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<blockquote data-quote="orcbane" data-source="post: 3127784" data-attributes="member: 46336"><p>I'd say any piece of writing has potential value, it depends on why it was written.</p><p>I think value can be appraised by whether or not people will enjoy reading it. The number of people that enjoy it doesn't matter. If 1 person enjoys the read, then it could be considered worthwhile, unless your goal was much broader. A writ can also have value to the writer, for varying purposes. Take this example of some of my older poems (said Emo Poetry):</p><p></p><p>spirits crossing my unbroken desire</p><p>flameless and amok through my pains</p><p>it etches it's uncold hands into my heart</p><p>and now all my soul is a talisman to stone</p><p></p><p>pixies and fairydust dance around my vision</p><p>all broken and dismantled through my selfish will</p><p>through frolicks and flowers the dead lay awake</p><p>and now all my soul is a talisman to stone</p><p></p><p>all my shattered glass and broken eyes</p><p>they drip so gentle off the pale blue night</p><p>through trials, through error, i've come to fail</p><p>and now all my soul is a talisman to stone</p><p></p><p>"rejoice and lie!" sings my rhythmic throb</p><p>so hollow and nauseous are the words he writes</p><p>unspeakable truth is betrayed out loud</p><p>and now all my soul is a talisman to stone</p><p></p><p>through blood and through darkness, i am alive</p><p>what did that darkness cost me?</p><p>how many drops? how many cuts? i lay awake undreaming</p><p>and now all my soul is a talisman to stone</p><p></p><p>Ok, that's a freekin EMO-Losery poem if I've ever read one, and I don't consider it to be even slightly good. But it was a stepping stone. That poem was a great step up from my even earlier works, and signified the culmination of my experience at writing up to that point. I then progressed beyond this (and thankfully out of my emo phase) and now write better pieces. This poem has great personal value to me, because its a time capsule that shows where I once was. I can compare it to my more recent poems, and I can appreciate that is was an improvement in itself. Does that make it a good poem? No. But it is valuable to me.</p><p></p><p>I think there is such a thing as bad writing, but even bad writing has its value (See Plan 9 From Outer Space by Ed Wood)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orcbane, post: 3127784, member: 46336"] I'd say any piece of writing has potential value, it depends on why it was written. I think value can be appraised by whether or not people will enjoy reading it. The number of people that enjoy it doesn't matter. If 1 person enjoys the read, then it could be considered worthwhile, unless your goal was much broader. A writ can also have value to the writer, for varying purposes. Take this example of some of my older poems (said Emo Poetry): spirits crossing my unbroken desire flameless and amok through my pains it etches it's uncold hands into my heart and now all my soul is a talisman to stone pixies and fairydust dance around my vision all broken and dismantled through my selfish will through frolicks and flowers the dead lay awake and now all my soul is a talisman to stone all my shattered glass and broken eyes they drip so gentle off the pale blue night through trials, through error, i've come to fail and now all my soul is a talisman to stone "rejoice and lie!" sings my rhythmic throb so hollow and nauseous are the words he writes unspeakable truth is betrayed out loud and now all my soul is a talisman to stone through blood and through darkness, i am alive what did that darkness cost me? how many drops? how many cuts? i lay awake undreaming and now all my soul is a talisman to stone Ok, that's a freekin EMO-Losery poem if I've ever read one, and I don't consider it to be even slightly good. But it was a stepping stone. That poem was a great step up from my even earlier works, and signified the culmination of my experience at writing up to that point. I then progressed beyond this (and thankfully out of my emo phase) and now write better pieces. This poem has great personal value to me, because its a time capsule that shows where I once was. I can compare it to my more recent poems, and I can appreciate that is was an improvement in itself. Does that make it a good poem? No. But it is valuable to me. I think there is such a thing as bad writing, but even bad writing has its value (See Plan 9 From Outer Space by Ed Wood) [/QUOTE]
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