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fan_writers comm - for meta about writing
fan_writers geek out about writing! Some posts shared in the comm:vriddybnha_fans, a comm for fans of Boku no Hero Academia.beatrice_otterdwfanfic evilinsanemonkeyharringroversfearstreet2021znationhqeerieindianavriddybnha_fans has been chugging along for about six months now, and I've been documenting what I learned around creating a Dreamwidth comm in a series of posts, now (hopefully!) nicely organised:annathecrowHi everyone!
This week, Dreamwars the Star Wars fandom chat community celebrates the first year of its existence. :) Perhaps someone here might be interested in it?
Dreamwars is a low-effort place to just come and talk about Star Wars with other fans here on DW. Every week there’s a “chat corner” post with an optional discussion prompt, and people can chat the comments. That’s it! Don’t feel like talking about the prompt? You can talk about anything else, it’s an optional prompt for a reason ;) Not in a mood for SW? Just skip a week (or a month), no big deal.
The chat prompts vary quite a lot! We go through the movies, the newest shows, old Legends/EU books, general “theme topics”… as an example, these were the prompts for the last 4 chat corners:
SW can be a bit divisive and people have opinions and feelings, but the goal is to make space for everyone, and I think it’s been working pretty well this past year. :)
I definitely have to thank the participants for this - you folks are great! We’re not a big community, or a busy one, but I’d say we really are a community now.
If any of this sounds interesting, come check out this week’s chat corner :)
fred_mouseI'm looking for a community dedicated to meta* that I can post the occasional linkspam to, where I wouldn't be posting against the current rules. I did some poking around, which I documented in a post on my blog. fandom_meta looked promising, until I read the posting rules, and realised it is for posting links to one's personal meta posts. meta_warehouse might be suitable, but again, the focus is meta, not links.
Does anyone know of anything suitable? It doesn't have to be active -- I'm happy to just start posting into the void, and see what happens. At the very least, I'll have a record of the interesting things I found to go back and look at :)
* for those who haven't previously encountered the term, 'meta' here is used to refer to non-fiction fannish writing. There might be more specific definitions, but I like the broad brush inclusive option.
kallowaymekareysabetwordsmith wrote a constructive post in response collecting a lot of links to active communities and practical tips for engaging here on Dreamwidth. I also referred some of the participants to this community.vriddy
- Treat people with respect.
- Don't harsh other people's squee. Be mindful that the character you hate is someone else's favourite. Try to come here to celebrate what you love about the fanworks and canon, the characters and themes and anything BNHA-related that sparks joy. Character bashing, kink shaming, flame wars and dogpiling aren't welcome. This is a ship and let ship environment.
- NSFW content (dark themes, mature topics, adult content, etc) should be placed under a cut and tagged appropriately, so people who want to avoid those topics can do so. Mentioning dark themes from canon (e.g. child abuse, mutilation, suicide-baiting, ...) in passing is fine but should go under a cut if digging into the details.
g_uava - New Community for Fan Writers!soc_puppet - Summer of the 69: Theme Pollvriddy - How to create a dreamwidth comm resourcesbeatrice_otter - DW Fanfic Directoryevilinsanemonkey - Multiple Comms: Fic Rec Fridayvriddy - Tips on how to create a fan commannathecrow - 1st anniversary of Dreamwars, the DW Star Wars communitymekare - Chinese-fandom related content on Dreamwidthfred_mouse - Metakalloway - Multi-Fandom Writing Prompt Comms & Whatnotmekare - Signal boosting some ideas from Snowflake challengevriddy - What makes for good community guidelines/code of conduct for a fan comm?timeasmymeasureforests_of_fire
