R.Moon
from 2nd circle of Inferno is reading BooksFebruary 5, 2012 - 7:21pm
2. I'm a new aspiring writer. I would benefit from a $50 course where as Rian may not. I believe if you have short one week courses to really sit down with a teacher to discuss the fundamentals.
- I appreciate the sentiment, but believe me, I would definitely benefit from a course like that. I think any writer could benefit from it. Great idea, as well.
Jose F. Diaz
from East Coast is reading short novels by various authors that change so much it isn't worth posting here.February 5, 2012 - 7:26pm
@ Rian: The review that you gave me showed that you have a much better grasp of the fundamentals than I do. But as my old Senior Chief used to always say, "You can't ever go over the fundamentals enough. The moment you stop is the moment they begin to deteriorate."
Jose F. Diaz
from East Coast is reading short novels by various authors that change so much it isn't worth posting here.February 6, 2012 - 11:37am
What? Wait...you guys listened? I don't understand. What kind of sorcery is this? I don't have to take this kind of harrassment. If you guys won't...wait.
Group huddle guys. No Kirk you can't get in the huddle.
Okay, we've decided on an appropriate response.
Thank you for taking our suggestion and making it a reality.
Jose F. Diaz
from East Coast is reading short novels by various authors that change so much it isn't worth posting here.February 7, 2012 - 3:23pm
LitR staff,
In another post we thought of an idea that may help us all grow. We wanted a homework section of daily or weekly tasks that could help us build our toolbox as writers. Perhaps some of the seasoned writers could give us aspiring writers some tasks that helped them along the way to expand how they think and write. I understand that the Craft Essays have some assignments that we should attempt, but perhaps something a little more geared for the beginner or intermediate.
I don't know how possible it would be to use your contact list and have them give you a list of things that they did to help them expand their skills. Or we could leave it as a user run portion of the site. Something away from the community board and maybe a skills board or writers resource board.
I haven't hunted through this site in its entirety, but it would be nice to have. Inside you could also have a LitR must reads list, LitR top schools for writers, etc. Just an idea that I thought might give some more depth to the site.
Thank you for your attention in this matter and I look forward to the continued success of this site. It has been a pleasure to be a part of this talented community.
Nikki Guerlain
from Portlandia is reading Necronomicon Book ThreeMarch 14, 2012 - 3:27pm
needs a blow up Davery doll with a detachable penis, wonderful jumblies you can fill up with warm water strawberry milk whatever and a pull cord coming out the back of its neck so when you're getting all down and dirty with the doll you can climax to The Dave saying Welcome to Litreactor ...
Chester Pane
from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazApril 12, 2012 - 6:17pm
This may have been discussed before:
Course participation certificates of some kind signed by the instructor and embossed with the LitReactor Seal--delivered to the students door by Litbot.
A hefty discount for a four-course package. Buy three get one free, for example.
An annual double-blind short-story writing competition judged by some well-known author with five or ten winners anthologized in print form (LitReactor Press) with prize money for the overall winner; or something like this--this would bring traffic to the site and be fun too!
And of course the Davery™ Jumblie® Litbot Doll Nikkles mentioned.
Chester Pane
from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DiazApril 12, 2012 - 8:14pm
Oh, and I keep forgetting to mention this:
The issue of the 'RESULTS' button on the polls.
Is this feature necessary? It taints the voting. Could it be done away with so voting remains blind.
It sometimes initiates a sheep mentality or poll tampering issue where 'ties' are made and broken just for kicks or to keep a close race.
Just wondering.
In the Cult Workshop there used to be a 'READS' feature, so that even if Reviews weren't given, the author might have some grasp of the number of reads?
I realize all of these things take time to write into the system...but just throwing some more ideas that have come to mind in the last few months.
bryanhowie
from FW, ID is reading Comic books and motorcycle riding guidesApril 30, 2012 - 12:37pm
Litreactor needs a word count blank for submissions for two reasons:
1) I have 2 1/2 hours. I want to review something and not have to start and stop in the middle and pick it back up later. Seeing the length would be helpful and let me know what I'm getting into without searching the agenda or downloading the file and then hitting 'word count'.
2) Writers should get accustomed to having the word count present on their work. Most magazines have a word count they shoot for (between 1,500-3,000 for example).
3) It could add up for the critiquer. I want to know how many damn words I've critiqued. I could be up to a big novel worth of critquing right now.
Courtney
from the Midwest is reading Monkey: A Journey to the West and a thousand college textbooksMay 1, 2012 - 10:21pm
@Dwayne If I understand what you meant, you can click the red "(# new)" after the number of posts and it does just that. Not that I creep on every thread on here, or anything.
jyh
from the center of the universe is reading Cyclonopedia FTWJune 5, 2012 - 8:07pm
In the workshop -- I'd like it if I could make the LBLs private (more private that is, as in only available to me,) allowing me to control whether or not the file is perpetually available without deleting the entire review thread.
I agree with jfdiaz. That was pretty impressive.
2. I'm a new aspiring writer. I would benefit from a $50 course where as Rian may not. I believe if you have short one week courses to really sit down with a teacher to discuss the fundamentals.
- I appreciate the sentiment, but believe me, I would definitely benefit from a course like that. I think any writer could benefit from it. Great idea, as well.
Yeah, Rian (ry-YUN), I would benefit more than you, chode! lol jk
@ Rian: The review that you gave me showed that you have a much better grasp of the fundamentals than I do. But as my old Senior Chief used to always say, "You can't ever go over the fundamentals enough. The moment you stop is the moment they begin to deteriorate."
Well, thank you both. I appreciate that.
"You can't ever go over the fundamentals enough. The moment you stop is the moment they begin to deteriorate."
- Very true and an excellent observation.
This will be in at some point this week.
What? Wait...you guys listened? I don't understand. What kind of sorcery is this? I don't have to take this kind of harrassment. If you guys won't...wait.
Group huddle guys. No Kirk you can't get in the huddle.
Okay, we've decided on an appropriate response.
Thank you for taking our suggestion and making it a reality.
Wait, what...okay, I'll tell him.
Alien thinks you're cute. That is all.
I'd like to see replies to articles show up in the participated page.
LitR staff,
In another post we thought of an idea that may help us all grow. We wanted a homework section of daily or weekly tasks that could help us build our toolbox as writers. Perhaps some of the seasoned writers could give us aspiring writers some tasks that helped them along the way to expand how they think and write. I understand that the Craft Essays have some assignments that we should attempt, but perhaps something a little more geared for the beginner or intermediate.
I don't know how possible it would be to use your contact list and have them give you a list of things that they did to help them expand their skills. Or we could leave it as a user run portion of the site. Something away from the community board and maybe a skills board or writers resource board.
I haven't hunted through this site in its entirety, but it would be nice to have. Inside you could also have a LitR must reads list, LitR top schools for writers, etc. Just an idea that I thought might give some more depth to the site.
Thank you for your attention in this matter and I look forward to the continued success of this site. It has been a pleasure to be a part of this talented community.
Very respectfully,
Jose F. Diaz
No re-submitting updated versions of a story in the same workshop submission. You earn your 15 points and resubmit the updated version.
^ agreed
needs a blow up Davery doll with a detachable penis, wonderful jumblies you can fill up with warm water strawberry milk whatever and a pull cord coming out the back of its neck so when you're getting all down and dirty with the doll you can climax to The Dave saying Welcome to Litreactor ...
Are dave and avery the same person?
oh perfect- you can make it two-headed.
Re-submitting. This will never go away. It sucks, yeah but thats how it works.
This may have been discussed before:
:-)
The issue of the 'RESULTS' button on the polls.
Is this feature necessary? It taints the voting. Could it be done away with so voting remains blind.
It sometimes initiates a sheep mentality or poll tampering issue where 'ties' are made and broken just for kicks or to keep a close race.
Just wondering.
I realize all of these things take time to write into the system...but just throwing some more ideas that have come to mind in the last few months.
Thanks.
Litreactor needs a word count blank for submissions for two reasons:
1) I have 2 1/2 hours. I want to review something and not have to start and stop in the middle and pick it back up later. Seeing the length would be helpful and let me know what I'm getting into without searching the agenda or downloading the file and then hitting 'word count'.
2) Writers should get accustomed to having the word count present on their work. Most magazines have a word count they shoot for (between 1,500-3,000 for example).
3) It could add up for the critiquer. I want to know how many damn words I've critiqued. I could be up to a big novel worth of critquing right now.
^THIS
I will write 10,000 word stories and you will review them dammit. Why? Because I'm FASCINATING!
I'd like if it jumped to the oldest post you havn't looked at on the forums when you click on the links.
I would like it if you could filter through comments by people you don't like.
"I would like it if you could filter through comments by people you don't like."
In life?? Because if we could work that out I'd be a happy pup. Also, I laughed a lot at that one.
I laugh at Davery all the time.
Word count is a very important element.
I like Howie's idea.
@Dwayne If I understand what you meant, you can click the red "(# new)" after the number of posts and it does just that. Not that I creep on every thread on here, or anything.
@Courtney - I'll try that, didn't think was a link.
My reply to posts in the workshop should not count as a review. It should be its own thread and not impact the count.
I wasn't sure, but has this actually happened? I haven't posted in a bit, but just want to keep the Kirk busy from time to time.
In the contact section of our profiles, it makes way sense to add a Goodreads link.
I'd like Participated to but the threads that have unread posts at the top.
In the workshop -- I'd like it if I could make the LBLs private (more private that is, as in only available to me,) allowing me to control whether or not the file is perpetually available without deleting the entire review thread.
A smartphone app. Has anyone said that yet?
Even better would be a responsive design on the site so I could use it on my kindle and my phone. I also +1 the goodreads link.
The ability to flag the replies to articles, since that seems to be were most of the spam is.
I'm sure this was suggested. But the dreaded LIKE button. I would like to like forum comments without having to reply with ^ ^ ^ awesome!
I agree with Hopkins on the private LBL's.