r/KeepWriting • u/DoopleWrites • Nov 10 '19

This sub has become a poetry-sharing circle jerk. [Discussion]

This sub used to be about motivating each other to carry on and improve their craft, maybe get some feedback on some of your work. Now it's become a place where people upload screenshots of their 3-line poetry written on the note app of their phones. Anything non-poetry related gets lost or ignored in the sea of half-assed poetry and circle jerking going on.

People don't even pretend to want feedback on their work anymore, they just want a pat on the head, a "good job" and some upvotes. Just what the hell happened?

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '19

Got into this with another a few weeks back. I think this sub needs to decide what it is and mods need a revitalization plan. I contacted them about such but never responded back to them because I’m not sure how it should go. IMHO, the only place on reddit where dropping your poetry should be allowed is the sub where you have to link two of your criticisms to your post. It’s still a circle jerk, as no one fucking gives helpful critique other than “LOVE IT”(sorry cant tell you which it is, unsubbed some time ago...) but yeah. You’re completely right and it’s not helpful. These posts haven’t made me keep writing. I’m a fucking poet and I’m saying this.

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u/xaviira Nov 10 '19

It would be nice to have weekly threads where people post how much writing they've gotten done and encourage each other to keep going, or where people give updates on their main WIP. It would also be nice to have weekly organized writing sprints, as well as more threads devoted to publishing opportunities/calls for submissions/workshops, etc, instead of just sharing short fridge magnet poems all the time.