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Post by HDSimplicityy on Jan 11, 2021 17:45:27 GMT -6
Raveneye, Willamete Writers volunteers have to become members after all. $57 a year for members 18 and older. Im torn... it sounds great, but I dont know...ya know? Aw, man! That stinks! What happened to writers just getting together to discuss writing? For frick sake. Why do things have to be money-based? Literature and the art of writing shouldn't be money-based!!! Ugh. Exclusive clubs and subscriptions to prove one is serious is just sad. It's why I haven't joined my own state's writing organization. Pay your dues, get a newsletter. Woopee. "Then pay some more to go to our conference. You get a discount if you pay your dues the rest of the year." Ugh. I'm all for conferences and networking, but gimme a break. I just want a few writer friends to sit around a coffee table exchanging banter on what makes good storytelling. Why is this hard? The idea of putting an ad in the local paper is becoming more and more tempting: "Wanted: Local writer seeks other local writers who are sick of paying for the privilege of discussing literature and storytelling and just want to sip tea while exchanging banter on what makes good writing. Free manuscript exchange included." Yes! Exactly! Just for being around serious writers who can give better critiques than most others. Maybe making friends, professional connections.
Whatever.
I will dwell on it more before I decide to just start a critique group here for Oregon based or Pacific Northwest based writers... while I can still tolerate living in Oregon. There are always other times to pay for one.
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Post by RAVENEYE on Jan 12, 2021 9:45:58 GMT -6
I mean, it DOES make sense that the organization you're looking at wants its volunteers to be members first. So, despite the frustrating aspect of it, I guess it depends on one's desperation to "be a part of" the thing and what one expects to get out of it (more than a newsletter, I hope). All told, most of us spend more per year on streaming subscriptions, game subs, etc. $57 isn't too bad, really. So there's the flipside of the argument, I guess.
If I decide to join the EFA (Editorial Freelancers Association), I'll be paying quite a bit more per year than $57. But it would come with opportunities of mentorship! And that's what I'm hungry for. So, yeah, torn.
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Post by HDSimplicityy on Jan 12, 2021 22:34:23 GMT -6
I mean, it DOES make sense that the organization you're looking at wants its volunteers to be members first. So, despite the frustrating aspect of it, I guess it depends on one's desperation to "be a part of" the thing and what one expects to get out of it (more than a newsletter, I hope). All told, most of us spend more per year on streaming subscriptions, game subs, etc. $57 isn't too bad, really. So there's the flipside of the argument, I guess. If I decide to join the EFA (Editorial Freelancers Association), I'll be paying quite a bit more per year than $57. But it would come with opportunities of mentorship! And that's what I'm hungry for. So, yeah, torn. I expect to make a new friend or more, build a network of people to edit with, critique with. Help someone get noticed and be noticed myself. But since my professional aspirations are not novel or short story or novella writing, this is secondary to other writing goals.
Another thing is I want to leave Oregon eventually. Anyone I got to know I would take their contact with me. A year or so is a small amount of time.
$57 is not bad. Depends on if they want me, what else I am writing. I have that contract writing gig for a Discord-based game development team, my own stories, maybe spark an exciting, localized critique group here, and hopefully resuming contributions to a ministry called LoveThyNerd as a writer. So yeaahh... Ive got my writing bases filled.
Thank you for the thought processing!
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Post by HDSimplicityy on Jan 13, 2021 18:11:00 GMT -6
@raveneye I do not see a separate thread within Fiction to start it. |
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Hey, hey! I'm so excited about our upcoming activity. Should be announced in the next few days. Stay tuned....