Vote NOW for SYW's New Name!!!

MacAllister · Jun 19, 2007

A couple of items for business -- I agree that the description needs to be touched up, regardless of the name, to emphasize that the culture is one of critiques.

I've no interest whatsoever in providing space for an ego-boo "post it and people will only say nice things" forum. For one thing, I don't really think it's good for writers supposedly working on their craft, secondly it seems to encourage a sort of circle-jerk mentality that would be deadly to a vibrant culture of beta-reading and crit, even in a different room. Poetry is, by its nature, a bit different than prose in that regard--hence the difference in having a post-without-comment poetry space.

I've left "Share Your Work" as a vote-able option, if you hate the idea of a name change.

Okay, folks -- the poll is open for three days! Vote early, vote often!

robeiae · Jun 19, 2007

How about "The Real World"? No, that's been done.

Silver Platter Forum--you know, where you get your *** served to you...

I'm partial to Critical Mass, myself.

dclary · Jun 19, 2007

Write in for: "Critique, Review, and Analysis"

MidnightMuse · Jun 19, 2007

I like Chop Shop. It has a Rip-it-and-weep feel

JoeEkaitis · Jun 19, 2007

"Beat the Crap Out of My Fragile Ego"

Just a thought. I'll be . . . going now.

III · Jun 19, 2007

MidnightMuse said:
I like Chop Shop. It has a Rip-it-and-weep feel

Why not something like "So You Still Don't Think You Suck?" :tongue

Provrb1810meggy · Jun 19, 2007

One more vote for "What Your Mother Won't Tell You."

NeuroFizz · Jun 19, 2007

I kind of like Proser or Poser?

Post and Puke

Seriously,

I like the play on words in Critical Mass, except I'd feel like I was sitting in a church pew. Show, don't tell. That'll be Stations of the Cross for you...

Crits and Nits
Feed the Betas
Test the Waters
Draft Rehearsal

Jaycinth · Jun 19, 2007

"What Your Mother Won't Tell You"

Although, when I ask for crits I usually request:
"Beat me, Whip me, make me re-write for kicks!"

"Beat the Crap out of My Fragile Ego" is real good too. Real good.

TrainofThought · Jun 19, 2007

The Chop Shop - Enter at your own risk.

Disclaimer: We are not libel for hurt feelings, or brutal honest critiques.

If you want to be taken seriously, act it by thanking those who took the time :thankyou:

, and as a crit, ‘show’ not ‘tell’ your likes or dislikes. :e2writer:

alleycat · Jun 19, 2007

I voted for Peer Critique and Feedback, but I like just Critique and Feedback better.

And a write-in vote for Work In Progress. I know, I know, no write-ins.

After you change this, would you change the Grammar forum name too?

;-) You didn't think we'd make it easy, did you?

Maryn · Jun 19, 2007

I voted for Absolute Workshop because a couple zillion times a week I suggest that someone who only wants rainbows blown up their behind try posting their writing at AbsoluteWrite, where real writers will tell you the truth about its quality and marketability.

It sounds dopey, but keeping the word Absolute as "product branding" makes real good sense to me--more sense than naming it something clever, which would mainly please those who are already here and know full well what you can get out of SYW, including your hat handed to you and a shove toward the door.

Maryn, who should have been an ad man, except for that troublesome gender thing

Sean D. Schaffer · Jun 19, 2007

It's been a while since I've been over at Share Your Work, but I like Peer Critique and Feedback the best of all the options. The title gives all the necessary information and does it in a concise manner.

kristie911 · Jun 19, 2007

Jaycinth said:
"Beat the Crap out of My Fragile Ego" is real good too. Real good.

I vote for this one!

Nice one, Jay, perfect I think.

maestrowork · Jun 19, 2007

Crit or Die

Leave Your Ego Out of This

The Golden-Word-Syndrome-so-unwelcome Forum

Honest Opinions

How Did I Do?

Sean D. Schaffer · Jun 19, 2007

maestrowork said:
Snipped...

How Did I Do?

Now that's a good one, Maestro. If it were up there, I'd be willing to vote for it.

SpookyWriter · Jun 19, 2007

Prose goats - the only place where garbage is digestible.

Pat~ · Jun 19, 2007

I still want Post, Toast, & Roast--but if I can't be poetic I'll be boring and go with Peer Critique and Feedback.

III · Jun 19, 2007

NeuroFizz said:
I like the play on words in Critical Mass, except I'd feel like I was sitting in a church pew.

If you fart in church you have to sit in your own pew.

Sassee · Jun 19, 2007

III said:
If you fart in church you have to sit in your own pew.

Soccer Mom · Jun 19, 2007

III said:
If you fart in church you have to sit in your own pew.

It was the dog.

RLB · Jun 19, 2007

I voted for What Your Mom Won't Tell You. If everyone gravitates toward a more serious title, it'd still be fun to have as a subtitle.

Sophia · Jun 19, 2007

Nil points for "My Two Cents"! Gosh, how embarrassed must the person who suggested that be.

Couldn't decide between "Peer Critique and Feedback" and "Absolute Workshop", so voted for them both!

benbradley · Jun 19, 2007

ElaraSophia said:
Nil points for "My Two Cents"! Gosh, how embarrassed must the person who suggested that be.

It's okay now, the person who suggested it has now found this thread and voted for it.

ElaraSophia said:
Couldn't decide between "Peer Critique and Feedback" and "Absolute Workshop", so voted for them both!

None of my suggestions showed up (quick, where's a thread I can pout in?). I voted for Peer Critique and Feedback, but later I saw someone post a good argument for Absolute Workshop.

Why not something like "So You Still Don't Think You Suck?"

I already suggested something like that. One of mine was "My writing doesn't suck, does it?" and that of course didn't make the cut.

sassandgroove · Jun 19, 2007

Maryn said:
I voted for Absolute Workshop because a couple zillion times a week I suggest that someone who only wants rainbows blown up their behind try posting their writing at AbsoluteWrite, where real writers will tell you the truth about its quality and marketability.

It sounds dopey, but keeping the word Absolute as "product branding" makes real good sense to me--more sense than naming it something clever, which would mainly please those who are already here and know full well what you can get out of SYW, including your hat handed to you and a shove toward the door.

Maryn, who should have been an ad man, except for that troublesome gender thing

I voted for the Absolute workshop as well, for much the same reason.

Vote NOW for SYW's New Name!!!

New Name for SYW?

Peer Critique & Feedback

My Two Cents

What Your Mom Won't Tell You

The Chop Shop

Feedback Alley

Absolute Workshop

Critical Mass

Share Your Work (keep the old name, just rewrite the description)

Tired and worried.

Touch and go

Unabashed Mercenary

Midnight Reading

Certified Gray Haired Geek

rockin the suburbs

The grad students did it

Your Cuddly Sociopathic

A flowering bud of bitchiness

Still around

I Tried

Happy to be here

Fear the Death Ray

Luftmensch Emeritus, A.D.D.

rockin the suburbs

Momma Wolf

Crypto-fascist

bundled

It's a doggy dog world

Sassy haircut