This week, we had a workshop day in which we got into a group of five students and read out loud one of our revised short short or poem to the rest of the group and got feedback and suggestion in areas to improve. We also learn why is it important to title the work we have written.
It was interesting working in a small group to read out loud our own work and see what others thought about it. It was also interesting to hear other people's styles of poetry or fiction. I struggled revising the poem I have originally wrote because I was satisfied with the original form and also because the lack of feedback on it as well. Yet with the feedback received from reading the revised papers I have a better understanding as to where people might not understand and how to better paint a picture in the reader's mind so they can see exactly what I see.
A crucial part of the artistic process I have overlooked was making sure that the work composed is understandable to the audience and be interpreted the way the author intended. I truly have missed this part with my work looking back now. I became aware of this during workshop when everyone was defending their work or hearing the opinions of our peers. It makes sense to us, the authors, because we wrote it, but once its in the hands of a stranger it might not have the power or mood the author had intended giving the piece.
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