06-07-2024, 09:05 PM
First, create a discussion thread that sorts out how to critique lyrics. How is critique for lyrics different than critique for poetry? Create a solid list of specific guidelines for how to critique lyrics. Forum or not, that would be a useful tool for members to use when they set out to critique lyrics.
Second, my concern isn’t who’s going to mod it. The site is slow enough that, if necessary, modding the entire site could almost be done by one or two people (though that would be emotionally taxing). My concern is who is going to use the forum? We do not have enough people posting just lyrics to require an entirely separate forum in which to do it (definitely not for two forums). We barely have enough people posting poetry at all. The site is not big enough at the moment to start cutting it into smaller pieces.
As it currently stands, labeling a post as “lyrics” and having a set of guidelines for how to critique the lyrics is sufficient. Any discussion of lyrics theory craft can occur in the poetry discussion forum.
For now, establish what a critique of lyrics would look like (using a discussion thread), so we can refer to it when people do post lyrics. And then let’s hope the site eventually grows.
Second, my concern isn’t who’s going to mod it. The site is slow enough that, if necessary, modding the entire site could almost be done by one or two people (though that would be emotionally taxing). My concern is who is going to use the forum? We do not have enough people posting just lyrics to require an entirely separate forum in which to do it (definitely not for two forums). We barely have enough people posting poetry at all. The site is not big enough at the moment to start cutting it into smaller pieces.
As it currently stands, labeling a post as “lyrics” and having a set of guidelines for how to critique the lyrics is sufficient. Any discussion of lyrics theory craft can occur in the poetry discussion forum.
For now, establish what a critique of lyrics would look like (using a discussion thread), so we can refer to it when people do post lyrics. And then let’s hope the site eventually grows.
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara