Recent content by theromper

when i first read bukowski back in my freshman year of high school, i think i wrote something like 150 poems emulating his style. and they're bad. since then i've really evolved as a writer, and i've worked at developing my own voice. but i regard that period of blatant copying his style as very...

oh boy, i love that sentiment. don't try, DO. that advice applies very well to poetry and writing in general. i've found often when students are writing an essay they turn on some "essay voice" and that's where a lot of mistakes come from. but the best writers aren't TRYING to write, they're...