WRITblog

Wow, you guys are coming up with some brilliant ideas! Thank you! This is exactly what I was hoping for!

Except… you feel a little constrained, stuck down there in the comments, don’t you? I’m sorry about that. You can come out now. How about you register and log in and post some new entries, and then other people can comment on them, and then we can really call this a community blog? It sounds like a good idea to me.

I only have two ground rules.

1. This blog is for discussing The Writ from an organizational perspective. Please do not post your creative writing (you can do that here) or any non-Writ-related things (you can do that here).
2. No whining or demanding. Seriously. This is a community of unpaid volunteers, and being a crankypants at us is a really good way to kill our desire to help you with your problem. If the urge to whine or demand is striking, please find a way to rework what you want to say into something respectful and relationship-building. Be creative, offer ideas, listen to responses, and be cooperative — you’ll have much better results.

Right now, anyone can post an entry without moderation. If people start breaking these ground rules, then I will start moderating user accounts and posts. And that will make this a lot less fun, so please don’t do those yucky things. kthx.

So where should you start? Here are some of my ideas…

• If you have an idea about how the site could be cooler, post it to see what other people think of it (if you get a whole bunch of people to agree that it’s brilliant and important, we might find a way to make it happen).
• If you want to get up on a soapbox and pontificate on what The Writ means to you, post it and it may inspire others to contribute their own thoughts on the matter.
• If you have a question, ask it, and someone will answer it. And all the other people who were wondering about the same thing but didn’t have the self-confidence to ask it themselves will silently praise your existence.
• If you’ve seen another site that’s doing something that you think we should or shouldn’t also do, tell us about it!

Hmm… what else could we do with this blog? Maybe you should tell me.

Oh, and posting notes: People tend to read entries that are easy to scan. For maximum impact, use short paragraphs, bulleted lists, and the occasional bold highlights. ALSO: USING ALL CAPS MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE AN ASSHOLE AND WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS “DEMANDING.” So don’t do that.

Am I forgetting anything?