Comps spam

[icepixie]

Slowly, slowly comes the Paradise Lost. I'm breaking it up with various pieces by Alexander Pope, who is slightly more readable, and sort of funny. In a way. My Chickering translation of Beowulf came today, so I may start that soon. Or I might do Blake. Decisions, decisions. Speaking of which...

By, let's say, September 26th, since that's the date printed on my nice yellow sheet of paper, I have to turn in a proposal for the written part of my comps (my college's senior exercise, for anyone who's new around these parts). Since I've taken the intro courses in both poetry and fiction, I can get myself a creative writing emphasis on my English degree. That presumably means that I need to decide to do one or the other for comps. However, I have NO IDEA which I want to do. Write a 9-12-page story or 9-12 pages of poems?

Fiction or poetry, fiction or poetry, fiction or poetry, fiction or poetry, fiction or poetry, fiction or poetry, fiction or poetry, fiction or--

SOMEBODY MAKE UP MY MIND FOR ME!!!

(Also? Submissions for Advanced Fiction are due in October. CRAP CRAP CRAP.)

Comments

[vallentine.livejournal.com]

For me I say fiction, mainly because I'm not the biggest fan of poetry. However, I know from reading both your poetry and your prose that you are an absolutely amazing writer in both forms. Your prose can be pretty quirky, which I think is fab but Kenyon profs may feel a little different depending. I've not met anyone though who hasn't been wowed by your poetry.

I'm not sure this is helping at all. I think after having written that all down I'd have to go with poetry.

And I really should sit down to work on my comps stuff. Ahh procrastination...

[icepixie]

However, I know from reading both your poetry and your prose that you are an absolutely amazing writer in both forms. Your prose can be pretty quirky, which I think is fab but Kenyon profs may feel a little different depending. I've not met anyone though who hasn't been wowed by your poetry.

Wow. Thank you.

I think Brkic likes my quirky stuff, but you're probably right about the rest of the English department. *sigh* Although I got an A from her and a B+ in Poetry, so who knows?

I'm not sure this is helping at all. I think after having written that all down I'd have to go with poetry.

Another vote for poetry, then. This really is helping, actually. Thanks.

And I really should sit down to work on my comps stuff. Ahh procrastination...

Procrastination is a good thing. Until it bites you in the ass on April 1st. (Can you believe they chose that date for comps? Oy.)

[rowdycamels.livejournal.com]

I've not met anyone though who hasn't been wowed by your poetry.

I totally forgot to mention this earlier, but ditto. Your fiction is good, but your poetry is beautiful. Go with poetry.

[icepixie]

You're awesome. Thanks.