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[the_rck]

I’ve got a couple of books of poetry from the library that I would really like to finish, but I read poetry so very, very slowly that I get frustrated and give up after no more than about fifteen minutes.

I suppose it doesn’t help that I keep stopping to note down 2-6 word phrases that I think might make good story titles. I can’t seem to stop doing that even though I’ve probably got over a hundred such snippets already in that document (it’s eight pages, so one hundred is a very low estimate). I’ve been trying to keep track of the authors and titles of the works I’m pulling from, too, which adds to the time involved. I keep stopping and thinking that I like something and then debating with myself whether I like it enough to spend the time transcribing the information.

I’ve got those bits in a Gdoc, and I know I’m never going to use all of them. I write no more than five stories in a year and that only if I don’t put in time on longer projects. If any of you are looking for title ideas and would like to look there, let me know, and I’ll give you the link. All I ask is that you tell me if you use one of them so that I can delete it. There are so many snippets there that I don’t see the point in keeping those that have been used already.

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[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

I read poetry so very, very slowly that I get frustrated and give up after no more than about fifteen minutes.

I sympathize. I feel that way about a lot of poetry, and some prose. Sometimes reading it aloud helps me maintain the flow better, so I don't get bogged down. I don't know if that would help you. (Or if you're already doing it, and that's why you're giving up after 15 minutes instead of 5.)

[the_rck]

I think that part of the problem for me is that I see kind of wallowing in language as a major feature of poetry (I'm pretty sure that this is why I don't often get on with haiku where it's as much about absence as presence).

I'll try reading out loud tomorrow. I think it will be easier without an audience, and not having Cordelia hear me will be easier than not having Scott hear me.