Writer's Paradise discussion

If you have an urgent need for something in November, you might want to try contacting more than just one of us mods. As far as I know, we're all doing nanowrimo in November, and probably won't be on this site much.

You could probably also nanomail us if you are a fellow nanoer. If you are not, then a PM on this site will probably work too. We might just not get it as fast.

If you have anything to add to this, Dee or Kenzie, go ahead.

Hey Roni,

I will do my best to get on at least once a day. Usually in the early morning hours (Eastern Time Zone).

Tuesday (tomorrow) I may not be online, as the cable is being re-installed to the new addition. Cross your fingers and wish me good luck :]

Best wishes to everyone who is doing NaNoWriMo this year. In November, I always feel guilty when I use up my word counts not related to the NaNoWriMo event :]

Hey everyone,

I will try to get on as much as I can. I've been really busy with school recently, and I've just decided to restart fixing Reawakened Soul, so I may be really out of touch. Don't get freaked out if I don't answer a message right away, if it's urgent you might want to try a different mod.

Oh, and we're working on choosing this month's Writer. Things have been hectic, we'll send around a message ASAHP.

Good luck on NaNo everyone, keep up the great work. :D

Thanks for letting me know, guys. I won't panic that you've disappeared. :)

Sounds good. :D

:)

Are you creating a new "write in 2010" group? I'd do my best to update my word count : D

*jokingly* Oh no where'd they go? *runs around screaming* lol. I need to go to sleep now... Night!

Erm ... not sure. We might end the group- not sure yet. :D

if you end this one you need to create a new one for 2010. let everyone start over and stuffz.

End it? Kenzie are you nuts?!

I dunno. We haven't really talked about it yet. I don't think we will, though.

No, I don't think so. Probably, the name of the group will just change. I thought about this when I first made the group. You see, we don't want to cut people off who did not start on January 1st.

Although it might be almost better to create a new group and start fresh, with new topics and everything. Of course, people in the middle of their challenges could either start anew or transfer things to the new group (with help from the mods, if needed)... hmmm. Maybe we should put it to a poll?

Yes. You should start fresh.

i think that it would be better to just keep the same group, b/c we'd be switching groups every year, and what if there are things in the topics here that we want to look back on and remember, or for reference, or something? that would be a lot of transferring besides

I think you should leave this group open but start a new one because it's a new year, and a fresh start and all that. Plus I could get a handle on what was going on without having to read through thousands of posts.

No no no! Please don't make a new group. Why can't you just change the name? People here won't transfer over and stuff ... aw man. Darn it.

They will transfer over. Just send out an message to all members.

Marisol wrote: "They will transfer over. Just send out an message to all members. "

But why? We have so many amazing discussions here, it will take forever to set them all up again. And most people still won't transfer, even if we send messages.

What's wrong with simply changing the name of this group to 'Write in 2010'?

You don't need to transfer it all over. You start again. It's a new year...

Marisol wrote: "I think you should leave this group open but start a new one because it's a new year, and a fresh start and all that. Plus I could get a handle on what was going on without having to read through t..."

Yes, I was thinking this might work. Plus the mods could get a handle on organization before everybody joins. And if it utterly fails, then we can always come back to this group. But we've got a little over a month before the new year, so we have time to figure stuff out.

Yeah. That makes sense.

If we start fresh, then that'd be fine. That way it's new, and clean, and organized.

But I also think that she should keep Write in 2009 up for maybe 1-2 months after to party. We wrote through all of 2009!

That sounds like a good idea, Annie. We don't have to delete this group right away. That way people will have enough time to move the things they want, and reminisce over things before they're gone.

The main reason for creating a whole new group is so that we'll be organized. This group has gotten a little messy during the year, and if we start a new one we'll be fresh and clean. And we can set the rules from the beginning that we know do and don't work so that there's less confusion for the new members. Plus, then we won't have to worry about deleting the topics of the members who leave because they won't have joined the new group.

yep!

that sounds good.

My thoughts exactly. :) Even with the topics for the members who have left/don't visit the group anymore.

yeah. You should make it clera that they should go to the new group, though.

Yeppers. That's what the "send this message to the entire group" thing is for. :)

true, true ; ) a bunch of poeple might keep just using this one though.

So, just to be clear, members who've been in the group for a year, posting daily and tracking word counts will have to join another group and begin again? Why not just change the name and put the 2009 threads in an archive for closed discussions? They can't be posted on anymore, but they're there for others to read.

Why not just close discussions in this group but leave them for people to go through?

It's just that there are so many discussions and craziness and It's getting really disorganized. It's a new year, and a fresh start.

I'd have to agree with Renee. Move what can be moved to the archives for referenses, and change the name of the group! The craziness comes with the participants, which is a good thing in my opinion!

Yeah but I have trouble getting through the topics. It's going to take a lot of work to move the discussions around- why not just create a new group and leave this one open?

I like Renee's idea. Keep the same group, but close last years out and put it all into a "closed discussions" spot so that anyone active would have to start a new thread under the new name.

Of course, whatever you lovely Mods decide will be great, I'm sure. You've done a spectacular job thus far.

I prefer the idea of starting fresh with the new year, and keeping this group around. With maybe a link from the new group to here. *shrugs*

I don't think it would be good to keep both open indefinitly. If you want to change over, then fine, do it but have a deadline where people know that this group becomes closed to new discussions on such-and-such a date. Otherwise we'll have twice as many threads to follow and it will be more confusing, not less.

True. Give it say until the end of January before shutting down this group.

True. Give it say until the end of January before shutting down this group.

Personally, I don't want to keep my little "cubi" so you could delete it New Years Day if you wanted to. I want a fresh start.

How's about a compromise? Say ... a month or so of the old group being open, allowing people time to transfer things, and then we freeze this group and post a link for anyone wanting to reminisce? We can even add in a topic where people can discuss old stuff if they wish.

That sounds like a good idea to me, but I'm just one voice among many ^^

That sounds like a good idea.

Oh, and at the risk of spamming- I started a new group focused on saving cardboard characters. It's called WACC- Writers Against Cardboard Characters. You should check it out.

Totally Agree Kenzie

I rather like my cubi...

thats cause you have thousands of posts : D but dont worry I'm sure you can get more.

Nope...I like my cubi because of how Tink decorated it, and all the wonderful memories I have when I turn on the lights :]

Oh, and of course Edward standing in the corner :]

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