OT: MCC Writing Group is a GO

by lunaticfridge on Feb 11, 2007 12:46 PM PST

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mccwriting/

I went with Yahoo Groups, and for the moment all y'all who wanted to sign up, go there and join. The details aren't settled yet -- hey, if anyone can come up with a snazzier title than McCovey Chronicles Writing Group, then by all means! -- but we'll (hopefully) come to a consensus once we're all in (like Winn).

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Re: OT: MCC Writing Group is a GO

Done and done.

Coming to you by proxy

by howtheyscored on Feb 11, 2007 1:29 PM PST reply actions

Re: OT: MCC Writing Group is a GO

I joined.

Remember 1962!

by El Person on Feb 11, 2007 1:45 PM PST reply actions

Re: OT: MCC Writing Group is a GO

Joined

by Keenlow on Feb 11, 2007 2:00 PM PST reply actions

Writers, Start Your Engines

In like Winn
On like Bonds
Swell Like Vizquel
Neato like Zito
Okay like Ray-Ray
Bewitchy like Richie
Insane like Matt Cain

by Moggeee on Feb 11, 2007 2:05 PM PST reply actions

Pitchers, Wipe Your Chins

Gordo as in El Mando
Fatsan like Thighlersan
Less cheese for Russ Ortiz

Save The Pitcher. Save The World

by E Ticket on Feb 11, 2007 4:32 PM PST up reply actions

I'm on board! Uh...

...like...
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I don't think I like the way this rhyme is heading. Excuse me while I go wash my keyboard out with soap.

by giantnitpick on Feb 11, 2007 7:13 PM PST up reply actions

I've been Multi-Tasking

Let me give you my keyboard, too. It's got Dorito shards and Cheerios gumming up the keys again.

by Moggeee on Feb 12, 2007 1:47 AM PST up reply actions

ADMIN (ooh ooh I'm fancy and authoritative)

6 people so far, peachy! Thanks for including your MCC handles when you joined, I forgot to ask people signing up to specify their MCC handles. I'll be using this thread until it slides off the diary page or when everyone interested is signed up, whichever happens first.

As for administrative things, does anybody strenuously object to or approve of scheduled writing slots? What I imagine is 2-4 people per week whose works others would focus on -- unscheduled pieces would be permissible, but wouldn't get as much attention, or something.

I'm also thinking about a critique guideline for members who are relatively new to the workshop process to hopefully ensure that writers get helpful feedback. Yay/nay? I don't think it'd hurt, so feel free to give me some provisional guidelines.

Do we want to institute word count limits? It'd mostly make sure that critiquers can give adequate attention to pieces, something harder to do with a 10,000 word opus.

And what about El Person's (excuse me if I'm remembering wrong) idea about an MCC newsletter? That would be in addition to the regularly scheduled stuff, though the mechanics of how we'd manage a newsletter I haven't thought about. (E.g. how often do we release one? How do we make sure we have enough content each issue?)

Which reminds me: Giants/baseball-related works are welcome and happy, of course, but I'm assuming that most of us will be contributing non-baseball pieces. So no pressure either way to write Giants stuff or not.

This world you take to be 'the' world will die, and descend into Hell, and all history after that will belong properly to the history of Hell.

by lunaticfridge on Feb 11, 2007 2:18 PM PST reply actions

Re: ADMIN (ooh ooh I'm fancy and authoritative)

Or, you know, rules are for squares, maaaaan, let's just whatever???

This world you take to be 'the' world will die, and descend into Hell, and all history after that will belong properly to the history of Hell.

by lunaticfridge on Feb 11, 2007 2:21 PM PST up reply actions

Re: ADMIN (ooh ooh I'm fancy and authoritative)

I'm tentatively pro writing slots, but as long as we don't have an extreme amount of people in I would think that keeping it closer to 2 a week than 4 a week would be advisable, just so that we still get consistent work coming in, but don't push people's schedules too hard.

But, of course, if there are enough people eventually, submission expansion is necessary.

Critique guidelines would be great. I also think that maybe (I don't know if yahoo! would support a links page) a links, or internet resources page would be good that people could use to find good sites about writing, the how tos and the how don'ts and so on.

I'll look back on some of my old syllabi and get back later with possible helpful guidelines, but these have been my thoughts so far.

Coming to you by proxy

by howtheyscored on Feb 11, 2007 3:00 PM PST up reply actions

Re: ADMIN (ooh ooh I'm fancy and authoritative)

I'm pro all those rules you were suggesting.

by Keenlow on Feb 11, 2007 9:06 PM PST up reply actions

Re: ADMIN (ooh ooh I'm fancy and authoritative)

Hi there Fridge,

How open will you be to later additions to the group? I am interested, as fiction writing is on my entirely-too-long list of hobbies. However, my winter and early spring are filled with a variety of Important Commitments. I wouldn't be able to contribute or critique for a few months.

-Jefferson

by Skaldheim on Feb 12, 2007 8:21 AM PST up reply actions

Re: ADMIN (ooh ooh I'm fancy and authoritative)

1. No deadline at all for joining.
Instead, if the scheduled critiques are adopted (and it seems like it will be), I suppose newbies will be added at the end of a critique cycle or to a week with a relatively light load (if someone submitted bawdy limericks about Zito, fr'instance).

2. Critiquing others on a limited basis.
Yeah, this is going to be a trickier issue. Probably, the best way to go is with an honor system -- try to participate as much as your time and energy warrants, and if you can't for understandable reasons, no one should hold it against you. But always remember about the Karmic Wheel. </joking>

This world you take to be 'the' world will die, and descend into Hell, and all history after that will belong properly to the history of Hell.

by lunaticfridge on Feb 12, 2007 9:36 AM PST up reply actions

Karmic Wheel?

So you're a follower of Carson Daly too?

by Skaldheim on Feb 12, 2007 11:34 AM PST up reply actions

Re: OT: MCC Writing Group is a GO

Done. Jesse Stirling = Kid Fresh. Which should show up on the nickname portion of my profile.

My idea is to choose one person per week. This person can post as much stuff as they want (realizing, of course, their turn will cycle through again). Each member therefore required to give one bit of feedback per week, even if it is just a couple of lines. Anything more than this might turn into an activity trap, especially if more members join.

by Kid Fresh on Feb 11, 2007 9:07 PM PST reply actions