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A community for writers, like poems, fiction, non-fiction, short stories, long books, all those sorts of things, to discuss writing approaches and what's new in the writing world, and to help each other with writing.
Rules for now:
1. Try to be constructive and nice. When discussing approaches or giving feedback to excerpts, please try to be constructive and to maintain a positive vibe. For example, don't just vaguely say something is bad but try to list and explain downsides, and if you can, also find some upsides. However, this is not to say that you need to pretend you liked something or that you need to hide or embellish what you disliked.
2. Mention own work for purpose and not mainly for promo: Feel free to post asking for feedback on excerpts or worldbuilding advice, but please don't make posts purely for self promo like a released book. If you offer professional services like editing, this is not the community to openly advertise them either. (Mentioning your occupation on the side is okay.) Don't link your excerpts via your website when asking for advice, but e.g. Google Docs or similar is okay. Don't post entire manuscripts, focus on more manageable excerpts for people to give feedback on.
3. What happens in feedback or critique requests posts stays in these posts: Basically, if you encounter someone you gave feedback to on their work in their post, try not to quote and argue against them based on their concrete writing elsewhere in other discussions unless invited. (As an example, if they discuss why they generally enjoy outlining novels, don't quote their excerpts to them to try to prove why their outlining is bad for them as a singled out person.) This is so that people aren't afraid to post things for critique.
4. All writing approaches are valid. If someone prefers outlining over pantsing for example, it's okay to discuss up- and downsides but don't tell someone that their approach is somehow objectively worse. All approaches are on some level subjective anyway.
5. Solarpunk rules still apply. The general rules of solarpunk of course still apply.
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CW: tarot talk is enclosed in {{..}} moustaches, if you'd rather skip over that kind of woo. I honestly don't blame you. :p
I still haven't really hit my stride, this year, although I'm at least out of the deep rutt of doing nothing which is a huge relief. I continue to have some success with pantsing. And also, inspired by chatting with another member of this club, I've drafted a list of "rules" for the fanfic/bromance/short story I'm working on.
While I don't have it as bad as some people I know, I believe I haven't been immune to the dampening effect of the late Winter months. Maybe I already mentioned this, but {{February was my Moon month of my year spread, which is like kind of a major major arcana for creative weirdos who like playing with superstition (but not really--don't worry), but it sure didn't feel like a numinous/weird/creative/magical month, so}} while I was hoping to really lean into the Winter to get my creativity popping off, it's actually just been OK. I think I've got to stop blaming the seasons, the weather, {{and cards}} for my spirits haha, and just... I dunno, either accept it, or try to do something about it. Maybe both??
For next month I'm going to try to write 1000 words. It might not sound like a lot, but it's more than I got done in February, so I'd be happy if I landed anywhere near this target!
At least spring is around the corner. Hopefully a little sunshine will help with the winter weirds & you'll hit your goal this month.
Also fun you do tarot. I think its a very useful tool for introspection and I do think there is some deep truth to the cards :)
:) yes! I'm very excited for the spring breezes already hinting at their arrival amid the winter briskness.
I was about to make the same mistake, mentioning I'm in a rutt, but checked the Webster at the last minute. Rut is spelled with a single t.
I'm only mentioning it because it's fortuitous that we both reached for the same expression and both thought it was spelled with two t's.
Oh that's too funny, and somewhat embarrassing. I feel so seeen 🙈 hahaha. That is a great note, though. I definitely have been spelling it wrong... probably for a long time.