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Yes. I get that my posts are not so favored here, but I do believe I am doing one of the more “interesting” things in scope of collab. creative writing in term

Yes. I get that my posts are not so favored here, but I do believe I am doing one of the more “interesting” things in scope of collab. creative writing in terms of “story” / literature Posted today twice - Show HN: Build-a-Blocks, a Copyleft Creative Writing Platform [1] both times, didn’t show up on multiple devices under “new” section of HN sad because am making quality effort [1] https://baldinoblog.com/tags.html https://baldinoblog.com/tags.html

busyant 5y ago
So, I poked around the website and for almost every link that I clicked on I saw "coming soon" I don't get it.
- n00bdude 5y ago
  Did the explanation not make sense? I just made that build-a-blocks.html page/file today, so the essence has yet to come But the idea is basically Linux for literature (or creative writing) In any case thanks for checking it out
  - gus_massa 5y ago
    > Did the explanation not make sense? (Not the GP.) I still don't understand. Is this like Reddit where everyone can post their work? Is this like Wikipedia where everyone can modify a shared work? Is this like a blog where only you can post? --- One important recommendation for post in HN is that it must be at least a working prototype. It's not necessary that it is super polished, or fancy, but it must work minimally.
    - n00bdude 5y ago
      Hey, thanks for the response & thoughts - quite literally the most feedback I’ve ever had It seems I need to make things more clear, but also, I just finally (yesterday) created the tags (build-a-block) categories, and haven’t yet started creating / organizing the blocks. The idea is copyleft creation of literature / movies / plays, anything really. I’ve been writing a short story series. While the short story is copyright, the characters themselves (which will be featured on blog) will be copyleft (CC BY-SA 4.0) which means you can create with/ reinvent them & sell them commercial Say you want to be a writer & you want to do your own short story or make a film or reinvent a certain character from one of these short stories for a novel - you can legally do this & resell. The overarching idea is Linux for storytelling / build your own distro And demonstrated in a “microblog” format, where the “build-a-blocks” (reworkable writes) make for succinct posts that convey the basic elements. Probably a best / good use case is in terms of “character-bank” - lotss (so far ~ 60+) of fiction story characters that can be reinvented / reimagined / evolved Any thoughts on how I can maybe convey that in a more “accessible / succinct” manner? In any case thanks again :)
      - gus_massa 5y ago
        I think you need to write at least two interlaced stories before submitting it here, because otherwise the idea is difficult to understand. (This is my recommendation, not an official hard rule.) Somewhat related: The current popular version of the story of "King Arthur" is a mix of a bunch of books written by different unrelated authors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur#Medieval_literary_traditions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur#Medieval_literary_... Are you imagining something like that? Somewhat related: Before launching the "What if?" serie in https://what-if.xkcd.com/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/ he wrote the first five stories just to be sure that following his idea it was possible to write some interesting post. (I can't find the post where he describe this.) I recommend to try your method and write at least 2 stories.
        n00bdude 5y ago
        > Somewhat related: The current popular version of the story of "King Arthur" is a mix of a bunch of books written by different unrelated authors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur#Medieval_literary_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur#Medieval_literary_... Are you imagining something like that? Yes - pretty much exactly like that. To make an analogy, kind of like “cryptopunks” in the world of crypto - except instead of “images” you buy & use as profile pictures, these characters have “behaviors, traits, persona, etc.” (revealed in the story) that a wannabe writer can reinvent & use to write an original short story, movie, novel etc. (but has to be copyleft licensed CC BY-SA) > Somewhat related: Before launching the "What if?" serie in https://what-if.xkcd.com/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/ he wrote the first five stories just to be sure that following his idea it was possible to write some interesting post. I have written 2 part short stories, but your idea of connecting “unrelated” short stories sounds a next step The stories are pretty good .. maybe I should make more of them free? I have zero lit community to talk to about this so I do much appreciate you helping me “conceptualize” this & providing the resources by which to offer comparisons / explanation.. Maybe I’ll just give them all away for free. (Almost am at that point anyway) In any case, will share with you in comment a short story I wrote to give you an idea the kind of story. Thanks again - and if you’ve any more thoughts I’ll check by here Enjoy your Sunday
        5y ago

busyant 5y ago

So, I poked around the website and for almost every link that I clicked on I saw "coming soon" I don't get it.

n00bdude 5y ago
Did the explanation not make sense? I just made that build-a-blocks.html page/file today, so the essence has yet to come But the idea is basically Linux for literature (or creative writing) In any case thanks for checking it out
- gus_massa 5y ago
  > Did the explanation not make sense? (Not the GP.) I still don't understand. Is this like Reddit where everyone can post their work? Is this like Wikipedia where everyone can modify a shared work? Is this like a blog where only you can post? --- One important recommendation for post in HN is that it must be at least a working prototype. It's not necessary that it is super polished, or fancy, but it must work minimally.
  - n00bdude 5y ago
    Hey, thanks for the response & thoughts - quite literally the most feedback I’ve ever had It seems I need to make things more clear, but also, I just finally (yesterday) created the tags (build-a-block) categories, and haven’t yet started creating / organizing the blocks. The idea is copyleft creation of literature / movies / plays, anything really. I’ve been writing a short story series. While the short story is copyright, the characters themselves (which will be featured on blog) will be copyleft (CC BY-SA 4.0) which means you can create with/ reinvent them & sell them commercial Say you want to be a writer & you want to do your own short story or make a film or reinvent a certain character from one of these short stories for a novel - you can legally do this & resell. The overarching idea is Linux for storytelling / build your own distro And demonstrated in a “microblog” format, where the “build-a-blocks” (reworkable writes) make for succinct posts that convey the basic elements. Probably a best / good use case is in terms of “character-bank” - lotss (so far ~ 60+) of fiction story characters that can be reinvented / reimagined / evolved Any thoughts on how I can maybe convey that in a more “accessible / succinct” manner? In any case thanks again :)
    - gus_massa 5y ago
      I think you need to write at least two interlaced stories before submitting it here, because otherwise the idea is difficult to understand. (This is my recommendation, not an official hard rule.) Somewhat related: The current popular version of the story of "King Arthur" is a mix of a bunch of books written by different unrelated authors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur#Medieval_literary_traditions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur#Medieval_literary_... Are you imagining something like that? Somewhat related: Before launching the "What if?" serie in https://what-if.xkcd.com/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/ he wrote the first five stories just to be sure that following his idea it was possible to write some interesting post. (I can't find the post where he describe this.) I recommend to try your method and write at least 2 stories.
      - n00bdude 5y ago
        > Somewhat related: The current popular version of the story of "King Arthur" is a mix of a bunch of books written by different unrelated authors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur#Medieval_literary_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur#Medieval_literary_... Are you imagining something like that? Yes - pretty much exactly like that. To make an analogy, kind of like “cryptopunks” in the world of crypto - except instead of “images” you buy & use as profile pictures, these characters have “behaviors, traits, persona, etc.” (revealed in the story) that a wannabe writer can reinvent & use to write an original short story, movie, novel etc. (but has to be copyleft licensed CC BY-SA) > Somewhat related: Before launching the "What if?" serie in https://what-if.xkcd.com/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/ he wrote the first five stories just to be sure that following his idea it was possible to write some interesting post. I have written 2 part short stories, but your idea of connecting “unrelated” short stories sounds a next step The stories are pretty good .. maybe I should make more of them free? I have zero lit community to talk to about this so I do much appreciate you helping me “conceptualize” this & providing the resources by which to offer comparisons / explanation.. Maybe I’ll just give them all away for free. (Almost am at that point anyway) In any case, will share with you in comment a short story I wrote to give you an idea the kind of story. Thanks again - and if you’ve any more thoughts I’ll check by here Enjoy your Sunday
      - 5y ago