07-26-2013, 08:01 PM
I participate (slightly) in a poetry site (that sucks compared to ours) that has a couple good ideas and I was wondering if they would work here or if anyone would be interested.
1. Collaborative Poetry - I have never really tried collaborative poetry and I figure it is something I would be terrible at but here is the thought - A poet creates a thread "Looking for partner", someone sees it and volunteers, the 2 start a new thread and work through the collaborative process publicly, for all to see and comment on. At the end of it, they produce (hopefully) a viable poem that is then workshopped as a joint project.
2. Mentoring - this one is intriguing and really demands an abandonment of ego, but is very popular there. The idea is that 1 poet wants a mentor to - 1 on 1 - guide him through the revision process of a single poem, but, once again, publicly so everyone can learn from the process. The poet posts a single thread in the looking for mentor area and someone volunteers to work on the poem with them. Usually, to be a mentor, the poet must have demonstrated a certain skill in the critical and workshopping process. Usually to apply, a poet must have a minimum number of posts. At this point, the mentor starts work shopping the poem, one on one, with the LFM. After several intensive and public sessions, the mentor announces whether he feels the poem is complete or he completely gives up. If it is the former, the poem is then posted to the serious forum for the final phase.
3. Anonymous writing - I just added this one so it isn't included in my original discussion. The idea is, some posters may feel that discussion of their work never reaches the level it could because of the various personalities involved. In an anonymous forum, the posts are posted by a moderator but the writer is unidentified until the writer feels discussion has reached the level they hoped to achieve at which point the thread is closed and the owner is announced.
At this point, I am looking for COMMENTS on these 2 ideas.
1. Could they work here?
2. Would anyone be interested in either one of them?
3. Are there modifications we would make to reflect the unique culture of our site.
4. Other question that you creative poet-types think up?
here are links of how they look on the other forum
1. http://www.everypoet.org/pffa/showthread...troduction
2. http://www.everypoet.org/pffa/showthread...STING-HERE
1. Collaborative Poetry - I have never really tried collaborative poetry and I figure it is something I would be terrible at but here is the thought - A poet creates a thread "Looking for partner", someone sees it and volunteers, the 2 start a new thread and work through the collaborative process publicly, for all to see and comment on. At the end of it, they produce (hopefully) a viable poem that is then workshopped as a joint project.
2. Mentoring - this one is intriguing and really demands an abandonment of ego, but is very popular there. The idea is that 1 poet wants a mentor to - 1 on 1 - guide him through the revision process of a single poem, but, once again, publicly so everyone can learn from the process. The poet posts a single thread in the looking for mentor area and someone volunteers to work on the poem with them. Usually, to be a mentor, the poet must have demonstrated a certain skill in the critical and workshopping process. Usually to apply, a poet must have a minimum number of posts. At this point, the mentor starts work shopping the poem, one on one, with the LFM. After several intensive and public sessions, the mentor announces whether he feels the poem is complete or he completely gives up. If it is the former, the poem is then posted to the serious forum for the final phase.
3. Anonymous writing - I just added this one so it isn't included in my original discussion. The idea is, some posters may feel that discussion of their work never reaches the level it could because of the various personalities involved. In an anonymous forum, the posts are posted by a moderator but the writer is unidentified until the writer feels discussion has reached the level they hoped to achieve at which point the thread is closed and the owner is announced.
At this point, I am looking for COMMENTS on these 2 ideas.
1. Could they work here?
2. Would anyone be interested in either one of them?
3. Are there modifications we would make to reflect the unique culture of our site.
4. Other question that you creative poet-types think up?
here are links of how they look on the other forum
1. http://www.everypoet.org/pffa/showthread...troduction
2. http://www.everypoet.org/pffa/showthread...STING-HERE