Always scribble, scribble, scribble...

Do you want to be a journalist?Do you just feel creative and love to write? Do you want to sleep with Alan Sharkey for money?
If the answer to any of the above is yes, then look no further.Huzzah!

I was pondering (i like the word) about how many people on VR want to write/be journalists/do something literary for the hell of it. And its really quite a lot for one website. A lot of these people are incredibly talented and would make great writers in the future.

So, how about we set up a news/current affairs/entertainment blog which will give us all experience in meeting deadlines, researching and actually doing something related to what you want to do in the future.
And the more professional we make it, i.e. imposing deadlines, fielding out less desirable topics etc, the less chance there is of it bombing like the Abyss which had great talent but relied on one person posting.
It would require a lot of commitment and discipline because I'm a real hardass but for those who are too busy to be regular writers can always write guest essays on a topic which you feel is important and interesting.
There could also be a little sporadic comic section for the artists amongst us.

So...who is interested and who knows how to set up a blog?


Any suggestions for name are also welcome.

I quite like the title of this thread for it, but it may be a little too long.

See, I reckon it should be separate from VR in order to encourage people to really keep the blog afloat, whereas with VR, you can get sidetracked super easily.Plus, I think it'd be cool to give someone a link to an article you wrote and published on a group blog.


*Actually, Claire, thats a great idea.I'm down* for that too if you think it'll work.

*I don't really speak like that in real life.I can't even pull off 'innit', let alone being 'down' for anything.I'm actually 'up' for that too.Dawg.

Quote: Claire

I get what you mean about it being separate from VR, and Andrew's unlikely to agree incase it dies on it's a*se like the Columns did, but I think if we're allowed to write, say, film reviews, tv reviews, sports roundups...current affairs summaries, like an online newspaper, we'd always have something to talk about, and there's plenty of room for discussion from non-involved members of VR...

Yeah, I actually would really like it to be an online newspaper but still separate from VR and hopefully the non involved VR members will visit us.Or alternatively, our articles can be reposted on VR's front page as well with a link redirecting them to our full reports.

So thats me, Claire and Alan so far.

It wouldn't, it would be a totally separate website and everything.

Quote: Lusty_Packington

Not the sleeping with Alan though. Kissing him was bad enough

Methinks she doth protest too much.

You're all quite welcome to use the poetry board for this- Afterall it is about writing! Might generate some new interest in writing and in reading other people's stuff and thus (did i just use that word?!) gaining more inspiration!

I would sign up but my brain has actually shut down. I can't write anymore- too many assignments, too many flus, too much tiredness But I'd really enjoy reading it and pumping some more life back into this wee board

Sarah xx

Quote: Claire

I'm going to stop hijacking Denesha's thread now.

No,I really need people to hijack it because I've no idea what to do or where to start.

I was hoping to get about 7 people who will be regular writers, so they can each take a day each for their article to be posted, e.g. I'll have a sunday deadline because I'm the sunday girl who has to post an article on sunday so its updated daily. Or erm, saturday could be the guest writer's essay day. This was just because I'm right in the middle of A2 and all my spare time is spent on doing that so theres only so much that even I could contribute so if we had a group of regulars who were in charge of ensuring an article was posted on their particular day, it'll stay fresh and organised.
Erm is that a good idea?Any suggestions are really welcome because I honestly have no clue on where to start or what to do.
Oh and I spoke to my english teacher who bitchslapped me into thinking about this idea and she thought it was great and once its all running, she's going to advertise it.

I think this is a nice idea. If I had any talent I'd offer to join.

but i don't.

Would you guys mind if I do nick use some of the articles you post for the front page of VR? - As I said, I was looking to do something like this for VR, but since that's not doable, I'd like to be able to use some of your talent by proxy

Quote: LoonyPandora

Would you guys mind if I do nick use some of the articles you post for the front page of VR? - As I said, I was looking to do something like this for VR, but since that's not doable, I'd like to be able to use some of your talent by proxy

Yeah, sure. You can take anything you like off it once its all up and running.

I counted up the people who said they'd be interested in writing for it and the list is as follows:
Me
Alan
Claire
Alice
Mancomb Seepgood (I am so sorry I don't know your name, please don't hate me)
Phil
Amy.

And Jamie for guest writing so far.

I think that may be enough to do the rota, unless some of that list decide they'd rather be guest writers instead?

I wrote an entertainment piece today which made my mum laugh so I could post that.

this is very much exciting me- ooh!

Quote: Shrapnel

Just a thought, but it might be a good idea for the those down as guest writers (who are avaliable to write at the time) to all submit an article..and then perhaps we could have a vote on VR to see which piece gets to fill the empty slot. The others could then go into a pool of articles that could fill the gaps at the odd times that there might not be any people avalible to submit an article.

What do you guys think?  

That sounds really good, and handy in case someone is really busy and can't make a deadline.

Yeah, Rox, we're going to need more than one guest writer as they are meant to mix it up a bit for the regulars, so once its all set up, you can write an article to put into the vote that Jamie suggested.

Phil, has there been any progress on the technical stuff and blog setting up?

And I think we should probably rethink the 'Always scribble, scribble, scribble' name as I realised that the abbreviation of it would be ASSS. Which is cool except that if someone asks "so what do you write for?" and you reply "ASSS" or "I'm an ASSS writer", it'd have connotations of a small man writing inside a large person's anus. Or imply that we are sh*t. Either way,its not that cool.

I think it is good that it is separate from VR, as you can white about it on CVs and forms, if so inclined, without anybody going "the vegetable revolution? - lol!"