Where do sketches go? What happens to them?

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Tuesday, August 9 marks the beginning of my "Where Sketches Go?" project, kind of like ysabetwordsmith's Poetry Fishbowl, but with drawings!

I have books of sketches that I don't quite know what to do with.

Sketching, as those who are artists know, is good practice and a good way to increase drawing abilities. However, I have lots of sketches with no real plan to turn them into finished work.

That is where I am asking for your help.

Help guide a bunch of random sketches to finished works! Click here to find out more!


NOTE (ADDED 08-08-2011): I WILL HAVE TO DELAY THE START OF THIS PROJECT DUE TO MY COMPUTER BEING OUT FOR REPAIRS.

How to Make a Landing Page

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Recently, flutterbychild asked what a landing page is and what should go on one.  The discussion turned up several other folks who have built landing pages inspired by mine for the Poetry Fishbowl, or at my recommendation.  I figured that this topic deserved a post of its own, so that more people can see it and talk about it.


What is a landing page?

A landing page is the go-to place for your project, the page where you want outside links to point.  For new viewers, it provides a comfortable starting point.  For regular fans, it's a reference for navigating through favorite material.  For people who might want to review your project or nominate it for an award, such as the Rose and Bay Award, it presents key information in a concise format.  This way people don't just get dumped into the middle of an ongoing project with no idea what it's about or where to begin.

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Read "A guide to writing a persistent story"

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This article focuses on plotting a webcomic, but may be useful to serial fiction as well.