Poetry Fishbowl Open!
Jul. 19th, 2016 01:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithThe Poetry Fishbowl is now CLOSED. Thank you for your time and attention. Keep an eye on this post as I'm still writing.
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! Today's theme is "anything goes." You can ask for whatever you want. Favorite settings, characters, storylines, themes, etc. are encouraged. You may also request things you've wanted that I haven't done yet. If you have been saving any prompts that haven't matched a theme yet, now is the time to post those.
I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.
Stuck for ideas? You can find prompts by ...
* picking some from the Bingo Generator prompt lists.
* browsing my Serial Poetry page or QUILTBAG list for favorites.
* looking up fun things on TV Tropes.
* plugging a favorite topic into your search engine and choosing a picture that looks interesting.
What Is a Poetry Fishbowl?
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
In this online version of a Poetry Fishbowl, I begin by setting a theme; today's theme is "anything goes." I invite people to suggest characters, settings, and other things relating to that theme. Then I use those prompts as inspiration for writing poems.
Cyberfunded Creativity
I'm practicing cyberfunded creativity. If you enjoy what I'm doing and want to see more of it, please feed the Bard. The following options are currently available:
1) Sponsor the Fishbowl -- Here is a PayPal button for donations. There is no specific requirement, but $1 is the minimum recommended size for PayPal transactions since they take a cut from every one. You can also donate via check or money order sent by postal mail. If you make a donation and tell me about it, I promise to use one of your prompts. Anonymous donations are perfectly welcome, just won't get that perk. General donations will be tallied, and at the end of the fishbowl I’ll post a list of eligible poems based on the total funding; then the audience can vote on which they want to see posted.
2) Swim, Fishie, Swim! -- A feature in conjunction with fishbowl sponsorship is this progress meter showing the amount donated.
3) Buy It Now! -- Gakked from various e-auction sites, this feature allows you to sponsor a specific poem. If you don't want to wait for some editor to buy and publish my poem so you can read it, well, now you don't have to. Sponsoring a poem means that I will immediately post it on my blog for everyone to see, with the name of the sponsor (or another dedicate) if you wish; plus you get a nonexclusive publication right, so you can post it on your own blog or elsewhere as long as you keep the credits intact. You'll need to tell me the title of the poem you want to sponsor. I'm basing the prices on length, and they're comparable to what I typically make selling poetry to magazines (semi-pro rates according to Duotrope's Digest).
0-10 lines: $5
11-25 lines: $10
26-40 lines: $15
41-60 lines: $20
Poems over 60 lines, or with very intricate structure, fall into custom pricing.
4) Commission a scrapbook page. I can render a chosen poem in hardcopy format, on colorful paper, using archival materials for background and any embellishments. This will be suitable for framing or for adding to a scrapbook. Commission details are here. See latest photos of sample scrapbooked poems: "Sample Scrapbooked Poems 1-24-11"
5) Spread the word. Echo or link to this post on your LiveJournal, other blog, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Digg, StumbleUpon, or any other social network. Useful Twitter hashtags include #poetryfishbowl and #promptcall. Encourage people to come here and participate in the fishbowl. If you have room for it, including your own prompt will give your readers an idea of what the prompts should look like; ideally, update later to include the thumbnail of the poem I write, and a link to the poem if it gets published. If there is at least one new prompter or donor, I will post an extra freebie poem.
Additional Notes
1) I customarily post replies to prompt posts telling people which of their prompts I'm using, with a brief description of the resulting poem(s). If you want to know what's available, watch for those "thumbnails."
2) You don't have to pay me to see a poem based on a prompt that you gave me. I try to send copies of poems to people, mostly using the LJ message function. (Anonymous prompters will miss this perk unless you give me your eddress.) These are for-your-eyes-only, though, not for sharing.
3) Sponsors of the Poetry Fishbowl in general, or of specific poems, will gain access to an extra post in appreciation of their generosity. While you're on the Donors list, you can view all of the custom-locked posts in that category. Click the "donors" tag to read the archive of those. I've also posted a list of other donor perks there. I customarily leave donor names on the list for two months, so you'll get to see the perk-post from this month and next.
4) After the Poetry Fishbowl concludes, I will post a list of unsold poems and their prices, to make it easier for folks to see what they might want to sponsor.
Feed the Fish!
Now's your chance to participate in the creative process by posting ideas for me to write about. Today's theme is "anything goes." I'll be soliciting ideas for ... anything at all! Favorite characters, ideas for new ones, plot twists, stop-trope repairs, strange settings, whatever tickles your fancy. Now's the time to bring out all your cool ideas that haven't quite fit a previous prompt call. If you manage to recommend a form that I don't recognize, I will probably pounce on it and ask you for its rules. I do have the first edition of Lewis Turco's The Book of Forms which covers most common and many obscure forms.
I'll post at least one of the fishbowl poems here so you-all can enjoy it. (Remember, you get an extra freebie poem if someone new posts a prompt or makes a donation.) The rest of the poems will go into my archive for magazine submission.
Starting now, the Poetry Fishbowl is open! Today's theme is "anything goes." You can ask for whatever you want. Favorite settings, characters, storylines, themes, etc. are encouraged. You may also request things you've wanted that I haven't done yet. If you have been saving any prompts that haven't matched a theme yet, now is the time to post those.
I will be checking this page periodically throughout the day. When people make suggestions, I'll pick some and weave them together into a poem ... and then another ... and so on. I'm hoping to get a lot of ideas and a lot of poems.
Stuck for ideas? You can find prompts by ...
* picking some from the Bingo Generator prompt lists.
* browsing my Serial Poetry page or QUILTBAG list for favorites.
* looking up fun things on TV Tropes.
* plugging a favorite topic into your search engine and choosing a picture that looks interesting.
What Is a Poetry Fishbowl?
Writing is usually considered a solitary pursuit. One exception to this is a fascinating exercise called a "fishbowl." This has various forms, but all of them basically involve some kind of writing in public, usually with interaction between author and audience. A famous example is Harlan Ellison's series of "stories under glass" in which he sits in a bookstore window and writes a new story based on an idea that someone gives him. Writing classes sometimes include a version where students watch each other write, often with students calling out suggestions which are chalked up on the blackboard for those writing to use as inspiration.
In this online version of a Poetry Fishbowl, I begin by setting a theme; today's theme is "anything goes." I invite people to suggest characters, settings, and other things relating to that theme. Then I use those prompts as inspiration for writing poems.
Cyberfunded Creativity
I'm practicing cyberfunded creativity. If you enjoy what I'm doing and want to see more of it, please feed the Bard. The following options are currently available:
1) Sponsor the Fishbowl -- Here is a PayPal button for donations. There is no specific requirement, but $1 is the minimum recommended size for PayPal transactions since they take a cut from every one. You can also donate via check or money order sent by postal mail. If you make a donation and tell me about it, I promise to use one of your prompts. Anonymous donations are perfectly welcome, just won't get that perk. General donations will be tallied, and at the end of the fishbowl I’ll post a list of eligible poems based on the total funding; then the audience can vote on which they want to see posted.
2) Swim, Fishie, Swim! -- A feature in conjunction with fishbowl sponsorship is this progress meter showing the amount donated.
3) Buy It Now! -- Gakked from various e-auction sites, this feature allows you to sponsor a specific poem. If you don't want to wait for some editor to buy and publish my poem so you can read it, well, now you don't have to. Sponsoring a poem means that I will immediately post it on my blog for everyone to see, with the name of the sponsor (or another dedicate) if you wish; plus you get a nonexclusive publication right, so you can post it on your own blog or elsewhere as long as you keep the credits intact. You'll need to tell me the title of the poem you want to sponsor. I'm basing the prices on length, and they're comparable to what I typically make selling poetry to magazines (semi-pro rates according to Duotrope's Digest).
0-10 lines: $5
11-25 lines: $10
26-40 lines: $15
41-60 lines: $20
Poems over 60 lines, or with very intricate structure, fall into custom pricing.
4) Commission a scrapbook page. I can render a chosen poem in hardcopy format, on colorful paper, using archival materials for background and any embellishments. This will be suitable for framing or for adding to a scrapbook. Commission details are here. See latest photos of sample scrapbooked poems: "Sample Scrapbooked Poems 1-24-11"
5) Spread the word. Echo or link to this post on your LiveJournal, other blog, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Digg, StumbleUpon, or any other social network. Useful Twitter hashtags include #poetryfishbowl and #promptcall. Encourage people to come here and participate in the fishbowl. If you have room for it, including your own prompt will give your readers an idea of what the prompts should look like; ideally, update later to include the thumbnail of the poem I write, and a link to the poem if it gets published. If there is at least one new prompter or donor, I will post an extra freebie poem.
Additional Notes
1) I customarily post replies to prompt posts telling people which of their prompts I'm using, with a brief description of the resulting poem(s). If you want to know what's available, watch for those "thumbnails."
2) You don't have to pay me to see a poem based on a prompt that you gave me. I try to send copies of poems to people, mostly using the LJ message function. (Anonymous prompters will miss this perk unless you give me your eddress.) These are for-your-eyes-only, though, not for sharing.
3) Sponsors of the Poetry Fishbowl in general, or of specific poems, will gain access to an extra post in appreciation of their generosity. While you're on the Donors list, you can view all of the custom-locked posts in that category. Click the "donors" tag to read the archive of those. I've also posted a list of other donor perks there. I customarily leave donor names on the list for two months, so you'll get to see the perk-post from this month and next.
4) After the Poetry Fishbowl concludes, I will post a list of unsold poems and their prices, to make it easier for folks to see what they might want to sponsor.
Feed the Fish!
Now's your chance to participate in the creative process by posting ideas for me to write about. Today's theme is "anything goes." I'll be soliciting ideas for ... anything at all! Favorite characters, ideas for new ones, plot twists, stop-trope repairs, strange settings, whatever tickles your fancy. Now's the time to bring out all your cool ideas that haven't quite fit a previous prompt call. If you manage to recommend a form that I don't recognize, I will probably pounce on it and ask you for its rules. I do have the first edition of Lewis Turco's The Book of Forms which covers most common and many obscure forms.
I'll post at least one of the fishbowl poems here so you-all can enjoy it. (Remember, you get an extra freebie poem if someone new posts a prompt or makes a donation.) The rest of the poems will go into my archive for magazine submission.
(no subject)
Date: 2016-07-19 06:24 pm (UTC)Poem
Date: 2016-07-19 09:13 pm (UTC)214 lines, Buy It Now = $107
(no subject)
Date: 2016-07-19 06:42 pm (UTC)Mallory thinks about what's next.
The Duchess has an idea: "Nomadic floating train of houseboats." Kind of like the Rom, only with boats instead of wagons and Vanners.
(Sadly, no new prompter bonus here! ;)
Poem
Date: 2016-07-20 11:03 pm (UTC)22 lines, Buy It Now = $10
Poem
Date: 2016-07-29 09:46 pm (UTC)412 lines, Buy It Now = $206
(no subject)
Date: 2016-07-19 07:07 pm (UTC)Spirits of land features, like for instance lake nymphs.
Phoenixes.
Creative solutions to limits.
Disability pride.
Out of spoons error.
Out of cheese error, please reinstall universe and reboot.
Intersection of disability and sexuality.
Poem
Date: 2016-07-23 06:37 pm (UTC)294 lines, Buy It Now = $147
(no subject)
Date: 2016-07-19 07:37 pm (UTC)Poem
Date: 2016-07-23 08:30 pm (UTC)30 lines, Buy It Now = $15
Anything?
Date: 2016-07-19 08:09 pm (UTC)Hey, does the Lacuna have a librarian yet? :-D A good librarian can figure out the right questions to ASK, which helps with all the personal databases available in the Lacuna. Maybe the librarian compiles the database of skillsets?
New books for Victor and Igor!
Another for Fortressa beating up someone emotionally, WITHOUT having to do so physically, when the male has INSISTED on offending. (Hey, lesser amounts of bystander violence for the win! The Swedish guys who stopped that jerk of a rapist sounded like they took TONS of emotional damage AND had no recourse for justice there. One was in tears while reporting to the officers. :-( )
Get the local police officer with telepathic bond to his K-9 officer working in the community, Derreck and Blitz, helping with discrimination or this from Capriuni: http://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/10389397.html?thread=23122837#cmt23122837 Pokemon Go is getting articles about officers using it to connect to kids in the community, AND autistic kids are socializing because so many are sharing their focii right now.
I'm sharing this out again too! :-D
Re: Anything?
Date: 2016-07-24 11:00 am (UTC)110 lines, Buy It Now = $55
(no subject)
Date: 2016-07-19 08:36 pm (UTC)Quiet rest.
Seconding house spirits or genius locii.
Riffing on that: the spirit of a garden, or even a potted plant.
The feeling of alienation.
Poem
Date: 2016-07-20 05:52 am (UTC)424 lines, Buy It Now = $212
Re: Poem
Date: 2016-07-20 10:22 am (UTC)Re: Poem
Date: 2016-07-20 10:40 am (UTC)Lawrence now, he finds intelligence to be as hot as a shapely ass.
Prompts
Date: 2016-07-19 10:19 pm (UTC){1} Thunderstorms
{2} Dream-Catcher
Phrases
{1} "Fall down seven times, get up eight."
{2} "Death is lighter than a feather, duty heavier than a mountain."
LIFC
{1} Something short from Thor's POV on what has been happening?
Signal boosted here on DW.
Re: Prompts
Date: 2016-07-19 10:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2016-07-20 04:16 am (UTC)Story Continuations:
* Turq: What will happen if something reminds him of his mom Mingxia's cooking?
* Shiv: Can he make art with a knife - or a knife with his paper art - and if so will he be cutting to separate, excise, reveal, harm, or heal? (metaphorical or not)
* Someone in the Lacuna: trying out what it feels like to be their authentic Aspie or autistic self in ways that weren't encouraged before - sharing special interests, planning a schedule that they like, getting the right *feel* to food or rest or exercise, flapping, stimming, trying out mudras or yoga or spacewalks speaking in short telegraphed phrases, speaking at length and with great excitement, colelcting special objects, giving things away, being an animal or machine or sensory experience or abstract idea for awhile, or whatever
General Idea
* Zero G games / exercises - dance, percussion instruments (with action and reaction!), jumping rope while spinning the opposite way, tag, ball, rope jungle gyms, laser tag in a darkened hold full of floating giant objects (soft if you want - or go for the scary version!), catch, 3-D foursquare where you have eight cubical volumes each with three sides the ball could bounce from...
Picture / Video Prompt
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oafo8rJfTzY Elephant lifted via crane.
Poem
Date: 2016-07-22 04:55 am (UTC)444 lines, Buy It Now = $222
Re: Poem
Date: 2016-07-22 06:46 am (UTC)Re: Poem
Date: 2016-07-22 07:00 am (UTC)Prompts
Date: 2016-07-20 04:35 am (UTC)I second more Antimatter and Stalwart Stan.
They weren't careful what they wished for, but it worked out anyway. Conversely, they were overcareful what they wished for, and never did anything at all.
"I only wanted to write a song!"
Turq learning to trust or generally having a good day.
Skippy getting to mentor Officer Pink (maybe with Ansel having to deal with some kneejerk "you're just a kid", which I think even he probably has trouble with occasionally.
Shiv getting good things/feelings.
Lacuna, "no, you take it" "no, you".
I can't recall her name off the top of my head, Janene? Jane? Jill? I'm pretty sure it's a "J". Too lazy to look it up. Ansel's girlfriend, what's her world like? How does she feel about her boyfriend's recent choices? What is she doing while he's being awesome?
Re: Prompts
Date: 2016-07-20 05:52 am (UTC)Re: Prompts
Date: 2016-07-22 04:56 am (UTC)Feeling excluded
Date: 2016-07-20 04:50 am (UTC)Re: Feeling excluded
Date: 2016-07-22 04:15 am (UTC)kh (dot) goldmund (at) kabelmail (dot) de
And if you can't fit my suggestion into the "love is for children" setting, any of the Polychrome Heroes will do as well. :-)
Or you can save the prompt for another time, that's cool, too.
Re: Feeling excluded
Date: 2016-07-25 01:26 am (UTC)Re: Feeling excluded
Date: 2016-07-26 04:51 am (UTC)*checks email, checks recent entries*
Um ... where is it?
Re: Feeling excluded
Date: 2016-07-26 07:16 pm (UTC)Lots of late prompts!
Date: 2016-07-20 04:56 am (UTC)*The child spotted after the fact as being in the neighboring house's window during the BASH raid that captured Bankshot. How are they doing? Did anyone ever send an empath/a clueful nary/someone(s) or other over to make sure that child wasn't scarred by anything they saw, if they indeed saw anything?
*Amber the golden retriever therapy dog meets Turq in caney form. Cuteness ensues, and maybe Turq gets an idea that the whole comforting when fuzzy thing works on other people when he's furry, not just the other way around.
*Mrrrhow (my spelling might be a bit off) The Mercurial, Ansel and Turq have that conversation about respect. It makes eventual sense on all sides.
*Valentina/Neon Girl has a first go at the SAR thing.
*More canonical research into historical figures who may or may not have been soups.
*An Army Of One: Has any other humanoid besides Astin picked the other gender option yet, now that M/F/O tickyboxes are available? Is V considering it? Given xyr reaction to Astin on first interaction, I wonder.
Re: Lots of late prompts!
Date: 2016-07-25 02:33 am (UTC)60 lines, Buy It Now = $20
(no subject)
Date: 2016-07-20 07:48 am (UTC)2.) Cuoio, Chiara, Salvo!! What happens when Salvo goes dancing with them?
3.) Fiddlesticks and Hefty have another meeting with Dr. Infanta.
Poem
Date: 2016-07-27 08:20 pm (UTC)"An Extension of the Personality" features Cuoio, Chiara, and Salvo dressing up for a community dance.
116 lines, Buy It Now = $58
"Small Beautiful Bones" follows Cuoio, Chiara, and Salvo as they go dancing. Cuoio meets the bully who made Salvo's early life miserable, and minor mayhem ensues.
360 lines, Buy It Now = $180
Re: Poem
Date: 2016-07-28 07:54 am (UTC)Re: Poem
Date: 2016-07-28 08:17 am (UTC)Re: Poem
Date: 2016-07-29 06:27 am (UTC)Re: Poem
Date: 2016-07-29 07:30 am (UTC)You're probably right about that factoring in. Friendship is comforting even in fiction.
>> A lot of us wish for that. <<
So we do. I wish this for everyone who wants it. I think that offering good examples can help people find or create the kind of relationships they want.
Done for the night!
Date: 2016-07-20 11:34 am (UTC)