Writers Anonymous

[Tesh Any pronouns]

Hi! 

I was thinking a little bit ago about how a lot of people are comfortable sharing their writing, and how many aren't. And how it's very easy to post your work on here, but you can't really do that without a name attached. 

So, I'd like to make it easy for someone to share their writing anonymously. It's not 100% anonymous as I will know who people are, but I won't comment on anyone's stories unless they would like me to. And no one else will know who you are (unless you decide to reveal that information yourself). I promise. 

If you would like to share your work anonymously, all you've got to do is PM me with either a link to your story or the story in the message itself. (Or, if you would rather, send it someone else and have them send it to me.) If you have a title for it, send that too! Also, let me know if you want feedback on the story, or if you would like to people to just leave reader reactions or something like that, or if you don't want any comments of any sort. If you don't want feedback or reader reactions, but do want discussion, that discussion should take place on this thread.

From there, I will transfer your story into a Google Doc and link to it on this main post. If you don't want any comments, I will make it so that people can't comment on the doc. I will also put what the authors are looking for at the top of each document.

Oh, and follow the regular content rules for the Shard. If your story contains something against these guidelines, I will either ask you to censor it, or request that you find a different way to share your work.

How you want people to respond to your writing- (pick one or more of the following options and include it in your PM, feel free to specify as much as you want)

~Feedback/critique

~Reader reactions

~Discussion

~Not at all, you just want people to read it

~Other

 

The rules for comments on the documents and on this thread-

~No discussing the identities of these writers. They are sharing their stories in this way so that people don't know who they are.

~Do not discuss stories that people don't want to be discussed, or in a way that the author doesn't want you to. If the author does want conversation about their piece, have at it, but make sure to be polite and respectful. If they just want discussion and not critique, then make sure not to try and provide feedback.

~Remember that there is someone behind the story who didn't want to share it directly. So be very kind and polite, especially when offering feedback.

 

If any of that wasn't clear, let me know and I'll fix it. I have a tendency to repeat myself, as well. This first post will likely change a lot as I go back through and edit things to make it more readable. 

I'll link to the stories below. Once we have some, that is.

Edited December 16, 2020 by Ookla the Rōnin

[Condensation she/her]

Ooh, this is a really good idea! I'm glad you came up with it!