Feedback and Suggestions - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

alatar · 03-14-2006, 12:05 PM

Not sure what you mean. I'm willing to try anything to spark some discussion.

Thanks for your comments and concerns. - alatar

Farael · 03-14-2006, 12:19 PM

Well, right now we have one big post depicting the scene (and your reactions) and then we comment on the scene or the post itself... maybe we should change that somehow? the only problem is that I don't know how to make it better.... but perhaps you (or anyone) could get his hands on the script for the movie and use it as an introduction and then each of us can comment on it?

alatar · 03-14-2006, 12:25 PM

Are you stating that I provide too much detail, making so that there's not much more to say? I can try cutting the initial post down a bit, withholding some of my commentary until a bit later to push things along.

What if I were to provide a simple outline for the sequence, highlight a few things then let that sit for a day or two, afterwhich come back in with some more?

Want to try it this week?

Farael · 03-14-2006, 12:37 PM

Well, your posts are good and extensive enough that we can comment on them. What I was wondering is what would happen if we had the script to comment on it (given that we can't put up the actual scene on the forum).

But maybe if you give a summary of the scene first and your post then (no need to wait) we'll be able to comment on both separately.

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-14-2006, 12:40 PM

alatar, it would be a shame to leave out your wonderful comments in the introductory posts! Speaking from my experience in carrying the CbC discussions over a length of time, I can only encourage you to keep going. Not all who read can participate at that time. Some catch up later, and some join again in a future favourite scene. Slowing down the discussions there didn't seem to help much. However, when you need a break, do take one.

alatar · 03-14-2006, 12:52 PM

"I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous," one once said, and I'm just exploring ways in which to encourage participation in the SbS.

As I would like always to be improving, I appreciate the insights, differing POV and even critisicms (not that anyone has), and am willing to experiment with how the information is presented. My concern is that the SbS devolves into a monologue, and that wouldn't be therapeutic for me as I'm already talking with and to myself enough as it is.

And, to note, others has told me before that I tend to be a bit lengthy in my prose

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Sir Kohran · 03-27-2006, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by alatar

"I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous," one once said, and I'm just exploring ways in which to encourage participation in the SbS.

As I would like always to be improving, I appreciate the insights, differing POV and even critisicms (not that anyone has), and am willing to experiment with how the information is presented. My concern is that the SbS devolves into a monologue, and that wouldn't be therapeutic for me as I'm already talking with and to myself enough as it is.

And, to note, others has told me before that I tend to be a bit lengthy in my prose

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alatar, I actually preferred the longer, richer posts that you had in the FOTR section. They made me notice lots of little details and it seems they sparked more debate too. THe TTT posts feel a bit quick, to be honest - and a result, I don't think we get as much to look at.

Just my thoughts, of course.

alatar · 03-27-2006, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir Kohran

alatar, I actually preferred the longer, richer posts that you had in the FOTR section. They made me notice lots of little details and it seems they sparked more debate too. THe TTT posts feel a bit quick, to be honest - and a result, I don't think we get as much to look at.

Thank you for your input. I felt that some posters were put off by the seven+ pages of endless rambling in FotR SbS. I do agree that the TTT sequences seem a bit small by comparison, and though it's helped as I've had to spend less time writing them, maybe they're too small.

I'll see if there are some sequences that we can combine. Suggestions?

03-14-2006, 12:05 PM	#1
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Not sure what you mean. I'm willing to try anything to spark some discussion. Thanks for your comments and concerns. - alatar __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.

03-14-2006, 12:19 PM	#2
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	Well, right now we have one big post depicting the scene (and your reactions) and then we comment on the scene or the post itself... maybe we should change that somehow? the only problem is that I don't know how to make it better.... but perhaps you (or anyone) could get his hands on the script for the movie and use it as an introduction and then each of us can comment on it? __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

03-14-2006, 12:25 PM	#3
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Are you stating that I provide too much detail, making so that there's not much more to say? I can try cutting the initial post down a bit, withholding some of my commentary until a bit later to push things along. What if I were to provide a simple outline for the sequence, highlight a few things then let that sit for a day or two, afterwhich come back in with some more? Want to try it this week? __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.

03-14-2006, 12:37 PM	#4
Farael Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In hospitals, call rooms and (rarely) my apartment. Posts: 1,538	Well, your posts are good and extensive enough that we can comment on them. What I was wondering is what would happen if we had the script to comment on it (given that we can't put up the actual scene on the forum). But maybe if you give a summary of the scene first and your post then (no need to wait) we'll be able to comment on both separately. __________________ I prepared Explosive Runes this morning.

03-14-2006, 12:40 PM	#5
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	alatar, it would be a shame to leave out your wonderful comments in the introductory posts! Speaking from my experience in carrying the CbC discussions over a length of time, I can only encourage you to keep going. Not all who read can participate at that time. Some catch up later, and some join again in a future favourite scene. Slowing down the discussions there didn't seem to help much. However, when you need a break, do take one. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

03-14-2006, 12:52 PM	#6
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	"I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous," one once said, and I'm just exploring ways in which to encourage participation in the SbS. As I would like always to be improving, I appreciate the insights, differing POV and even critisicms (not that anyone has), and am willing to experiment with how the information is presented. My concern is that the SbS devolves into a monologue, and that wouldn't be therapeutic for me as I'm already talking with and to myself enough as it is. And, to note, others has told me before that I tend to be a bit lengthy in my prose . __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.