As I mentioned in the thread on home page ideas, we are looking for your input on what sorts of articles to feature on our home page.
There is one more idea that I would like to bounce off of you guys. One of our goals is for Mythic Scribes to become a valuable resource for fantasy writers. As such, we are considering creating in-depth guides on specific aspects of fantasy writing. Here's how we would approach this:
Topics such as magic systems, characterization, city creation, etc. would be explored over a series of 5-10 home page articles, each post written by a different person. Each series would extend over several weeks. Once each article in the series has run, we would then organize them into a "guide" which would be freely available on the site. The guide wouldn't be a single document per se. Rather, it would be a page with each article in the series listed in order, along with descriptions and an introduction. Think of it as a table of contents with hypertext linking to each article.
For something like this to work, we would need a lot of participation from the community. We would also need 2-3 members to step up and serve as editors for this project. Here are my questions related to this:
1. Would producing these guides be worthwhile? In other words, would they be a valuable resource that would benefit the broader fantasy writing community?
2. Would you be interested in being involved in a project such as this? If so, would you be willing to sign up to contribute an article every other month or so?
Please share your thoughts on this possibility. We will decide whether to proceed based on your reactions in this thread.
There is one more idea that I would like to bounce off of you guys. One of our goals is for Mythic Scribes to become a valuable resource for fantasy writers. As such, we are considering creating in-depth guides on specific aspects of fantasy writing. Here's how we would approach this:
Topics such as magic systems, characterization, city creation, etc. would be explored over a series of 5-10 home page articles, each post written by a different person. Each series would extend over several weeks. Once each article in the series has run, we would then organize them into a "guide" which would be freely available on the site. The guide wouldn't be a single document per se. Rather, it would be a page with each article in the series listed in order, along with descriptions and an introduction. Think of it as a table of contents with hypertext linking to each article.
For something like this to work, we would need a lot of participation from the community. We would also need 2-3 members to step up and serve as editors for this project. Here are my questions related to this:
1. Would producing these guides be worthwhile? In other words, would they be a valuable resource that would benefit the broader fantasy writing community?
2. Would you be interested in being involved in a project such as this? If so, would you be willing to sign up to contribute an article every other month or so?
Please share your thoughts on this possibility. We will decide whether to proceed based on your reactions in this thread.