Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
I made a "pro writers + editors" starter pack. It's what I wish I'd had when I first joined Farcaster. As a senior editor, I was looking for a cadre of fellow word nerds who might want to get deep into the weeds on things like editorial style guide minutiae, philosophy of editing, critiques of publishing industry business models and norms, writer-editor relationships, book indexing, and so on. This is only the first round. More will be added! I got inspired by @dwr.eth on /gmfarcaster talking about the value of starter packs today, so I decided to just get something out there now to help the word nerds connect. https://warpcast.com/danicaswanson/pack/Pro-Writers-and-0qzx37
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bradq
@bradq
Good list. Thanks for making it. As I think about writers on FC it makes me think we need a professional writers/great writers who aren't published starter.
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Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
That could be another good starter pack concept. We have so many great writers on FC. If you make it, I'll definitely check it out! My list focuses on people who might contribute to deep-dive editorial shop talk threads, so it's very specific (i.e., limited to those with pro-level work experience in publishing industries, typically as their livelihood or at least part of it). But of course the list of "great writers" is much, much longer than the list of great writers who've worked in publishing professionally. This convo also brings to mind an insightful piece I love by @tombeck.eth that raises some interesting questions about "published" and "unpublished" writers. Highly recommended if you haven't read it. https://paragraph.xyz/@driftless/curator-economy
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