New: "I Love Writing"

it would be entirely open-ended, unless thomp decided otherwise - I suspect he's more than happy for any sort of writing to be proffered

Good idea. I'd join. Maybe keep it private to take account of anti-plagiarism (ha!) and shyness, but keep a parent thread here so new 'uns can find a way in.

I disagree with the idea of making it a "closed" board. Mostly because there are quite a few people I would invite to such a board (people I know of through writerly circles, who would not necessarily interested in the rest of ILX) - and it'd just be annoyingly hard to convince people to join a community they can't look at first and lurk on before posting.

yeah, but i'm uneasy about posting stuff for feedback publicly for the reasons ismael gives (latter more than former) — there are ways around this (sharing via email or facebook, say) but then the administration of who's in becomes even more complicated. i wasn't aware of the option to have it de-indexed, that might make for a good compromise.

also yeah this:

it would be entirely open-ended, unless thomp decided otherwise - I suspect he's more than happy for any sort of writing to be proffered

shyness kinda obliterates the point of ILW :P

I don't know - I certainly wouldn't share anything unless it was a fully private board. But I still like the idea of a board to talk about the trials and tribulations of writing/attempting to write. It definitely needs to be about any kind of writing, though, from free verse to critical analysis to fan fiction.

Hi there!
Perhaps there could be a way to serve both needs? A discussion board for the trials and tribs (and rare treasures) of writing that also acts as a connect for people to, I dunno, webmail writing for feedback?

You guys are probably gonna have to take this to Facebook or Livejournal as the request for the reinstating of this board has just turned into another thread where people bitch about soccerball and chat inanely to each other while thinking that they have the whole board's attention.

A pity.

number of posts containing mention of football since your last post, 26 hours ago:

zero.

I'm sure that thomp and others appreciate your dismissal of their on-topic discussion since then as 'inane chatter' tho.

darragh, i believe k8 is referring to the thread i started on MRF:

board creation request

my mistake, apologies.

should probably complain about it on that thread, then? but really, the mods that will make the decision one way or the other aren't going to be swayed by people posting gifs of marie antoinette.

I've pretty much changed my mind about wanting to be involved with this, actually. Good luck, Thomp.

(That "good luck" not sarcastic BTW, hope that you can sway the mods.)

why don't you just colonize an underused board?

Oh goody! I see at least one poster who I've never seen posting on ILB but who has all of sudden felt the need to police the board, which coincidentally involves having a go at Kate!!

To be fair, my reaction was exactly the same, he just beat me to it.

so wait, what happened to the board? i need it right now. let's make this happen, dudes!

I don't know. Why not give whatever-it-is its own thread here, and writer types can just colonise that nook on ILB in the meantime?

dear homosexual ii, the idea was tabled because of issues w/r/t whether the board oughta be public or not/ whether ilx was an appropriate home for it

well i think the answer to both of those is yes

Are we going to do this? ILX makeover in session

Trouble is I hate writing

but it's your talent

U don't kno me!

request for nu i hate writing

Hasn't been too long since somebody started yet another writing thread on ILB, soon submerged, like previous(one guy came back long enough to report that he and another poster had taken their discussion offsite). Nothing against starting a board, but better not to expect very much (ditto constructive/any feedback on your ilx posts overall).

A certain recently-retired ilxor offered to give me feedback on something after I gave him about 2 pages of feedback on something of his (at a delay of around 2 or 3 days). He put it off 2 weeks running then never got back to me. That was about 3 months ago. I haven't written anything since. The lesson here is not to depend on anybody for feedback

I don't even really blame him tbh, he was clearly busier than me and giving feedback can be much more daunting than receiving it. but it can't be relied upon. I need to get on with writing

I have a question

Is that deadnaming or what

The lesson here is not to depend on anybody for feedback

Ask, accept, but don't depend. There's a reason teachers are paid to do this sort of thing. It's work.

but it's your talent

maybe he doesn't thrive in the long forms. just be glad we get his pithy remarks and witty wordplay.

Too kind even at that tbh

came here to say i hate writing

The board actually already exists, 77-style. It's just that no-one's been invited to it. If enough people post here and put their hands up I'll happily invite them. Going to keep it private though I think.

why private?

Copyright theft

are there any people you'll unhappily invite

I returned to the 3.5 chapters I wrote a few months ago and found that (with a couple of minor tweaks) I really liked them, which was a nice surprise as I've been in a sort of stymied hibernation for ages, doubting whether this is anything at all. I guess I'll proceed

money where your mouth is ilx