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[bubosquared]

So I'm having a number of ideas about essay type things I want to write about slash and slash fandom and the likes, and I'm thinking "Hm. I'd like these to get a wider audience, get people to discuss this with who aren't on my friends list, and I as myself "Where?" Basically, there's two options: Fanfic Symposium, and CABS.

The Symposium was nixed right away, because their intelectually superior attitude irritates me. I love discussions and meta-discussions and an academic approach to things, but they take it a step too far for me. And, well, any article I'd submit would have references to or examples from RPS, and I just know a number of people would concentrate on that rather than on my actual point, and a lot of them wouldn't even read it because of that. So, x-nay on the FS.

CABS? I seriously considered it. I like a lot of what they're saying, but some of the things they say rub me the wrong way, and. I dunno. I don't think I want to put my stuff on there, and that's even assuming I could do it under my own name, because Idon't want to take on a pseud for this. (They have a point, of course. I know damn well that if you're having a discussion about something writing-related, there's always gonna be people who will turn the discussion from whatever the point is to the flaws in your own writing. And trust me, i have big issues with that, and even bigger ones with the idea that if you're not a writer, your opinion is worthless. But at the same time, I'd feel as if I were hiding, and I don't want that.)

So, yeah. Anyone know a place where I could put up stuff like Ten Things Not To Do With A Sex Scene and a rant about dialects and dialogue and things like that?

Comments

[fayemeadows.livejournal.com]

I don't know where you could post it but you could send me a copy because I'd like to read it.

Well...

[coneyislandbaby]

You could set up a page of your own and put the page on the slash rants and ramblings web ring (there's a link on the Symposium somewhere). I don't think there are any other multi-fandom essay pages that are open to contributions. And I haunt essay pages. Even the ones I don't agree with are fun to read. Most of the time, anyway.

Hey...if you'd consider it, you could even open it to submissions from the RPS-friendly and tolerant?

I know there's the RS-X archive, but it would be nice to have a place other than LJ to wibble about this stuff that was a bit more formalised than a list.