Writing :: I am not from your country

There’s also the issue of poetry in fantasy novels. Or, rather, the lack of poetry in fantasy novels. Good poetry is hard to write. Bad poetry is very easy to write. The problem is that many people write Very Bad Poetry Indeed, and because it was hard for them to write, they assume it must be Good Poetry.

This assumption is wrong, but you can’t tell poets (even self-proclaimed poets) that their poetry is bad. They’ll say you don’t understand them.

Being misunderstood is one of the burdens of being a poet, you see.

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Categories: Prose, NaNoWriMo 2006