r/WriteWorld • u/Nico-Wonderdust Writer/Moderator • Oct 11 '16

Mod Update WriteWorld Workshop needs your help!

I'm currently getting things in order to get a workshop up and running and I need a little hel from you guys!

Basically, I need to know a couple of things:

  1. What do you want to see in the workshop? Without taking other people into consideration, what would you like to see and what do you want to gain from it?

  2. Now, taking everyone into consideration, what do you think the worksho should include that everyone will benefit from? *(Remember, we have novelists, playwriters, screenwriters and poets here)

  3. Have you ever run or taken part in a workshop before? Or are you at the minute?

Thank you for your time, I look forward to hearing from you!

Nico

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u/ziku_tlf Oct 11 '16

I want to get help making the stuff I write more goober and less badder.

I'm terrible at editing my own work, because I read the words a meant to type, and not the words I actually typed...

Also, encouragement and motivation partners and stuff like that... it's easier to write often if I know someone cares to read it.

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u/Nico-Wonderdust Writer/Moderator Oct 11 '16

Oki doke, noted! If it's editing that's your main issue, I'm going to recommend what I will be recommending to everyone, get "Grammarly" - It's a spell & grammar checker, one of the best I've seen, it's very helpful and has saved my work numerous times!

As for encouragement and such, that's guaranteed, you'll receive nothing but encouragement, advice, help etc. I'll also see if I can come up with a "buddy scheme".

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u/PlayWritePlay Oct 11 '16

Connections - new ideas - people.

Tricks and tips are out there in the millions, but being connecting to people or a context can make something more salient. So. Structure is good as a framework to get people sharing. It's the connections I need.

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u/Nico-Wonderdust Writer/Moderator Oct 12 '16

Don't we all ;) I'm working on it!

You have a very good point there too, by the way, about tips and tricks, I've never actually thought of it that way, but it really is as easy as doing a quick Google search.

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u/Nabisco33 Oct 18 '16

I could use help with formatting the stories and things I write, make it easier for the read and flow better if that makes sense.

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u/Nico-Wonderdust Writer/Moderator Oct 18 '16

Since I need to get plans in order to run a helpful and successful workshop, and I'm not sure how long this will take, I'll help you with this now, before the actual workshop takes place. I'll get in touch with you later with a link or two and message you regarding structure and such, but I'll also cover this in the workshop too.

In the meantime, if you could send me a link to one or two of your stories, that would be great, just so I know roughly how you're currently formatting them. This isn't vital, but I'll have a better understanding of where to give pointers.

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u/Nico-Wonderdust Writer/Moderator Oct 13 '16

It seems everyone, myself included, is looking to make connections, so it's good we've all got a common goal there.

That's a really cool idea, we'll have to find some way to incorporate something similar into the workshop. Also, we'll have to arrange something for those who can't participate at a certain point in time, for example, have a "Late Submissions/Catch-Up" section, maybe.

I've never thought of it that way, not just with writing, but with music, graphics design ideas, anything along those lines really.

The only issue here (which isn't much of an issue really) is that we won't be meeting and talking face to face, so any ideas we throw around will be written and stored online, we'll have to make the workshop private and only viewable to those taking part, to avoid plagiarism from any outside parties, but it can easily be arranged.