Can I post This Here?/Topic Request Line

[aeriedraconia.livejournal.com]

If you want to promote your community ask me about it here rather than just posting your info.
Note: Do not join writers_loft just to pimp your comm, it's impolite and I will most likely delete those posts.

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Do any of you have any requests for topic subjects to discuss?

On the creative side of things.
I have several character and world building posts planned out already but do you have specific areas you'd like focus on? Other things on the creative side?

The nuts and bolts of writing.
How about things to do with plot, structure, dialogue, setting, scene, conflict and etc.?

After the first draft is done then what?
Revision, rewrites and editing, proofreading, spellchecking, grammar, punctuation, beta readers and critiques.

The business end of the writing gig.
The query process, agent search, publishing, after the sale is made, getting paid, royalties, copyrights, can you make a living as a author, should you quit your day job?

Something else?
If you can describe what you want to discuss in more detail than just 'plot or grammar' it would be a help and if you say, 'everything', I'll fly over and eat you messily and with loud crunchings so do try to be a little more specific. ;-)

Comments

[demonlord-lover.livejournal.com]

I enjoy seeing different thought processes on how others deal with writing or come up with characters. The only addition I would like to see is perhaps more interactive posts, where people can openly discuss the threads. I like to comment, but when someone says a concrete, "Here it is" there isn't much room for discussion. I learn by doing, by discussing and delving into the process. As a person, I also just like feeling a connection to others who love/enjoy writing as much as I do.

[demonlord-lover.livejournal.com]

You might be surprised at how touchy some authors can get if you start 'discussing' their stories. Questions can lead to them assuming you think something is wrong with their story, or that you,the questioner, think you know the story better or could write it better.

Hearing about story ideas are great. I just think that it is potentially fraught with peril to venture comments upon them without personally understanding said author's opnions on accepting questions.

[demonlord-lover.livejournal.com]

Oh, not about general discussions. But some of the prompts involve sharing their original works/characters. If you were to venture a question, it could get sticky about that.

EX.

Author writes:

My character PharphenLogaloo an alien who loves to eat phlegm, a delicacy on his homeworld.

I say:

Hmm... Interesting. How do you pronounce the name? And is that phlegm, like we know phlegm, or is it something different?

Author Response:

It's Phar-fen-lug-a-loo and what do you mean? Of course it's on his planet? Do you think I'd have him eat phlegm??!!!


Silliness aside, that's the best example I could come up with right now. Sometimes it gets a heck of a lot uglier than that on some of the writing forums I've been on.

[captlychee.livejournal.com]

I'll admit to a certain curiosity about 'head-hopping'. What is head-hopping?

At the moment I'm curious about what software people use? Is there anyone out there still pounding out wordage on a typewriter?

Later I'll ask more coherent questions, probably about characterisation, since that is the area I just don't 'get'.

[captlychee.livejournal.com]

My apologies for taking so long to reply. The Internet broke.

Yes. I'm curious about what people use as it's always good to find the best, easiest or most comfortable software.

I also use Word, having moved from WordPerfect when Win98 came out and Word suddenly got better.

I also regret to say that I'm criminally guilty of head-hopping. This is something I would like to learn how not to do, and at the moment first person narration is the only cure I have.

[aeriedraconia.livejournal.com]

There will be some fact type posts here, things like the MS submission info that are "Here it is" type posts (can't get around that) but those posts are still open for questions and comments and even corrections. Adding additional info, asking questions or just putting your two cents in can start discussions even in those posts.

One of the reasons I started writing in the first place was because I couldn't find what I felt like reading, it just wasn't out there. So, I started to write what I wanted to read. If you feel like discussing something, expanding an idea or exploring a side thread, go ahead and make a post of your own like you've done already. That's what this community is here for and it will definitely be more interesting with the additional voices and minds offering a variety of experiences and viewpoints.