Senpai has noticed you! The thread where veteran writers guide their new apprentices!

Alverost

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Moonpearl said:
Not just the name, but the way that this system is presented. It puts "veteran writers" on a pedastel and, since they can only be "senpais" and can't double up as a "kouhai" to someone else, it implies that they already know everything and stops learning from flowing both ways.

I'm also highly sceptical about people here "guiding" others in the first place. My English lecturers at university would always refuse to answer the question "How do you write an essay?" because it's impossible to tell someone else how to write one - there are just too many ways that are all valid. Instead, they could only tell us what they thought we'd done wrong after we'd written one and have us learn from that.
Now, those were academic essays that had a rough field standard; the big wide world of creative writing is even more individualistic. You can give your personal feedback on a story, but you can't tell someone how to write. Does everyone who's going to sign up to be a "senpai" properly understand that?

My concern is basically that this could force an artificial split between older and newer writers on the forum, do more harm than good to new writers, and be nothing more than an undeserved ego trip for so-called "veterans".




If you want to help people out with GL or need help with writing GL, there's the Yuri Writing Help Room here: https://forum.scribblehub.com/threads/the-yuri-writing-help-room-18.754/

We're always in need of more experienced ladies to share their opinions and advice~!
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So basically @Yorth should be burned at the stake.
 
m_augus00

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Yorth said:
OK! So I have noticed something. We have a lot of authors who are just starting out and really want to get better at their craft. At the same time, we have lots of authors who spent years writing and honed their skills! So, I was thinking why not have the two meet? The veteran authors get to share their knowledge and get some street-cred while the new ones learn to become better writers!

If you're interested in becoming either a Senpai or a Kouhai, please post a comment on this thread in this format.

Position: Senpai/Kouhai
Genre: What genre you're interested in.
Experience (required only if you wanna be a Senpai):

Now, let the family of senpais and kouhais grow!
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Kouhai.
Fantasy. XD
 
Yorth

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@Moonpearl I thought about it and I think that you do bring up valid points. Although I trust everyone to be mature enough not to be deluded by the grandiose of the title, I do think that a system that doesn't facilitate that would be a better idea. How about writing partners if you will, "nakama" if we were to stay on theme. These people can be of different levels of skills not necessarily equal, but would have shared interest and would help and force each other to grow. What do you think? Does this idea seem a bit better for you?

While we're at it I would like everyone's feedback. This is not a definite matter and systems can evolve depending on the needs and the wants of the community. The idea that a concept should be killed because its first iteration didn't fancy everyone is foolish, so let's get something done, shall we?
 
Moonpearl

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Yorth said:
@Moonpearl I thought about it and I think that you do bring up valid points. Although I trust everyone to be mature enough not to be deluded by the grandiose of the title, I do think that a system that doesn't facilitate that would be a better idea. How about writing partners if you will, "nakama" if we were to stay on theme. These people can be of different levels of skills not necessarily equal, but would have shared interest and would help and force each other to grow. What do you think? Does this idea seem a bit better for you?

While we're at it I would like everyone's feedback. This is not a definite matter and systems can evolve depending on the needs and the wants of the community. The idea that a concept should be killed because its first iteration didn't fancy everyone is foolish, so let's get something done, shall we?
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Sure, that's probably a more positive idea~!
 
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Yorth said:
How about writing partners if you will, "nakama" if we were to stay on theme. These people can be of different levels of skills not necessarily equal, but would have shared interest and would help and force each other to grow. What do you think? Does this idea seem a bit better for you?
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But I like the sound of Senpai and Kohai...
I would follow Senpai everywhere, evil snicker :blobspearpeek::blobspearpeek::blobspearpeek:
 
yunano34a1

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Please dont squish me so hard im just your little cutiie kouhai uwu

Jokes aside i love mystery psychology action and tragedy
 
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