Business opportunity (or service opportunity) for poets: a workshop on crafting a bio that makes sense, is more than just a list of publications and awards, brings humanity to the poet, shows creativity while maintaining sense.
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I’ve read hundreds of poet and playwright bios over the last few months. Many of them are objectively terrible.
aug 31, 2025, 8:23 pm • 0 0 • view
I maintain that every creative person submitting work for publication should have a 50-word bio, a 75-word one, a 150-word bio, and then, if warranted, a longer one. If you don’t have lots of publications, focus on something else, like your mission, philosophy, influences (not a list of names).
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(to be fair, I subscribe to the David Lynch school of artist bios for journals/zines: “David Lynch is an Eagle Scout from Missoula, Montana.” Perfect, no notes.)
aug 31, 2025, 8:34 pm • 0 0 • view