Greetings from Philly

Dubulous. · Apr 7, 2013

Hi everybody. New member, just discovered this site the other day, but I have been a forum poster for about 10 years. I'm a hip hop lyricist and beat maker, so I've spent most of my time on hip hop sites, always a little agitated by the lack of poetics and relatively small number of people who appreciate the writing-first approach. Not sure why it never dawned on me to just come to a writing forum...but here I am. This site seems pretty sweet. Looks like there are lots of members here and I'm looking forward to chatting, sharing, and seeing the work of others.

Godspeed!
-Dubs

L. Y. · Apr 7, 2013

Welcome to the Water Cooler!

:welcome:

AW is a huge place, and there's a lot of information to be found here. Take your time and browse around to get a feel of the various forums.

And don't forget to check out the Newbie Guide. Enjoy your stay.

Nekko · Apr 7, 2013

Welcome, welcome!

Glad you've decided to become a member of the water cooler.

I hope you find like minded poets to help spark your creative juices!

PorterStarrByrd · Apr 7, 2013

Welcome aboard

For a minute there I thought you were going to say you are a writer. As a long time Camden resident, I didn't know they could read in Philly, let alone write.

regdog · Apr 7, 2013

Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found
at the top of Forum pages. They are your best guide to learning about
Absolute Write.

Please read the FAQ about posting photos.

In fact we have lots of brilliant FAQs check them out.

Members who want to start a thread in Share Your Work to have work critiqued need
50 posts. Don’t make a mad dash to reach your 50 posts. Take some time to greet fellow newbies,
critique other members’ works, or join a discussion.

Announcements, Events and Self Promotion is for active members only. All obvious spam will be deleted on sight!

A Li Shan · Apr 7, 2013

Hey Dubs! Glad you're here.

Griffin Hayes · Apr 7, 2013

Welcome to AW!

thehairymob · Apr 7, 2013

Snowstorm · Apr 7, 2013

Welcome Dubs! See you 'round the boards.

Kylabelle · Apr 7, 2013

Hey, Dubs, welcome! Hope you enjoy it here; there's a lot going on. Glad you found us.

Rockweaver · Apr 7, 2013

Dubs welcome to the cooler

Dubulous. · Apr 7, 2013

PorterStarrByrd said:
Welcome aboard

For a minute there I thought you were going to say you are a writer. As a long time Camden resident, I didn't know they could read in Philly, let alone write.

I did say I was writer.

Do you not consider a lyricist a writer?

I've written plenty of poems, short stories, reviews, essays and papers too. Does that meet your qualifications?

Dubulous. · Apr 7, 2013

Thanks for the kind welcomes. Looking forward to meeting some of you as well.

PorterStarrByrd · Apr 7, 2013

Dubulous. said:
I did say I was writer.

Do you not consider a lyricist a writer?

I've written plenty of poems, short stories, reviews, essays and papers too. Does that meet your qualifications?

You must have been learned someplace except Philly ...

Dubulous. · Apr 7, 2013

regdog said:
Take some time and read the Newbie Guide and the Stickies found
at the top of Forum pages. They are your best guide to learning about
Absolute Write.

Please read the FAQ about posting photos.

In fact we have lots of brilliant FAQs check them out.

Members who want to start a thread in Share Your Work to have work critiqued need
50 posts. Don’t make a mad dash to reach your 50 posts. Take some time to greet fellow newbies,
critique other members’ works, or join a discussion.

Announcements, Events and Self Promotion is for active members only. All obvious spam will be deleted on sight!

Awesome. Thank you for the advice. I am not self-promoter, so you won't have to worry about that. But I will indeed look forward to sharing some things... One thing I've always enjoyed on all other sites, was creating what I call a "freewriter cipher," where I encourage others to keep tacking on their own pieces, usually rapidly-written stream of conscience pieces, and using the previous poster's piece to inspire your own. The last site I was on, this lasted for about 6 years and was over 60 pages long. It was pretty neat. Unfortunately three separate sites closed down and I never saved more than about 10% of my own writing...sad losses, but great practice and fun nonetheless. I look forward to starting one of these threads here if one does not already exist.

Sorry for rant. That description took longer than I had expected.

Dubulous. · Apr 7, 2013

PorterStarrByrd said:
You must have been learned someplace except Philly ...

Actually you are right about that. Haha

I am mostly self-taught. But those who inspired me most were college friends from Brooklyn and CT

Jim Riley · Apr 7, 2013

Welcome
Jim

Tepelus · Apr 7, 2013

Hello, and welcome!

rwm4768 · Apr 7, 2013

Welcome. Good luck with your song lyrics. I'm sure you'll find some good people here.

KellyAssauer · Apr 9, 2013

Hi Dubulous!

Welcome to AW!

Don't forget to read about AW basics in the Newbie Guide!

Questions about the forum software can be found in the
FAQ's menu in the handy blue bar at the 'top' of this page.

This common acronym list helps identify our mystifying abbreviations.

Before you ask that Newbie question!!

See if Katiemac has the answer here.
and check out: Sara's 10 Basic Writing Tips!

If you're looking for critiques please read the 50 Post rule.

Posting your writing to the Share Your Work (SYW) area is explained here. This link covers the most common problems posts. found in SYW *Worth reading no matter how long you have been here!*

AW is a community built on the foundations of respecting your fellow writer and helping each other, it's the basic building blocks of how and why AW works.

Welcome to our community! =)

-kelly-

Fun AW social links:
The Office Party
Kelly's Soft Asylum

Greetings from Philly

Dubulous.

L. Y.

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Nekko

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