Another confidence (game) of line

I've been thinking about poetic form and presentation, and how the one affects the other. Specifically, a little-discussed subtlety of stanzas: indentation, and its effect on flow. ( Esoteric prosodic neepery, with examples. )

All of which is a long way of saying pay attention to all details of your craft, including presentation. Know what the tools in your writer's kit do, and how to sharpen them. The more it's clear you know what you're doing, the more authority you project to your readers. And convincing the reader is the biggest challenge of the game.

ObLinky: Examples of far too many poetic forms.

---L.