Story discussion illegal Not KM approved!

[A7inchPhildo]

Story discussion Circle? Who what how?

I fully understand KM is busy with personal priorities. "Not a problem."

I can figure out several have posted stories, and now calling it "Grass roots" or something. Whatever!

OK how exactly is this working or attempting to work?

What sticky?

Where do we find the story of topic?

Then where do we reply to it?



These are non posted stories?



Phildo

Edited out posted story to ask please be more direct with how to find this grass roots thingy going on.

 

[Pure]

Hi Seven,

We're trying to have a queue in the first 'Discussion' sticky thread.
Then discuss an author per week.

Black Tulips story just went up.

Please post a note there if you want to join the queue. I think you'd have to wait a couple weeks.


Of course no one can enforce anything, since it's grass roots and no moderator, but I, Rumple and dr. mad are trying to stir the embers and keep things going in an orderly and helpful way.

From my pov, it would be best to delete your story temporarily, if you would. Else let it stand with a note saying the group will discuss it in a couple weeks ( second or third week of May).

If it's simple solicitation of comment, there is 'story feedback' and even letting people in 'author's hangout' know of what feedback you want.

I understand your upset, but I hope you'll contribute to an orderly process, as you once did. The 'grassroots' thing has been going a month. I don't think talking about stories, here, is 'illegal'.

As you know, here it's a swap: I see you've previously given comments to a couple writers, so it's a pleasure to see a 'civic minded' person turn up!


Best,
J.

 

[A7inchPhildo]

Ok edited the story I will play with you.

Answer the questions above if you would. As it is like finding a needle in a haystack trying to figure out how this is working. Weeks have passed and I never see any action in here. Kind of like the Wonka factory, "Nobody ever goes in and nobody ever comes out."


Again I ask the SDC is for pre-posted stories? All the stories I see for grass roots are posted stories. We can play this game over in the story feedback.

 

[Pure]

Hi Seven,

you said,

Ok edited the story I will play with you.

Great.


Answer the questions above if you would. As it is like finding a needle in a haystack trying to figure out how this is working.

The two 'sticky' marked threads both have directions I posted.

Weeks have passed and I never see any action in here. Kind of like the Wonka factory, "Nobody ever goes in and nobody ever comes out."

There has been a story discussed each week for four weeks; further, each stray story that turns up has received a reply suggesting joining the queue, and some have done so.


Again I ask the SDC is for pre-posted stories? All the stories I see for grass roots are posted stories. We can play this game over in the story feedback.

The SDC originally has two streams, one for posted, one for drafts not posted. Since 'business' is slack, they are consolidated. The queue is under the 'discussion' sticky. Where a story isn't clickable, it can be posted in that person's thread when it's his or her turn. One posting is quite capacious, so I'd suggest segments of say 5000 words; i.e., two part posting for a 10,000 word story.

To answer your earlier questions:

OK how exactly is this [Circle] working or attempting to work?
see above

What sticky?

In the Circle, the topmost threads (two), with the yellow rectangle ('sticky') contain directions as to how this area is run. The thread labelled 'discusion' is being used for a queue.

Where do we find the story of topic?

A new thread, labeled "Grassroots Discusion: Joe Blow will go up each week. Since older discussions trail off, the most current thread will be fairly close to the top, or in the upper half of the first page. See the date of starting.

Then where do we reply to it?

Seven, you reply in the thread set up for the story (i.e., containing the url or actual text). You did this before, remember?

I hope this clarifies things, and look forward to your story.

J.