New: "I Love Writing"

great board
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I Love Writing exists no more. Following the link above takes you into la-la land. I don't know what velko was thinking.

what happened to it?

I don't know if I love writing or not. I like it when I do it, which isn't often. I was planning a post with a few musings on that in the next few days, but it'll be going on the 'Franzen's Harper's Essay' thread. Stay tuned.

i'd like to see this board ressurected. i also love writing ressurected wrongly.

The underwhelming response to this thread seems to be the answer to the question, what happened to it?

I would think about posting on an I Love Writing

revive

# Where do you write at?
# Do you keep a journal?
# Getting your work published...
# Does posting on ILX take away from your *real* writing?

And then,

Show me threads that were last updated in the last week.
Show me threads that were last updated in the week before last.
Show me threads that were last updated between two and three weeks ago.
Show me threads that were last updated between three and four weeks ago.

Can't we switch over the topics from the board to here, or start 'ILW' type topics on ILB?

After all books and writing have a few things to do with one another.

Where do you write at?

mostly my apt at dining-room table while family are at work/school/etc. sometime wherever on the laptop.

Do you keep a journal?

have done at times but not regularly.

Getting your work published...

doesn't get easier once you've done it, suprisingly

Does posting on ILX take away from your *real* writing?

at times yes but other times i use ilx as a writing lab and also for "inspiration" hahaha no seriously

# Where do you write at?
- Sitting here at my PC at home with a view of the street outside. Or else at work, when nobody's looking, at my work PC.

# Do you keep a journal?
- No.

# Getting your work published...
- Have had various short stories published in various magazines in the past, almost all of which folded immediately after in a The Information-style fashion. Had a novel come very close on several occasions, always falling through at the end.

# Does posting on ILX take away from your *real* writing?
- Almost everything I do takes me away from my 'real' writing--I'm a hopeless procrastinator.

really enjoying the i love writing board over here. kudos!

# Where do you write at?
At home, at work, out in the park, very occassionally at a coffee shop
# Do you keep a journal?
Not so much.
# Getting your work published...
Journalism-type stuff gets published lots. Working on "other" stuff that I would like to get published. Or rather, like to get paid for.
# Does posting on ILX take away from your *real* writing?
Used to. Not anymore.

# Where do you write at?
- At my PC in the dark in the wee hours, or on my laptop at a coffee shop down the street from about 7 til closing time. Poems and drafts thereof go in the composition book I share with my gf & scribblings that eventually become other things go in the Moleskine.

# Do you keep a journal?
- The comp book I share with my gf is used as a journal between bursts of inspiration.

# Getting your work published...
-I've had a handful of poems published in minor journals and one of my stories was published in a ~webzine~. I finally bought myself the newest Writer's Market and I'm combing it for new ideas. It's nice to have an index on paper instead of having to search duotrope as though I already know what I'm trying to find.

# Does posting on ILX take away from your *real* writing?
- ILX got me away from music writing (the initial "hey this place will help me find new music to write about!" turned into "i post here all the time and never write about music"), but other than that it doesn't get in the way much at all. Other than giving me something else to do on the computer that isn't writing.

# Where do you write at?
MacBook; various locations. At home in Seattle, the dining room table. In NYC, where I've been for six weeks, either kitchen table, living room couch, or various Starbuckses.

# Do you keep a journal?
No, unless my blogging counts.

# Getting your work published . . .
. . . guarantees nothing.

# Does posting on ILX take away from your *real* writing?
Only when I let it.

# Where do you write at?
work

# Do you keep a journal?
no

# Getting your work published...
just wheat paste it to cars

# Does posting on ILX take away from your *real* writing?
hell na

# Where do you write at?
The computer, sat here; my desk at work, sometimes; the anonymous business park coffee shop where I work, sometimes; train journeys, when I can make myself; at least one nearby pub is showing promise.

# Do you keep a journal?
I have more than one, at this point; plus a tumblr.

# Getting your work published . . .
I have no idea how I'd even go about this.

# Does posting on ILX take away from your *real* writing?
I think when I'm posting most on here and on tumblr is also when I'm also most motivated and most able to go and put some actual time into writing prose.

I'd kind of like a private 'I Love Writing' board where people could, you know, share shit, do feedback; I don't know if anyone else would like or want or need that, though.

I would! For a start it'd be great for my motivation to get things done. Also I'd like to read the fruits of ILX's literary loins. Also I'm a show-off who wants constructive validation ;)

that is in large part my motivation, also

i don't know if there's anyone else around in a similar position though? HOOS having left

"if we start it, they will come"

how do we do this, then

i've never started a board

start a thread on the MRF linking to our posts here, and suggesting that others will join in should it take off

making it private could be a step too far, but it could certainly be a deindexed board

What kind of writing is this board going to be about?

Is it going to focus on a particular kind of writing? (fiction, journalism, etc?)

Is it going to exclude any kinds of writing? (for example, people who don't entirely write with original characters?)

I like the idea of an "I Love Writing" board, I just wonder if it's going to have a particular slant.

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