Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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This site is now Writing
In response to the recent discussion "Should we change our name?", we've made a subtle but crucial alteration to how this site presents itself:
As a general practice, we long ago moved away from ...
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What are we supposed to do now about discipline issues?
Before the cluster-screw that was Stack Exchange wrongfully revoking Monica's mod status and the ensuing dozens of mods resigning/taking leaves of absence, we had some semblance of order and ...
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Announcing a Pro Tempore Moderator election
Summary: Writing Stack Exchange will begin the nomination stage for a special election on July 29 to bring in one more moderator.
For full details of the process, see the announcement on Meta Stack ...
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Do you hear the Writers sing?
I have just posted this on Meta: a call to end our imprisonment in "beta".
This has been done following this discussion last year, and this one this year.
If you care about us becoming a full ...
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Moderator Pro Tem Announcement
Throughout the beta, we need members from the site whose focus is to engage the community, both in community-building issues and site management. That's why we select a few members from each community ...
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Questions coming in from Technical Communication
As previously discussed in Let's migrate content from Technical Communication here and also on their meta (probably not available for much longer), we are currently receiving a large number of ...
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Now there arose a new king over Egypt
I have promised to keep my activity on SE on hold until the situation with Monica's firing and slander resolved itself. This has now happened, and I find the resolution unsatisfactory. Here is what I ...
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Announcing a “Graduation” election for 2021
Summary: Writing Stack Exchange will begin the nomination stage for an election on November 1st, as your “graduation” election. When we ran an election here last year, we intentionally chose to make ...
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Proposed contest: let's recognize some generalists!
This is a proposal for a contest, not a contest announcement (yet). Please help refine the idea, and then we'll run it.
The Generalist badge is a milestone for sites and not just individual people. ...
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2018: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in ...
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Let's Hold a Contest! [October 2013]
Goal
Writers.SE has been small but steady for quite a while; we're not slipping, but we want an opportunity to grow.
So we're planning an event which is a combination of of promotion, and content ...
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A Suggestion From an Outsider - Vote Early, Vote Often
While this sort of thing has been said on many sites, I thought it might be worth saying here.
Vote early, vote often.
If a question is worthy of an answer, it's worthy of an upvote. If you don't ...
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Stack Improvement Drive: Writers
Greetings from Stack Exchange HQ! I am here to check in on the site and see if there’s any way the Community Growth team from Stack Exchange can help you improve it. Note that this is a more hands-on, ...
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How is “questions per day on average” computed?
My question, How is “questions per day on average” computed?,
is prompted by noticing that Writers SE is still in Beta apparently because the number of questions per day, on average, is below some ...
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2020: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the past 12 months.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network ...
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2020 Community Moderator Election
The 2020 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
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Restart Challenges?
It's back to school time, more or less, in the US, so a lot of us have September Energy! (This is always the real new year's for me, and time for resolutions I can actually follow)
So: Tag ...
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Contests vs. Writing Competitions
Someone just posted a new question Should a short story be submitted to a publisher in order to know if they would be interested in a book based on it? where they used the tag writing-competitions
I ...
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Where do I ask questions about acting?
I have a podcast/audiobook question, but it's about voice-acting choices, so I know it doesn't go here.
Is there an acting-type Stack?
The question is basically, when reading an audiobook, ...
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WTCS: "House" as a study case
Topic: Questions using the TV show House as a case study.
The idea is to analyze the writing of the popular TV show to gain wider insights applicaple to our own writing. Appropriate questions might ...
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August 2023 Writing Challenge: Introduce yourself
As decided by vote, here's the next challenge, proposed by me:
A little autobiography never hurt anyone (or maybe that's part of your tragic backstory?). Tell us about yourself and what you're ...
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2021: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
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Have new and medium-experienced users' posts dropped off recently?
Have new and medium-experienced users' posts dropped off recently? Is anyone keeping track of such stats?
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How to write a how to write question?
I have several questions regarding the art of writing different types of scenarios, however what is the best practice of constructing such questions so they stay in the realm of being on topic?
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Change in the pro tem mod team
Some folks may have noticed that justkt is no longer a moderator on Writers; she's bowed out as a mod because of lack of time. To replace her, Monica has been asked by the Stack Exchange team to take ...
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2021 Community Moderator Election
The 2021 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
Primary phase
Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
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February 2023 Writing Challenge: Killing for a cause
As decided by vote, here's the next challenge, proposed by Selina:
Write a scene where the protagonist is forced to hurt or kill a friend/someone they are close to, to achieve a purpose. (For example,...
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January 2023 Writing Challenge: Ironic Contrast
As decided by vote, here's the next challenge, proposed by Mary:
Write a scene where the setting is an ironic contrast to the action: a lone character on a blustery, chilly day rejoicing over news of ...
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Featured meta posts are not visible on main site!
I came to meta and found that this post is featured 7 hours ago but I still can't see that post on main site (Attached image). I am really interested in weekly tag questions, but I would have missed ...
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A proposed follow-up to boost Writing Challenge and Promote Writers.SE together
I bumped into a few old interesting meta questions/posts: What questions should be compiled into Writers.SE ebook? and Writing Contests. Alternatively, I am also witnessing newer trends and ...
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What tags will be included in our November contest?
As previously announced and discussed, we'll be holding a contest in November (coinciding with National Novel Writing Month), and we'll be focusing on expanding our content on the topic of specific ...
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Policy Change: [critique] tag abolished; long live critiques
In accordance with discussion at Is [critique] a meta-tag? , the critique tag is being phased out. Critique questions - i.e. questions asking about your own writing - are still welcome; however, we ...
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Advice on a specific case vs answers to the broader question
The most upvoted answer to this question, Who owns the copy if a copywriter provides copy as a paid service?, gives advice (ask a lawyer) rather than answering the question (what are the terms of a ...
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May 2023 Writing Challenge: Secret Specialized Knowledge
As decided by vote, here's the next challenge, proposed by Mary:
Write a scene in which the point-of-view character reveals specialized knowledge by what he describes of what he sees, WITHOUT ...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
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What should the "word-choice" tag include and how should we differentiate it from "voice"?
I have proposed an edit of the tag word-choice, since it currently only says this in its excerpt:
Questions about word choice where the focus is on etymology or grammar may be more on-topic at Stack ...
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How do we improve the signal to noise ratio?
I'm admittedly relatively new to Writing.se. However one thing I have noticed is that unlike other stack site there are a lot more opinion based questions that generate lots of answer of varying value....
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Creative Commons and Including Excerpts of my Writing
I know that writers are not lawyers, but perhaps some thought has already been given collectively to this specific question.
Content is posted to Stack Exchange under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
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Making questions appropriately broad
The recent question "Is it OK to invent as I write, or should I plan the entire story first?" seems very closely related to "How much planning should go on before beginning writing?". Since the answer ...
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A pending suggested edit can earn 2 rep after earning edit privilege (Just a factoid)
This is just a factoid that might be of interest to others, not really a topic for discussion (though it is plausible someone might want to comment on the subject). It appears that if one suggests ...
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Can a literary self-analysis question be made on-topic and not too broad/too localized?
On my website I recently posted some comments on some verse I wrote. Much of this content concerns how certain aspects enhance the communication of the meaning, but in hindsight I am wondering if ...
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Rephrasing a question: Help needed
This is about this question
As suggested by Neil Fein, I am asking this on Meta.
Any suggestions on how to edit the question so that it is less of an etiquette question and more of a writing ...
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Writing Exercise: April 2014 (Volunteers)
April 2014:
Volunteers willing to lead the chat on Tuesdays during the writing exercise hour? Or people who are willing to sign up and try and participate?
As a suggestion, people interested in ...
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Weekly Writer's Chat 2013
Weekly Writer's Chat is back on a regular meeting schedule after a hiatus. We meet Tuesdays in The Overlook Hotel starting at 1700 UTC (1pm EDT) and generally wrap up anywhere from 2pm to 4pm Eastern,...
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Making "Inventing names for Sci-Fi characters" fit
It seems Inventing names for Sci-Fi characters is not up to high standards as requested by Neil Fein.
I am bothered of how to invent names for fictional characters in a future-setted Sci-Fi so thay ...
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Is this question about style on-topic?
Please have a look at this:
How to use “I think, therefore I am” in a more fluent manner?
Writers has clearly declared grammar questions off-topic here, preferring to migrate them to English ...
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WTCS: How do you balance the amount of conflict in a story?
Per the Weekly Topic Challenge Suggestion guidelines...
Topic: "How do you balance the amount of conflict in a story?"
How do you figure out at what point you're just keeping the lovers
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2019: a year in moderation
It's New Year's Day in Stack Exchange land...
A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:
We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, ...
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Multiple tags for structure
I was writing a question (now aborted because I found a duplicate) and noticed that we have two tags for the same thing.
structure - "How to put together elements of a story or sentence."
sentence-...
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Help me clarify this question about depth of villains' backstories
My intended question is
Is it possible to write childrens' entertainment while still giving villains' backstories the depth of that is typical of adult entertainment?
And while I am thinking to ...
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