Algebra , which, for the most effective learning to take place, should be ...

All, Before launching into the meat of this post, I'd like to state that these are not, obviously, hard and fast rules. You will likely catch me deviating from these ...