ALL THE GROUP THINGS!

IT LIIIIIIIVES! Persistent-Practice

Um. Not really yet. But it exists. And there's a journal with stuff!  I think it's all functional, and joining should be active. It's not automatically approved, but I'm not going to make an application process unless there's a lot. Which will never happen. (I am going to hopefully signal-boost this through CR-lit, but not until I have all the bugs worked out. That would just be embarrassing. I am like a baby duck with this group stuff.)

That being said, I have some stuff I want your opinion on!

First, I have no idea what to do for an icon... I'll probably just settle for generic writing-hand stock with the group name, but if anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate it.

Second, I have no idea what to put in the group gallery. I am thinking about doing prompts, but I am not sure when, nor do I have many ideas, so I will just set that aside. The favorites will probably be good writing articles from here on DA.

Third, here's the schedule I'm thinking about for the week. (It's alliterative because I like alliteration, and all y'all can deal with it.)

Every day will have some kind of journal update, featuring a discussion topic or something motivational. MTW is about motivation, getting you started in order to finish the week strong. (I don't know, I always tend to have it easier on Fridays and the weekend because I have less crap to do. Earlier in the week, I always have a thousand excuses.) TrFSS is think-y stuff: writing discussion and the like. It would be something like this:

Motivation Monday: I will have a blog post with a reason to write or a question to get you thinking about why you're doing this stuff. We shall discuss.

Terrible Tuesdays: This will be general motivation-type stuff. Probably quotes jacked from Tumblr and famous writers.

WHY AM I DOING THIS Wednesday: This is a day set aside for bitching. The comments for Wednesday's journals will be completely open for cries of despair and hatred for your writing, or for discussing thorny plot problems/whatever's got you down. Comments replying to other people's problems shall only be positive and encouraging. (I'm sorry, . I'm not a hardass.)

Thoughtful Thursdays: I will post a video (via the blog) introducing a topic of writing-related discussion. People shall then comment on the journal with their thoughts, and next week I will post a second video with everyone's ideas and my own. Part of the reason people get stuck is because they don't think about what kind of writer they are or how they write or what they're doing, so that's what this day is for.

Famous Advice Friday: On Fridays, I'll post another video talking about some key idea from a writing book or article. (Suggestions for good books about writing are still open! I have three or four to start with, but I'm always open to more.)

Cinema-and-other-media Saturday: In which I pick a good book/TV show/movie and talk about what's good. (Or maybe a really terrible one if I'm in a bad mood.)

Sunday Sit-ins: This is sort of a day off for me, but basically I'll set up a group chat room and leave it open while doing other stuff. We can talk about whatever--writing angst, cool ideas, maybe have an unofficial word-wars session or do a round-robin. Sort of an extension of Wednesday, but less dedicated to bitching.

Give me thoughts if you have them! I'm very excited which is why I keep using exclamation points!