in Serebii there would be lots of threads that cover all kinds of topics like starter Pokemon, Points of View, Items, Regions, etc.
If anyone's wondering, this is exactly what I was hoping would happen if we could funnel idea threads elsewhere. It's one of the few things I like more about Serebii's writing community compared to PC's, really. (PC has a better atmosphere, better reviewers, and generally cooler things to do, but for whatever reason, more people ask a wider variety of questions over at Serebii.)
I guess part of it though is because in this lounge we discuss all kinds of writing advice, including any ideas and scenes that we need help on, so there's not too much of a need for a separate thread over Pokeballs, for instance.
The awkward thing is that we've got so many things going on at once. For example, Kanto Lover was looking for advice about her snippet, but she was only addressed by two people, while the rest of us focused on a bunch of other topics (namely the bold ones). Maybe she was looking for only two opinions, but on the other hand, maybe it's okay to encourage people to branch off of the FFL and form other threads. Given the number of responses people make to the idea threads, I think we'll see it, even if it's one of those "I have a snippet" bits, and at least there, we'll have more room to form a conversation with the OP and help her through things like that.
The FFL's awesome, of course, and totally where people should go to have a discussion, but for some things, like opinions on canon and whatnot, it's probably better to ask in a separate thread. Yet, even then, people come back here, probably because they think they'll definitely get an answer.
If the master idea thread concept doesn't pan out after a few more responses to this conversation, though, what do people think about a plot bunny exchange, or a place where they can post plot bunnies or abandoned fanfics that other people can pick up and use as inspiration? (As in, for those of us already writing major fics, it'd be a place to put the other ideas we get to get them out of our heads. For those of us with writer's block, it'd be a place to go to find an idea that might work. For those of us with old fics that we're about to abandon but would like to see finished, it'd be a place to post the snippets or finished chapters to see if anyone would like to pick them up and finish them.) I ask
this because it's a similar idea, really -- a place to funnel the plot bunnies the original developer doesn't actually want to write, only it's not a place to post advice or praise/crit for said ideas the way my original thought for the bunny farm went. Moreover, it's also technically saying you'd be free to take the ideas in it if you want.
In other words, the next question about the comm is will something like this actually be used? Will you feel comfortable with it, or will you just think it'll be abused/neglected for more idea threads?
Edit: Lulz, guys. I just went on Serebii again for the first time in I can't remember, only to find out they have an idea a little like this. Only I was thinking, at the time, of something more like
this. Maybe I should go over to SPPf for awhile (although I must admit I don't like a number of people over there as much... or, for the most part, at all due to past drama with them that I'd rather not mention).
