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ysabetwordsmithThis is an advance announcement for the Tuesday, February 6, 2021 Poetry Fishbowl. This time the theme will be "Twisted Genres." I'll be soliciting ideas for genre-specific characters (e.g. final girl in horror), tricksters, contraries, rebels, researchers, journalists, historians, explorers, partners, housemates, children, parents, teachers, leaders, superheroes, supervillains, teammates, alien or fantasy species, failure analysts, ethicists, activists, queerfolk, other people who defy expectations, upsetting predictions, twisting tropes, flipping stereotypes, expecting the unexpected, researching, revising theories, parenting, teaching, adventuring, leaving your comfort zone, discovering things, conducting experiments, observation changing experiments, experiments changing paradigms, adapting, improvising, troubleshooting, cleaning up messes, cooperating, taking over in an emergency, saving the day, discovering yourself, studying others, testing boundaries, coming of age, coming out, running away from home, going off the rails, subverting fate, learning what you can (and can't) do, sharing, preparing for the worst, fixing what's broke, upsetting the status quo, changing the world, accomplishing the impossible, recovering from setbacks, returning home, worldgates, haunted houses, archeological digs, the forest primeval, liminal zones, Underhill, schools, sharehouses, kitchens, campfires, libraries, laboratories, supervillain lairs, makerspaces, nonhuman accommodations and adaptations, stores, farmer's markets, starships, bizarre exoplanets, magical lands, foreign dimensions, other places where the unusual happens, hybrid genres, fusions, crossovers, mashups, reversals, contradictions, conundrums, puzzling discoveries, sudden surprises, inventions that change everything, time travel, travel mishaps, the buck stops here, trial and error, polarity, weird food, secret ingredients, supplements that turn out to be metagenic, intercultural entanglements, asking for help and getting it, enemies to friends/lovers, interdimensional travel, lab conditions are not field conditions, superpower manifestation, the end of where your framework actually applies, ethics, innovation, problems that can't be solved by hitting, teamwork, found family, complementary strengths and weaknesses, personal growth, and poetic forms in particular.
Fun ways to make a prompt that are particular to this fishbowl theme:
* two genres that are oil and water (see a list of genres and a discussion of black speculative fiction subgenres)
* one genre and a contrasting aesthetic (see a list of aesthetics)
* one genre and a contrasting trope from some other genre (see a list of tropes)
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
An Army of One is a whole society of neurovariant people.
The Blueshift Troupers is diversity science fiction, designed for easy crossing with other genres or tropes as they visit different planets.
Daughters of the Apocalypse is postapocalyptic hopepunk.
Frankenstein's Family is gothic fluff.
Hart's Farm is a free love community in historic fantasy.
The Moon Door is women's literature and horror.
The Ocracies is political fantasy based on every governmental system except monarchy.
P.I.E. is a three-way fusion of paranormal investigation, romance, and disability literature.
Schrodinger's Heroes is dimensional science fiction, designed for easy crossing with any other characters / setting / genre.
The Ursulan Cycle is genderbent King Arthur.
Or you can ask for something new.
Linkbacks will reveal a verse of any open linkback poem.
If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week. (If you're not available that day, or you live in a time zone that makes it hard to reach me, you can leave advance prompts. I am now.) Meanwhile, if you want to help with promotion, please feel free to link back here or repost this on your blog.
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.
I'm going to host a Poetry Fishbowl on my blog on Tuesday, February 6. I'll be soliciting ideas for thematic characters, plots, settings, objects, and poetic forms in particular. Chances are I'll spend a good chunk of the day, from afternoon to evening or more, alternating between this site and doing stuff offline so my back doesn't weld itself to the chair.
Perks: I will post at least one of the resulting fishbowl poems on the blog for everyone to enjoy, and an extra one if there's at least one new prompter or donor. The rest will be available for audience members to buy, and whatever's left over will go into my archive for magazine submission.
If donations total $100 then you get a free $15 poem; $150 gets you a free $20 poem; and $200 gets you a free epic, posted after the Poetry Fishbowl. These will usually be series poems if I have them; otherwise I may offer non-series poems or series poems in a different size. If donations reach $250, you get one step toward a bonus fishbowl; four of these activates the perk, and they don't have to be four months in a row. Everyone will get to vote on which series, and give prompts during the extra fishbowl, although it may be a half-day rather than a whole day. If donations reach $300, there will be a half-price sale in one series.
I want to promote linkbacks pointing people to the "Fishbowl Open" post on Tuesday. Linkbacks will reveal a verse of any open linkback poem. One person can do multiple links if they're on different services, like Twitter or LiveJournal, rather than all on Dreamwidth.
(See the complete list of current perks.)
If you enjoy my poetry -- or if you just love poetry in general, or want to promote interest in the unexpected -- please mark the fishbowl date on your calendar. Drop by and give me some ideas, comment on the posted poetry, encourage people to come look, whatever tickles your fancy. I hope to see you then!
Fun ways to make a prompt that are particular to this fishbowl theme:
* two genres that are oil and water (see a list of genres and a discussion of black speculative fiction subgenres)
* one genre and a contrasting aesthetic (see a list of aesthetics)
* one genre and a contrasting trope from some other genre (see a list of tropes)
Among my more relevant series for the main theme:
An Army of One is a whole society of neurovariant people.
The Blueshift Troupers is diversity science fiction, designed for easy crossing with other genres or tropes as they visit different planets.
Daughters of the Apocalypse is postapocalyptic hopepunk.
Frankenstein's Family is gothic fluff.
Hart's Farm is a free love community in historic fantasy.
The Moon Door is women's literature and horror.
The Ocracies is political fantasy based on every governmental system except monarchy.
P.I.E. is a three-way fusion of paranormal investigation, romance, and disability literature.
Schrodinger's Heroes is dimensional science fiction, designed for easy crossing with any other characters / setting / genre.
The Ursulan Cycle is genderbent King Arthur.
Or you can ask for something new.
Linkbacks will reveal a verse of any open linkback poem.
If you're interested, mark the date on your calendar, and please hold actual prompts until the "Poetry Fishbowl Open" post next week. (If you're not available that day, or you live in a time zone that makes it hard to reach me, you can leave advance prompts. I am now.) Meanwhile, if you want to help with promotion, please feel free to link back here or repost this on your blog.
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.
I'm going to host a Poetry Fishbowl on my blog on Tuesday, February 6. I'll be soliciting ideas for thematic characters, plots, settings, objects, and poetic forms in particular. Chances are I'll spend a good chunk of the day, from afternoon to evening or more, alternating between this site and doing stuff offline so my back doesn't weld itself to the chair.
Perks: I will post at least one of the resulting fishbowl poems on the blog for everyone to enjoy, and an extra one if there's at least one new prompter or donor. The rest will be available for audience members to buy, and whatever's left over will go into my archive for magazine submission.
If donations total $100 then you get a free $15 poem; $150 gets you a free $20 poem; and $200 gets you a free epic, posted after the Poetry Fishbowl. These will usually be series poems if I have them; otherwise I may offer non-series poems or series poems in a different size. If donations reach $250, you get one step toward a bonus fishbowl; four of these activates the perk, and they don't have to be four months in a row. Everyone will get to vote on which series, and give prompts during the extra fishbowl, although it may be a half-day rather than a whole day. If donations reach $300, there will be a half-price sale in one series.
I want to promote linkbacks pointing people to the "Fishbowl Open" post on Tuesday. Linkbacks will reveal a verse of any open linkback poem. One person can do multiple links if they're on different services, like Twitter or LiveJournal, rather than all on Dreamwidth.
(See the complete list of current perks.)
If you enjoy my poetry -- or if you just love poetry in general, or want to promote interest in the unexpected -- please mark the fishbowl date on your calendar. Drop by and give me some ideas, comment on the posted poetry, encourage people to come look, whatever tickles your fancy. I hope to see you then!
