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August 28, 2010 at 2:46 pm #1990
Kestrana
ParticipantA lot of people have asked if there’s anything they can do to help, well here’s the first thing.
Although the book is mostly photographs we need some text. I need volunteers to write short essays that would be included or excerpted throughout chapters.
The theme of the essay should be one or all of the following:
1. Why you participate in farktography/what farktography means to you
2. Why you take photographs/what photography means to you
3. What draws you as a photo/farktographer to one or more of these categories of subject matter:
– Nature
– Places/Architecture
– Vivid color
– Animals
– Dark/Abandoned/Disturbing
– Serious/Portraiture/Emotional
– Humorous
– Using technical expertise to create a great shotNo word count limit but keep in mind that the longer it is, the more likely it will be excerpted.
From what I’ve seen of the bios submitted so far, we have a lot of talented writers in the group. Even if you don’t consider yourself a word smith, I (and other people with degrees in writing, like Elsinore) can help you refine your work if you’d like to submit something.
August 28, 2010 at 3:32 pm #32717ravnostic
ParticipantNow this I can do. In probably far fewer words than in most of my comments here on the forum, even. The book project is on my to do list for my ‘weekend’, which begins tomorrow morning at 6:15 am. I’ll add this portion to it.
I presume you’re looking for ‘1) intro, 2) 3 specific points, 3) closing’ type essays? 500-1000 words?
August 28, 2010 at 3:38 pm #32718Kestrana
ParticipantYour essay should have a distinct thesis but I’m not going to provide a set structure everyone should follow. It can range from a grand dissertation to a list of five poignant quotes. However the structure you’ve outlined is a typical essay format, yes.
I forgot to mention, email it to me at farktographybook (at) gmail.com
August 28, 2010 at 7:15 pm #32719Elsinore
KeymasterA lot of people have asked if there’s anything they can do to help, well here’s the first thing.
Although the book is mostly photographs we need some text. I need volunteers to write short essays that would be included or excerpted throughout chapters.
From what I’ve seen of the bios submitted so far, we have a lot of talented writers in the group. Even if you don’t consider yourself a word smith, I (and other people with degrees in writing, like Elsinore) can help you refine your work if you’d like to submit something.
I can totally do both of these things.
August 28, 2010 at 10:38 pm #32720linguine
ParticipantCan we rite teh essays in lolspeak?
August 29, 2010 at 3:08 am #32721QueenBee
ParticipantI can write something up as well. I’ll work on it tomorrow..anything to procrastinate from editing and working on my other writing projects 😛
August 29, 2010 at 3:15 am #32722Kestrana
ParticipantCan we rite teh essays in lolspeak?
We do have a chapter called “The Humorous” and when I initially thought about people who could write something for that chapter, you were at the top of the list.
So yes, if it’s still coherent and funny enough. 😛
September 2, 2010 at 4:51 pm #32723QueenBee
Participantok I have an essay I’ll send over. please, feel free to tell me if it sucks or needs changing in anyway. We just got our scanner to work as well so I’ll send the forms back as well!
September 2, 2010 at 5:16 pm #32724millera9
ParticipantI will try to put something together quickly. kestrana, do you have a deadline for this?
September 2, 2010 at 5:18 pm #32725QueenBee
Participantok I have an essay I’ll send over. please, feel free to tell me if it sucks or needs changing in anyway. We just got our scanner to work as well so I’ll send the forms back as well!
I swear I don’t use “as well” repeatedly in my essay thing!! 😳
September 2, 2010 at 11:42 pm #32726Kestrana
ParticipantI would like a couple by next week that I can plug into the sample chapter if anyone could be done with a rough draft by then.
September 3, 2010 at 3:21 am #32727wrayvynn
ParticipantI can probably squeeze out something for the “Animals” category. I’ll work on it this week. 😉
September 3, 2010 at 1:47 pm #32728Kestrana
ParticipantYou do this for a living. I’ll expect perfection 😉
September 3, 2010 at 5:01 pm #32729wrayvynn
ParticipantYou do this for a living. I’ll expect perfection 😉
I’m a writer not an editor! Expect perfection from my editor! I make it sound good, she makes it look good! 😉
September 3, 2010 at 5:05 pm #32730wrayvynn
ParticipantAnd I think I will write for the “nature” category instead. Makes more sense since none of my animal shots made the cut 😆
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