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pen pals

A place for those who seek the Stone Age means of communication known as letter writing!! This group is to find and make pen pals all over the world. This is a place for friends and fun! The following rules are to keep the creepers and lurkers out and to …

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artists

A group for critique and discussion of art and artistry. Artists and art lovers welcome!

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All things related to eating and drinking! Recipes, favorite restaurants, meal prep tips, food photos - It's all welcome here! Feel free to write to @pistache (actual moderator) if you need some help.

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Does anyone write about art?

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brainbat

As you all know, I'm a longtime writer and recently have been writing a lot more about art. I was curious if anyone else here writes much about art. What are your favorite topics in the art world to read and write about?

Here are some of my recent stories …

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jjtjames5x:

I am working on comic scripts for my art. its a bit rough lol

speedglacier:

I wake up in the middle of the night. I wish I could go back to sleep, and I will, but not before I eat an apple, do some yoga, listen to a side A, and paint something that swirls.

new here

Group Thread in writers
captknutz

hey all new here. I try to write a lot, sometimes it works other times it's shit. Writing a book now, a few of my freinds seem to like it, but I'm not sure about it, mainly writing it to get out my own shit.

hecklongtree:

captknutz said:
hey all new here. I try to write a lot, sometimes it works other times it's shit. Writing a book now, a few of my freinds seem to like it, but I'm not sure about it, mainly writing it to get out my own shit.


Welcome to the group. The last thing you wrote really hit home. Like you, I write for myself. I write the kinds of things I'd like to read. I wrote a screenplay for a movie that I'd like to see. Of course, I'd love the ultimate product, book or movie, to reach other people (and for me to get paid), but I can't really count on that. I write (and I suppose it's the same for you) because I enjoy writing and because it's what I'm compelled to do.

reading about writing.

Group Thread in writers
roguemind

Like the title says I was doing a bit of reading about writing and I came upon this quote.

It is up to the writer to please the reader


My first instinct was this. Bullshit, my writing is my art, not the readers. Personally I do not want to read …

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thefly:

DeceptiviewFilm said:
well...u are writing for someone to read it correct. You want someone to come back for more. so I think its partly true.



No. If you write for someone to read then it is something that you'll have to do your entire career.

You write to tell a story, to be true to the story and tell it as it needs to be told. As writers, we have a hard enough time staying true to the narrative and adding in making it readable by the masses just hinders you more. You have to be content in writing and not being read. Staying true to yourself and the story is what you have to do. Doing it for the money is selling out and that's never good. That's a hack.
jackthegirl:
any writer who puts his/her writing in the public sphere is a writer that is working for his/her readers.

whether it is to please, interest, provoke debate and anger, or amuse, if you publish/post/take any measures to make sure someone other than you is reading your writing, you are writing for your readers. to claim that you are writing for yourself is preposterous, because if you were writing for yourself, why would you bother to publish/post?

i know that my writing falls into two distinct categories: writing for myself, and writing for my readers. what i write for myself are things that i will never show anyone else - mostly journal tidbits, poems/stories that i wish to keep private as they have special significance to me, etc. things i write for my readers, i know will reach someone else's eyes, and keep that in mind when i create/edit the pieces. not only should a writer determine his/her audience, a writer should always keep his/her audience in mind while writing. i don't mean that he/she should restrain him/herself because of this, but select and cultivate the aspects of a story that will communicate best with said audience.


Doing it for the money is selling out and that's never good. That's a hack.



is writing a book for money/to please your readers selling out? of course not. writing is not some high, magical, untouchable art that is sullied by commerce. writing is a craft and does not require divine inspiration or speshulness. if an author wants to write books that he/she knows the public is going to enjoy and will sell well, why not? to claim that certain works are "better" because they are not focused on the public/mainstream is elitist and narrowminded.

Writers Block

Group Thread in writers
kaine_cnqst

Can't seem to find a post about this, so sorry if this is a repeat!!!!

What does everyone do to overcome this nightmare, I have been struggling for far too long!
I'm somewhat of a perfectionist with my writing, especially because they're lyrics, and I just can't shake this block!!!

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nebula:

I have a buddy that I've been doing writing skype sessions with. I've never been big on writing groups before - they seemed to be more of a distraction than anything else. Having someone who isn't physically present but who is still therein the background, also writing, is a nice incentive to focus and write *something* even if it's terrible, and that's been extremely effective for me lately. Hard to dick around and check twitter too much when someone is going to hold you accountable for it :)

buddy3338:

Sometimes the best cure for writers block is to write something else completely

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Sep 23, 2002 by _michael
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Thursday Sep 13, 2007

Sep 13, 2007 by kinto
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Sunday Mar 30, 2003

Mar 30, 2003 by heathermaple
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Sunday Apr 27, 2003

Apr 26, 2003 by dogslife
Alright. Wasted again, but got an offer to write. Not paying, but certainly interesting. I'm always being asked to write, now that I think of it. I need to find in writing the voice that people hear that attracts them to me. I need to render myself in type. I need to practice. www.igsreality.ca

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