Itew Accepting Commissions: ysabetwordsmith

Itew Accepting Commissions

itew is currently accepting commissions for several types of writing.

One of these in particular caught my attention:

£10 short story, epillion (shortish but long narrative poem, or several poems on a theme), extended larp fic.

So far, I have written single poems, and I've written a few batches where one idea led to several related poems. I haven't tried to write a set of matching poems on purpose before. Nobody has spontaneously asked for that in a prompt, either. I could do it -- not with every topic, as the plot-concept has to support that much development -- but with a fair range of stuff. Another option would be for someone to pick a single poem that seems to have further potential, and ask for a set of poems expanding it. (This would be similar to something that has already happened: I've been asked for sequels more than once, and written them, as in "Eviction, Noticed" followed by "Home Shriek Home.") My ability to estimate length is, shall we say, erratic; but poetry has the advantage of forms. If you want a set of four villanelles, each of them will have 19 lines. A matched set of poems could be very handy for someone who wants to support the portrayal of a particular motif in literature.

What do you think? Does purposely batch-written poetry have some potential?

fayanora

December 21 2010, 22:32:58 UTC 10 years ago

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Sounds like an awesome idea!

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

December 22 2010, 07:03:00 UTC 10 years ago

I'll keep this in mind, then.

janetmiles

December 22 2010, 03:18:55 UTC 10 years ago

I think it has potential, but at the moment I can't think of -- wait, yes I can. I could see something like paired (or more) poems taking different points of view of the same subject or event, like Rashomon.

Hmm...

December 22 2010, 06:54:55 UTC 10 years ago

I hadn't thought of that, but I bet it would work. I tend toward bifocal narration in some of my fiction -- which also appears in some poems -- so a pair of poems each with a different perspective of the same event isn't much more of a stretch.

kelkyag

December 22 2010, 10:00:09 UTC 10 years ago

Particularly with the "larp or roleplaying back ground" in there, I could see wanting a set of related poems for a game plot. (In my context, especially if the could be set to music.)

December 22 2010, 17:06:54 UTC 10 years ago

I could do that, though it would probably work better on commission than in a fishbowl. I write lyric poetry as well as free verse -- ballad is a favorite form, although I've found the villanelle form to be quite singable.