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so_out_of_ideas) wrote2012-03-23 11:56 am
so_out_of_ideas) wrote2012-03-23 11:56 am
Entry tags:
Question/Idea
To my fellow creative minds,
I've had an idea. (Start running.)
In the past month or so, I've been talking to a lot of writers and artists that I know from various places around the internet. The common theme of these conversations has been that
(1) we need things that motivate us to keep going when we get stuck and
(2) it helps to commit to artistic challenges because they provide us with that much needed motivation but
(3) most challenge communities that are still running right now are either too time intensive or not flexible enough in what they allow.
I'm having a problem finding an active community that allows what I'm working on right now. There have been times in the past when I thought it would be cool to be able to commit to a theme-set without having to commit to a specific fandom or character (or even commit to a single art medium). I'm relatively certain that most of you have had similar experiences.
So, while not-sleeping last night, it occurred to me:
What if there was a challenge group that let people pick their own goal? Any goal they wanted to set, in any medium or combination of mediums they could come up with, as long as it fit under ONE goal?
What if some nice person (who would most likely be me) was willing to make people pretty banners and put their names on a big shiny list whenever they made their goals?
Would this be something that you're interested in?
I've had an idea. (Start running.)
In the past month or so, I've been talking to a lot of writers and artists that I know from various places around the internet. The common theme of these conversations has been that
(1) we need things that motivate us to keep going when we get stuck and
(2) it helps to commit to artistic challenges because they provide us with that much needed motivation but
(3) most challenge communities that are still running right now are either too time intensive or not flexible enough in what they allow.
I'm having a problem finding an active community that allows what I'm working on right now. There have been times in the past when I thought it would be cool to be able to commit to a theme-set without having to commit to a specific fandom or character (or even commit to a single art medium). I'm relatively certain that most of you have had similar experiences.
So, while not-sleeping last night, it occurred to me:
What if there was a challenge group that let people pick their own goal? Any goal they wanted to set, in any medium or combination of mediums they could come up with, as long as it fit under ONE goal?
What if some nice person (who would most likely be me) was willing to make people pretty banners and put their names on a big shiny list whenever they made their goals?
Would this be something that you're interested in?