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text twist high score of the day: 40,170. word i lost on: sync, synced.
i had a conference with stuart on tuesday. i think i figured out why i've been dissatisfied with my conferences with stuart and fred lately. it used to be that i'd write poems, revise them as far as i could, then give them to fred and stuart to rip them up (which they needed badly), and then i'd fix them again. but fred and stuart haven't been ripping things up for a while. they might mention a word here or there, or that "something" in the second stanza needs work, but overall they're like, yeah, bring me more of this. and i was dissatisfied, because i wanted more info on what needed fixing, because it must need lots of fixing, right? on tuesday i had given stuart three poems that i thought were crappy only to have him say that if i'm going to give him poems like that, i should give him more to look at. our conference only lasted like 15 minutes, and part of that was talking about my thesis. he was tired too, but i got the overall impression that he thought the poems worked well. so, walking home, it occurred to me that maybe i shouldn't be dissatisfied with stuart and fred, because maybe the work isn't bad. maybe i'm writing better poems to begin with. or maybe i'm getting better at revising, or at knowing when the poems are good enough to show to other people. whatever, i'm feeling like a stronger writer now.
off to yoga.
i had a conference with stuart on tuesday. i think i figured out why i've been dissatisfied with my conferences with stuart and fred lately. it used to be that i'd write poems, revise them as far as i could, then give them to fred and stuart to rip them up (which they needed badly), and then i'd fix them again. but fred and stuart haven't been ripping things up for a while. they might mention a word here or there, or that "something" in the second stanza needs work, but overall they're like, yeah, bring me more of this. and i was dissatisfied, because i wanted more info on what needed fixing, because it must need lots of fixing, right? on tuesday i had given stuart three poems that i thought were crappy only to have him say that if i'm going to give him poems like that, i should give him more to look at. our conference only lasted like 15 minutes, and part of that was talking about my thesis. he was tired too, but i got the overall impression that he thought the poems worked well. so, walking home, it occurred to me that maybe i shouldn't be dissatisfied with stuart and fred, because maybe the work isn't bad. maybe i'm writing better poems to begin with. or maybe i'm getting better at revising, or at knowing when the poems are good enough to show to other people. whatever, i'm feeling like a stronger writer now.
off to yoga.
