How do you choose to share your writing?
2y 8mon ago by lemmy.world/u/InternetPresence in writing
Basically the title. In what ways do you share your writing? Do you look to self publish, go through professional organizations, or possibly publish online? I've never really shared much of my more serious or longer writing and would love to hear the ways people get their stories out there.
I don't. It's for me and that's ok. I have shared stories privately or as assignment submissions and once upon a time when they were still made using photocopiers I got see stuff in 'zine. But now, it's for me and it's fun, relaxing, and I don't worry about it. Life has many more demands.
I feel you on that. That's kinda how I've been as well. I've shared some with friends and done a little collaborative stuff with others. Oh and DnD writing if that counts. But other than doing some writing prompts for fun I've mostly just kept to myself. It's always been kind of therapeutic for me. However, recently I've really started thinking of sharing some stuff and it got me curious what others are doing. Thanks for sharing!
That's awesome that you have put so much thought into it. I think you definitely make some fair points, especially when starting out. From everything I've read it seems smart to be careful when dealing with publishers. That hybrid approach seems like it will keep your options open and possibly be able to cultivate a bit more grassroots support should things fall through. It sounds like you also will be trying to do most of your dealings on your own instead of trying to find an agent?
The publicity boost from publishers also seems really helpful. On that note, have you already started/planned to start any of your own marketing? I've thought about possibly doing websites/blogs or putting work on forums and in contests to get some of my stuff out there, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.