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My cousin told me to use a ruler for straight lines in my weekly spread
She said it would save time, but it just made everything look cramped and messy. Has anyone else found that skipping straight lines makes their layouts feel more natural?
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robert_smith3628d ago
Totally get that, rulers can make things feel way too stiff and forced.
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butler.abby28d ago
My last poetry workshop had this one guy who brought in a poem with a strict rhyme scheme and meter, and it just felt so stiff reading it out loud. Like he was more worried about fitting the pattern than actually saying anything real. It's hard to connect with something when you can tell the writer was fighting the rules the whole time. I've been there myself, trying to force a sonnet or something and ending up with lines that make no sense. Sometimes you just gotta let the words breathe and see what comes out naturally.
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