Designers Wanted: Inquire Within!

[Circ]

Welcome to Growth. This is a forum dedicated to helping writers achieve their creative potential via feedback from other, perhaps more experienced, writers. This will often take the form of a critique, but a helpful and kind one that isn't designed to put anyone down.

1. I don't want feedback.

If you aren't looking for feedback, please say so in your post and include (NFB) in the subject line. This helps us, the Mercenary Spectators, do our jobs more effectively. If you do this, keep in mind that your post may be moved to a more appropriate section of the forum; a shadow will be kept on Growth for easy reference.

2. I want feedback.

Great! Just post your writing and we'll hop right on it. Of course, if you are looking for a specific kind of feedback (or avoiding it), please say so in your post. This helps those giving feedback avoid superfluous analysis that you're already aware of or not really wanting to see.

3. I'm not sure.

If you aren't sure, don't worry! We won't hurt your feelings or condescend. If you feel we have, please tell us so that we can fix it.

Remember, Growth is for everyone, and it is here to help.

[miyumi]

In the writing prompt thread, please only post either:

1- a new writing prompt when the old one has been posted on and has been up long enough

2- a short story or poem based off the writing prompt.

If it does not at least refer to each of the two words in the writing prompt, it will be moved. Random Shorts is for any random short stories that you wish not to have their own thread, and where any shorts that don't belong in the writing prompt thread will be moved to. Random Poetry is the corresponding thread for the poems. Thank you for keeping to the purpose of the topics.

[Yami-Dokuro]

Artwork Reputation

Since the reputation system was introduced and the kinks straightened out I thought I'd bring this to the attention of the Artwork Forum.

When you rate a picture please don't instantly give it a five star, judge it. Give it what YOU think it deserves based on creativity, the effort put into it maybe ask the creator how they did to get a little insight before you cast your final vote on them and remember, just because it doesn't have colour or someone who has never drawn before decides to give it a shot doesn't mean it deserves a 1 star. Think.

Alot of effort and time goes into each and every art piece and that results in some epic artwork here. Now, the reputation system does have its advantages. Users who have alot of reputation will have a larger say in the creative community, for instance we might ask someone with high reputation to assist us in a contest or perhaps even if they excel enough, join us. There are many rewards for those that exude high quality artwork, for those that doubt themselves remember, it's not just the quality that's judged, I could give a piece five stars because the artist put so much effort into it.

Here's some basic criteria to remember when you judge a piece of art:

Quality - The visual quality of a piece, how eyecatching or appealing it is.

Effort - The physical and mental effort an artist has poured into the piece.

Time - The time taken to create the piece, if something high quality was made in 2 hours great, the longer it has taken the better the finished piece usually is.

Expression - The feelings and expressions portrayed by the piece, if the piece is uplifting and brings a smile to your face then it's expressing a joyful feeling.

Thank You, Design Team

[pixelgami]

Thanks, Yami! This is a great reminder.

[Circ]

In light of Matthias' capitalization quanderies, I felt it would be helpful to supply you all with something more authoritative on the topic.

See this article, Capitalization in poetry, and see if it helps. By-and-large, most of the people on this site are using capitalization correctly when writing their poems, and their poems are reasonably well-constructed.

[Lykaios]

Capitalisation in poetry is entirely the poet's decision - there's no right or wrong. Poetry has always been a personal art form - it's not bound by rules unless you choose to be restricted by them.

Some people capitalise every line, and that's fine, it's just a rather outdated way of doing it, but nonetheless fine if that's what the poet chooses.

Most modern poetry doesn't capitalise every line but either omits capitals full stop or only capitalises at the begining of sentences in poetry. If you look around the bookshps at some kodern poetry books (last ten years or so) then you'll see what I mean.

But yeah - do what you feel comfortable with; there are no rules about capitalisation, despite what schools teach you.

[Infinity]

Capitalisation in poetry is entirely the poet's decision - there's no right or wrong. Poetry has always been a personal art form - it's not bound by rules unless you choose to be restricted by them.

Some people capitalise every line, and that's fine, it's just a rather outdated way of doing it, but nonetheless fine if that's what the poet chooses.

Most modern poetry doesn't capitalise every line but either omits capitals full stop or only capitalises at the begining of sentences in poetry. If you look around the bookshps at some kodern poetry books (last ten years or so) then you'll see what I mean.

But yeah - do what you feel comfortable with; there are no rules about capitalisation, despite what schools teach you.

I generally agree with this. While I do understand why there would be rules in the art of poetry and such, I believe that the way the writing is expressed is completely and entirely the poet's decision. Even if the grammar was broken and the capitalization completely off in terms of normal writing, poetry isn't restricted by such bounds. I tend to capitalize a tad abnormally in alot of my poetry, as opposed to others, but I don't believe it makes it wrong by any account.

[ViceVersus]

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Are you a writer, artist, filmmaker, photographer, or any sort of visionary with a passion for what you do? Is your mind always churning out new ideas that you'd love to see become reality?

Most of all, do you want to be an active helping hand in the look and feel of our developing community?

Yes? Great! Then we want to hear from you!

With 2011 just around the corner, RolePlayGateway finds itself looking for creative, motivated individuals to take up an orange name and join our new team of Designers!

As a Designer on RolePlayGateway, you will be part of a tight-knit team working to improve the visual experience of our ever-expanding userbase. You will work closely with your fellow Designers and take projects from "braindump" to concept stage -- all the way to completion! it's a rewarding experience where collaboration is key, but so is having fun!

Interested?

Send both myself and my co-team leader, Kai a Private Message and let us to get to know you a bit!

Tell us who you are and about your history in creative expression. Why do you think you'd be a great fit for our team? Have you worked with teams to produce content in the past? What were the results? What is it about you that will positively affect interaction with other Designers? What can you personally bring to the table?

Don't hesitate to show off some of your work! Wow us! Amaze us! Act like you're pitching a product -- you!

Hope to hear from you guys soon! This application will be open for a while.

All the best!

~Sato & Kai!

[ViceVersus]

Howdy-hey, guys and gals!

Are you a writer, artist, filmmaker, photographer, or any sort of visionary with a passion for what you do? Is your mind always churning out new ideas that you'd love to see become reality?

Most of all, do you want to be an active helping hand in the look and feel of our developing community?

Yes? Great! Then we want to hear from you!

With 2011 just around the corner, RolePlayGateway finds itself looking for creative, motivated individuals to take up an orange name and join our new team of Designers!

As a Designer on RolePlayGateway, you will be part of a tight-knit team working to improve the visual experience of our ever-expanding userbase. You will work closely with your fellow Designers and take projects from "braindump" to concept stage -- all the way to completion! it's a rewarding experience where collaboration is key, but so is having fun!

Interested? Great!

Send both myself and my co-team leader, Kai a Private Message and let us to get to know you a bit!

Tell us who you are and about your history in creative expression. Why do you think you'd be a great fit for our team? Have you worked with teams to produce content in the past? What were the results? What is it about you that will positively affect interaction with other Designers? What can you personally bring to the table?

Don't hesitate to show off some of your work! Wow us! Amaze us! Act like you're pitching a product -- you!

Hope to hear from you guys soon! This application will be open for a while.

All the best!

~Sato & Kai!

[ViceVersus]

Howdy-hey, guys and gals!

Are you a writer, artist, filmmaker, photographer, or any sort of visionary with a passion for what you do? Is your mind always churning out new ideas that you'd love to see become reality?

Most of all, do you want to be an active helping hand in the look and feel of our developing community?

Yes? Great! Then we want to hear from you!

With 2011 just around the corner, RolePlayGateway finds itself looking for creative, motivated individuals to take up an orange name and join our new team of Designers!

As a Designer on RolePlayGateway, you will be part of a tight-knit team working to improve the visual experience of our ever-expanding userbase. You will work closely with your fellow Designers and take projects from "braindump" to concept stage -- all the way to completion! it's a rewarding experience where collaboration is key, but so is having fun!

Interested? Great!

Send both Cynique and Kai a Private Message and let us to get to know you a bit!

Tell us who you are and about your history in creative expression. Why do you think you'd be a great fit for our team? Have you worked with teams to produce content in the past? What were the results? What is it about you that will positively affect interaction with other Designers? What can you personally bring to the table?

Don't hesitate to show off some of your work! Wow us! Amaze us! Act like you're pitching a product -- you!

Hope to hear from you guys soon! This application will be open for a while.

All the best!

~Sato & Kai!

[TrueConnection]

I tend to capitalize formally in most of my poetry (yes, first in every line), but like every other element of the writing, I think of it as up to the writer to come up with a clever way to employ the language and grammar to achieve his objectives. Much like "visual poetry" can be used to express something (in terms of how the whole looks) that you wouldn't get by standard arrangement, nonstandard grammatical arrangement, if used with a bit of skill, could achieve a similar effect.

[Zephyr]

Poetry is as much visual as it is linguistic. If the author of the poem sees it fit to purposely misspell a word or neglect the use of capitalization, then their views are correct in the respect that it is their poem.

[songstar13]

I am of the same opinion that capitalization is a completely optional convention in poetry. I tend to go the route of leaving capitals out of my poetry for the most part, as I feel it makes the lines blend together more...like they are one continuous stream of ideas rather than a few self-contained phrases smashed together in a few lines of pretty language. I also recognize that capitalization can bring special emphasis to certain words in a manner that cannot be achieved in another manner. Poetry is art, and art has no rules.

[Xavirne]

Hello and welcome to Fallout: Red Texas. This is the GM's guide to playing. Here you will find pertinent information that will not only progress the story, but it will also affect your characters. If, at any point, you are confused about something, please PM your GM (that's me) and she will address the question to the best of her knowledge.

Now, without further ado, let's hash out the super basics....

[FenRawr]

Talk, Brainstorm, Questions
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[SkunkishBlue]

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