Wednesday Workshop at the Conference

Posted on 08/07/2019 by Andrew Reynolds

I’m not sure when I’ll post again, but just a quick update: I’m at the writer’s conference doing a workshop on poetry.  It’s the process of taking my best poems and making them better (or proving I’m not as good as I thought).

Yesterday we had a craft talk on parataxis and hypotaxis.

Click the link to find out what that is.

Oh, if you do figure it out – let me know what the heck that is all about.

Well, got to go.  There’s a lecture on something.  And there was good news, wine will be served before tonight’s open mic readings.

Peace, love and lemon drops,

Andrew

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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22 Responses to Wednesday Workshop at the Conference

  1. Diane Henders says:
    08/27/2019 at 5:02 pm

    I learn something new every day! I’d never heard of parataxis and hypotaxis. And now that I’ve typed those two words, I’m seeing ‘para-taxis’ and ‘hypo-taxis’: The former being taxis that cruise the skies via parafoils, and the latter being taxis that cruise the subterranean tunnels below cities. (Or something like that.)

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  2. CJ Hartwell says:
    08/14/2019 at 10:44 am

    Wine would be a must before I’d read anything I’d written out loud!
    Wishing you much learning and relaxation. Hope you enjoy yourself too!

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  4. ParentingIsFunny says:
    08/10/2019 at 1:03 pm

    Wine is sure to make everyone’s poems sound better, and make it easier for everyone to read them at the open mic. Have fun!

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  5. G. J. Jolly says:
    08/10/2019 at 6:54 am

    I definitely have a strong tendency to write using the Hypotaxis method. It just comes naturally to me.

    Thanks for the vocabulary lesson. I didn’t know there was a term for the way I write. 😉

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    • Andrew Reynolds says:
      08/10/2019 at 7:14 am

      It was the first time I’d heard the term. It’s something we each do naturally. My teacher for the week noted that most of my poetry is parataxis. She also noted that the choice between the two can change the tone of a piece and like you point – most of us do that by instinct.

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  6. aginggracefullymyass says:
    08/08/2019 at 10:28 am

    Wine….? Did somebody mention wine? I’m in!

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  7. Judith says:
    08/08/2019 at 7:22 am

    Have fun!

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  8. dfolstad58 says:
    08/07/2019 at 7:20 pm

    Love the lemon drops 🐒

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  9. momshieb says:
    08/07/2019 at 5:55 pm

    good for you!!! WE have to keep learning and growing!

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  10. JoHanna Massey says:
    08/07/2019 at 5:22 pm

    Enjoy each and every moment Andrew. All my best to you.

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  11. Andrew Reynolds says:
    08/07/2019 at 5:17 pm

    It is – learning a lot this week.

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  12. Jacqui Murray says:
    08/07/2019 at 5:02 pm

    Oddly enough, this all sounds fun.

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