Why, yes, it's a new board!
This was an idea I've vaguely kicked around for a long time, but it wasn't until BottomlessCup put it into words and suggested it to me that I decided it was a really good idea. He called it an "on-topic Office Party."
There are some topics that come up that are applicable to all or most writers, regardless of whether they write fiction or nonfiction, screenplays or poems or articles. And there's never been a place exactly right for those topics.
So we wind up discussing things like plagiarism, motivation, supportive spouses, etc. on the genre/medium-specific boards, when they really could be posted in a general area where all sorts of writers would look and feel comfortable about participating. I know that there are sometimes topics on the Novels board that I feel weird about jumping into just because I'm not a novelist, even if the topic applies to me. Sort of feels like crashing a party where I don't belong.
This, then, is going to be a board where we can discuss things that apply to most writers. It might take a little experimenting to figure out exactly where to draw the lines, so go easy on the mods while we work on this over the next week or two. We'll try moving some topics here to get this board started right, and give people an idea of the sorts of things we'd like to see here.
Hope you enjoy!
This was an idea I've vaguely kicked around for a long time, but it wasn't until BottomlessCup put it into words and suggested it to me that I decided it was a really good idea. He called it an "on-topic Office Party."
There are some topics that come up that are applicable to all or most writers, regardless of whether they write fiction or nonfiction, screenplays or poems or articles. And there's never been a place exactly right for those topics.
So we wind up discussing things like plagiarism, motivation, supportive spouses, etc. on the genre/medium-specific boards, when they really could be posted in a general area where all sorts of writers would look and feel comfortable about participating. I know that there are sometimes topics on the Novels board that I feel weird about jumping into just because I'm not a novelist, even if the topic applies to me. Sort of feels like crashing a party where I don't belong.
This, then, is going to be a board where we can discuss things that apply to most writers. It might take a little experimenting to figure out exactly where to draw the lines, so go easy on the mods while we work on this over the next week or two. We'll try moving some topics here to get this board started right, and give people an idea of the sorts of things we'd like to see here.
Hope you enjoy!
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