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Regarding Writing Posts
31/1/05 20:25[I am reposting this because many peoples' holiday goings-on were a bit crazy and I don't know how many of you saw it once it got buried under descriptions of "What I Did On My Vacation." And you really do have to put your name here on the list, because I am not telepathic and do have a bit of a swiss-cheese memory (things fall through the holes and sit for a while).]
I am in the process of trying to set up a friends group wherein anyone in the group would be able to read writings I post to that particular group.
Why is this a problem? I do not know which of you would like to be included or excluded from this list, since many of the stories, poems, and other works posted on it might at some point contain depictions of violence, sex, and bad puns.
I might also ask people on the writing friends group if they would mind critiquing a story before I sent it out to a magazine or market, and would have somewhere relatively accessible, yet not public, where I could post the story and possibly get feedback from people whose judgment on such things I trust.
I would still make public poetry and fiction posts from time to time, when I felt that the subject matter was not too intense or if I had no intention of publishing the work at that time, so those of you who might not want to be on the list won't miss out.
So, the question I put to the people on my friends list is threefold:
1.) Could you read and get something out of stories or poetry dealing with sometimes serious subject matter without having the subject matter freak you out?
2.) Could you occasionally critique something and/or have me question you in-depth about your reactions to a piece, and why?
3.) Do you have a reader's ear for good writing, an ability to dissect and explain a story's good and bad points without trying to make me feel better about my writing, and a thick skin?
If you answered "no" to questions one and two or any of the points of question three, thanks for reading this post, but you probably wouldn't want to be on the list anyway.
If you answered yes to all three questions and all the points of question three, and would genuinely like to be on the list (I'm not trying to coerce anyone--I want people who want to read my stuff and critique it!) please ( read the following. )
You have a month to decide; after that friends groups will go into effect and anyone who isn't on it can petition me via email. You can read this post again by going into my memories section and clicking on the "Writing-Critique Group" section. Thank you.
NB, 8/31/05: I am also adding this to the newly created "My LJ Policies" section.
I am in the process of trying to set up a friends group wherein anyone in the group would be able to read writings I post to that particular group.
Why is this a problem? I do not know which of you would like to be included or excluded from this list, since many of the stories, poems, and other works posted on it might at some point contain depictions of violence, sex, and bad puns.
I might also ask people on the writing friends group if they would mind critiquing a story before I sent it out to a magazine or market, and would have somewhere relatively accessible, yet not public, where I could post the story and possibly get feedback from people whose judgment on such things I trust.
I would still make public poetry and fiction posts from time to time, when I felt that the subject matter was not too intense or if I had no intention of publishing the work at that time, so those of you who might not want to be on the list won't miss out.
So, the question I put to the people on my friends list is threefold:
1.) Could you read and get something out of stories or poetry dealing with sometimes serious subject matter without having the subject matter freak you out?
2.) Could you occasionally critique something and/or have me question you in-depth about your reactions to a piece, and why?
3.) Do you have a reader's ear for good writing, an ability to dissect and explain a story's good and bad points without trying to make me feel better about my writing, and a thick skin?
If you answered "no" to questions one and two or any of the points of question three, thanks for reading this post, but you probably wouldn't want to be on the list anyway.
If you answered yes to all three questions and all the points of question three, and would genuinely like to be on the list (I'm not trying to coerce anyone--I want people who want to read my stuff and critique it!) please ( read the following. )
You have a month to decide; after that friends groups will go into effect and anyone who isn't on it can petition me via email. You can read this post again by going into my memories section and clicking on the "Writing-Critique Group" section. Thank you.
NB, 8/31/05: I am also adding this to the newly created "My LJ Policies" section.
