Judy, you wrote -
>
>I'm curious though about this phrase: "I am endeavouring to broaden. . . ,"
>and in a wider sense I'm curious about how other people handle this
>transition. At what point does a writer decide to stop doing what they've
>been doing and do something new? Is it always so intentional? Is the
>transition generally smooth or not? Was it for you?
>
To be honest, after a book has appeared, or even before when it is finally
in the hands of the printer, then I think about what I am writing in a more
conscious way. I tend to plan ahead, and momentarily live in the allusion
of control. Even though I have a 'voice' and can use it in a range of
styles, I feel I have gone too far down that introspective road and would
like to draw back, or up, or whatever direction it is! I am presently
putting a manuscript together for presentation to a publisher early next
year, and I am pleased to see a broader range of subjects than last book.
Maybe it is the influence of the number of workshops I do - different
subjects being approached, albeit superficially, a number of times a week.
I'm also conscious that writing in the first person, and often addressing a
second person as 'You' may be the direct result of coming to poetry from
song lyrics first (all the way from 50s Tin Pan Alley songs to Gilbert &
Sullivan, then Jon Hendriks!). So, being aware of that now, I can approach
it and change it.
But I'll shut up now and let others talk.
Andrew
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