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[thesilentpoet.livejournal.com]

So, the Get Stefanie to ArLis Poetry Sale is complete, where I wrote a poem a day for the past two weeks. I made $58.00, which I am pleased with, considering this was my first attempt at crowdfunding.

I am interested in possibly pursuing this, something similar to this on a monthly basis. Probably not for long a period, but being over a weekend or day. At most, a week. What sort of things have people had luck with? Do you find it better to let readers choose a theme or to have a set theme before the writing? I had a set theme this time - fairy tales/folklores - and while I could certainly write more poems based around those, I'm thinking it might be fun to explore other themes.

Thoughts, bits of advice, feedback?

Thank you!

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Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

>>I made $58.00, which I am pleased with, considering this was my first attempt at crowdfunding.<<

That sounds good for a first attempt. It took me a while to break $50, but my fishbowl is a one-day writing period.

>>Do you find it better to let readers choose a theme or to have a set theme before the writing?<<

From the beginning, I set a theme. I picked them and they were fairly general. Then I got more refined. I switched to more specific themes (frex, Vampires instead of just Horror). I also invited the audience to suggest themes, then vote to pick the most popular ones. So now I have a mix of things I choose and things the audience chooses.

I recommend that you explore themes, and pick things that you and your audience often discuss or like.

[aldersprig.livejournal.com]

That's pretty impressive; I've made $17 all told off my monthly writing prompts

I really enjoy your fairy tale poems, but letting the readers pick the prompts seems to work decently well. I have a poll here - http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/123728.html- of all the suggestions people put forth for prompts.