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silvernium is one of my favourite poets because of the economy of their words in every poem and, also, the unexpectedness of every poem, not to mention the absolutely gorgeous language (which really goes without saying). Every poem that I read by silvernium is new and brilliant - and then there are some projects by silvernium which are constantly updated and which really always make my day when I can see the new additions and the entire piece changing as a whole.
A Flower
"underneath cypress trees
we can believe
pyramid builders used stars
to map something there"
One of my many favourites - this poem combines pyramids and flowers in a quiet and lovely manner, as well as other motifs (such as cypress trees) that by listing here, seem unconnected, but really flow in the poem, almost to the point of being insensible, but not.
365 vignettes project
"(16)
I lost my country when I sat on the line of east and west. I lost my name when I understood we are the same. I found myself reflected in yourself. "
This is one of those projects I was talking about and it is so absolutely fantastic. Every piece - and up till now, there have been fifty-eight - is startlingly new, different, but every piece is evocative and so incredibly poetic, and if you take a step back, the entire work is just something gorgeous and fascinating.
No Horizon
"fuck it
said sea
said sky"
A short and simply fun piece on indifference that's brilliant and full of tone.
lost friends
"as if we could stop time
and sit talking"
This, though, is probably my favourite (at the moment, anyway - there's so much to choose from that it changes every day) by silvernium. It's so minimal, and so wistful, and such a lovely image.
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silvernium.Featured CRITIQUES
on Nymph Kidney by DailyBreadCafe
"I feel like you may have glossed over a few key scenes that could have been expanded. In doing that, it may taken us deeper into your story, and make us think more, and feel more. The areas I thought could potentially be expanded were when you skimmed through the paragraph about entering her teens..."
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on Sonnet, of Phantasy. by picaroinfinity
"Your metaphor is solid and well-conceived, but hyperbolic love sonnets have been done over and over again. So there is really no innovation here. The use of the invariable be is unnecessary and may make you come off as pretentious or lofty. Also, line 13 is syntactically awkward. These mistakes are minor and your poem as a whole is excellent..."
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Featured RESOURCES
Interested in publishing? You really have to check this out - thanks to beeswingblue for posting a journal about it! - it's a blog with mini interviews from editors of literary journals who talk about what they're looking for in submissions and there are so many of them here. There're some really useful tips and tricks hiding in here.
A really excellently laid out guide with more resources and examples for how to world-build for your stories. This was done for Project Educate's Story Planning Week, and may I suggest you look through that entire gallery for resources on planning, characters, length, and more!
Worldbuilding: Environments and Social StructuresAre you ready to build a world? Good!
The Magic Gateway, by jerry8448. This is what we want to do with worldbuilding.
Worldbuilding is a complex process, because it is essentially creating the base of a different reality from our own. An author must pull together all the elements of a 'world', and capture that in text. This applies in any genre of writing. Even non-fiction has aspects of worldbuilding because it has setting and world details the same as fiction. In any genre, if the world is flat, the story will be flat and one of the best ways to build a fictional world is to know about one's own. Stories and readers both require an interesting and engaging place to go to, and our world, as well as any imagined one, can provide this! Because our world is the base of most human experiences, it is a great place to understand for both personal and writing reasons. If the author understands the set
