Skybird
05-22-06, 04:38 PM
You all red Neals proclamation of publishing a book made by authors from the community adding their works to it. He also invited me to write (what else) for it.
However, this is a no-go for me, because it is foreign langauge: English. It is one thing to write a non.-fictioonal text, a review or an essay and work around verbal problems I run into. Prose, or fictional writing, is something different , because it needs more skills and control of the many nuance of a language. I had two attemots, and failed in both.
However, I had an idea, and this thread is in agreement with Neal whom I asked of his opinion. I asusme many of us have their hobbies in the field of arts, and not only limited to the field of naval themes. Some may do music. Or paintings. Some may draw cartoons and carricatures. Some may be pros in photography. others write short stories, or poems, or novels. And we are an multi-lingual audience here.
Why not having maybe even two threads, one "stage" thread, and one "lounge" thread, maybe stickied. In the stage thread, everyone can pick one posting space to present himself "on stage": he may link to his latest bestseller novel, or the latest tunes he composed and set up for download somehwhere. Or he posts some poems, or two links to thsoe two short stories he think to be his masterpieces so far. Even more, where it is no picture and music-related work, textworks can be given in original mother-tongue, which may leave exclusively English-speakers out, but may be interesting for others who undersatand that language. It is not about abusing the forum as a place where you can set up all and everthing you ever painted, composed, wrote, or photographed (filmed, I forgot that one!), but only the highlights, the few little things on your collection you are especially proud of, and would like to share.
Of course, you also can post results from work in two or three artistic hobbies you are engaged in, for example music and poems, or text works and photography (like for me).
Let's see if we can find some enthusiasm for this idea in this place.
However, this is a no-go for me, because it is foreign langauge: English. It is one thing to write a non.-fictioonal text, a review or an essay and work around verbal problems I run into. Prose, or fictional writing, is something different , because it needs more skills and control of the many nuance of a language. I had two attemots, and failed in both.
However, I had an idea, and this thread is in agreement with Neal whom I asked of his opinion. I asusme many of us have their hobbies in the field of arts, and not only limited to the field of naval themes. Some may do music. Or paintings. Some may draw cartoons and carricatures. Some may be pros in photography. others write short stories, or poems, or novels. And we are an multi-lingual audience here.
Why not having maybe even two threads, one "stage" thread, and one "lounge" thread, maybe stickied. In the stage thread, everyone can pick one posting space to present himself "on stage": he may link to his latest bestseller novel, or the latest tunes he composed and set up for download somehwhere. Or he posts some poems, or two links to thsoe two short stories he think to be his masterpieces so far. Even more, where it is no picture and music-related work, textworks can be given in original mother-tongue, which may leave exclusively English-speakers out, but may be interesting for others who undersatand that language. It is not about abusing the forum as a place where you can set up all and everthing you ever painted, composed, wrote, or photographed (filmed, I forgot that one!), but only the highlights, the few little things on your collection you are especially proud of, and would like to share.
Of course, you also can post results from work in two or three artistic hobbies you are engaged in, for example music and poems, or text works and photography (like for me).
Let's see if we can find some enthusiasm for this idea in this place.