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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/08/23 by Connor Sansby) As a performer, the ability for people to discern what you are saying is vital. It’s not about volume, it’s about pronunciation, enunciation, and tone. Diction is the clarity of your words, and it’s a useful skill to develop for daily life, and it crops up
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/08/09 by Connor Sansby) As performers, the tool we use above all else is our voice. It’s something we do so naturally. However, for the beginner or the less confident, building resonance can become a point of trouble. Once proper breathing has been established, you should begin to notice your
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/09/06 by Connor Sansby) Events in the poetry world are run by Producers. What is a Producer? Anyone who arranges an event or project. I know a lot of people who don’t consider themselves Producers despite arranging events, and I know people who consider themselves Producers having never run an event.
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/09/20 by Connor Sansby) If you are going to put on a poetry night and have planned it to perfection, the next thing you need to consider is promoting it. Promoting is how you advertise a gig. There’s a hesitance amongst artists in learning how to effectively market—it seems dirty
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/10/04 by Connor Sansby) Hosting is the art of presenting your artists as well as possible. There’s a lot more going on than simply introducing the next act, and there’s a fine line between making the night as entertaining as possible for everyone and making everything about you. 1. Learn your
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/10/18 by Connor Sansby) Dealing with people may well be the most complicated part of being a Producer, but it’s also the most vital. It’s hard to change the way you behave with people, it’s much easier to have an approach from the outset or people will insist on pushing
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/11/01 by Connor Sansby) Booking a headliner can make a night, however there’s a specific way of handling them both in your communications with them beforehand and when dealing with them at the event. You don’t want to appear too informal, nor do you want to be too deferential and
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/11/15 by Connor Sansby) When putting together your writer’s CV, it can be tricky to know what counts as an accomplishment. We all use different metrics for success. It could be the number of shows you’ve done, the amount of shows you’ve headlined, or where you’ve been published. It can
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/11/29 by Connor Sansby) You’ve decided you’re definitely going to run a poetry event, but then you’re faced with a decision: What kind of event do you want to run? It seems like there’s an endless range of possibilities; different models you can use to run your event. However, events
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(First published on ThanetWriters.com on 2018/12/13 by Connor Sansby) There’s no shortage of guides on how to write. The worst are written by failed authors with a single languishing novel to their name—or sometimes even without—who are hoping to cash in on young talent searching for answers. These are the books that give the name
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