First Novel
This is a nonet about writing one's first novel.27 total reviews
Comment from LoveLifeKnight
or is it actually a nonnet about reviewing / uncovering ones first novel? i really enjoyed reading this poem and can definitely relate to the potential shame or heaviness of past writings. however this is a poem you can be proud of
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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or is it actually a nonnet about reviewing / uncovering ones first novel? i really enjoyed reading this poem and can definitely relate to the potential shame or heaviness of past writings. however this is a poem you can be proud of
Comment Written 08-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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Thank you so much for your review and comments. Indeed you are right about the "heaviness of spirit" we often feel about past writings. RodG
Comment from angelmagnet
Clever. Writing something that is sure to ring the bell of truth with everyone on this site. Many of us writing for years and stashing the stories for reasons that may be forgotten by now.
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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Clever. Writing something that is sure to ring the bell of truth with everyone on this site. Many of us writing for years and stashing the stories for reasons that may be forgotten by now.
Comment Written 08-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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Thank you for reading and reviewing this. Indeed I am not sure now why I did write that first novel, but it does bring back fond memories. RodG
Comment from donaldww
This is super! A nonet about a novel. I'm sure it is quite enlightening to have written a novel, put it away, and then read it a few years later.
You may just uncover a masterpiece!
Cheers
DW
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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This is super! A nonet about a novel. I'm sure it is quite enlightening to have written a novel, put it away, and then read it a few years later.
You may just uncover a masterpiece!
Cheers
DW
Comment Written 08-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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Thank you, donaldww, for your wonderful encouragement and review. I tell myself it COULD be better than I think it is, but a masterpiece? No, that's unlikely. RodG
Comment from words
A well crafted nonet.
The subject matter is sad.
THe use of "crap" and "now" suggest a both sadness and bitterness on the speaker's part. Well done.
Hugs, d
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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A well crafted nonet.
The subject matter is sad.
THe use of "crap" and "now" suggest a both sadness and bitterness on the speaker's part. Well done.
Hugs, d
Comment Written 08-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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Thank you so much, Hugs, for reading this and your encouraging comments. Yes, there is much bitterness now because of the 17 years I spent writing it. I think it's my best novel (I've written four others), but sadly no one else agrees. RodG
Comment from wade coaltrain
This is great! I mean who on this site could not relate to what you have said here. You have really touched the heart of literally every single person that is on this website with this short little ditto. And that is what its all about. Nice job my friend.
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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This is great! I mean who on this site could not relate to what you have said here. You have really touched the heart of literally every single person that is on this website with this short little ditto. And that is what its all about. Nice job my friend.
Comment Written 08-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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I am so pleased you can relate to this short poem. Yes, there must be many others, like me, who wonder what they should do with that first unpublished novel that took so long to write. RodG
Comment from adewpearl
I say drawer in one syllable to rhyme with door/more - I assume you are pronouncing it in two syllables to make the 9 count in your first line
excellent alliteration in your first line
good syllable count and structure for the nonet
good alliteration in save or scrap
and good rhyme in scrap and crap
What a sad poem about a novel manuscript that its writer seems to have given up on Brooke
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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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I say drawer in one syllable to rhyme with door/more - I assume you are pronouncing it in two syllables to make the 9 count in your first line
excellent alliteration in your first line
good syllable count and structure for the nonet
good alliteration in save or scrap
and good rhyme in scrap and crap
What a sad poem about a novel manuscript that its writer seems to have given up on Brooke
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Comment Written 08-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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Thank you, Brooke, for your thoughtful, incisive review. Yes, it is a sad situation because no one in my family has read it and now it just sits there. RodG
P.S. I grew up in Nevada where they do pronounce "drawer" with two syllables.
Comment from Gungalo
An awesome Nonet Rod and one that you can be sure of the ending. After all, you know the ending to this one better than we do. LOL.
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reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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An awesome Nonet Rod and one that you can be sure of the ending. After all, you know the ending to this one better than we do. LOL.
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Comment Written 08-Apr-2013
reply by the author on 08-Apr-2013
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Thank you, Gungalo, for your continued support and encouragement. I am not sure what the ending will be for my "first baby" which took 17 long years to compose. RodG
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It'll come to you.