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Two Cents?
In grad school my poetry professor once opened a discussion of meter and line breaks by writing these words on the blackboard:
I am dying
for a bowl of ice cream.
In comparison to …
I am dying for a bowl of ice cream.
Which line held us? Which line moved us? That was the debate.
The short answer: it depends. The discussion, though, wasn’t really about declaring one of the two a clear winner. (It was about deliberateness rather than arbitrariness.) And for that reason it’s remained one of my favorite lectures by this professor, so much so that I toddled down memory lane to muse about it this very day.
And was inspired to play around in the spirit of it. Know, however, that what I’m about to ask is done with all sincerity and seriousness:
I am dying
to know which doubts
henpeck you most:
marketing, time, money,
chutzpah, writing, voice,
self. Overall.
Comments welcome. Private
emails welcome, too.
Whether you’re currently self-employed or inching closer to your vision of solo-businesship, I would love your feedback. On the question. Not the poem that’s not really a poem. Ray Charles could see it sucks.
If you are so kind as to share your two cents, I’ll send you a chapter from my forthcoming workbook (that hopefully doesn’t feel like work) as a thank you gift.
I should stress that the chapter is forthcoming. Because the book is still a work in progress, and the progress has been less than stratospheric. Which is causing some heartburn, but has yet to prod me into seeking comfort form Häagen-Dazs. Small miracle, that.
PS: I forgot to say earlier that you needn’t worry about being snuck onto a mailing list or any ham-fisted cheesiness like that. I’ve been noodling about new service offerings and projects, and felt it right and proper to first gently query the people they would be designed to serve.