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Which Community Should I Write In?
We Have Forty-Four Vocal Communities To Choose From
Introduction
We have forty-four communities on Vocal and I have posted at least one story in every one. These are some of my previous observations on Vocal Communities:
This is an interesting take by Paul Shablo
What Do I Think Of The State Of The Communities?
Personally, I think there are far too many Vocal Communities, and often people are unsure where they should post things, sometimes I am not sure myself.
The most popular are Fiction and Poetry, Poetry attracts so many entries, possibly because a poem can be very short and, therefore quickly dashed off. I do remember Neil Diamond saying it took him eight weeks to finalize the phrase "I Am... I Said" so even a short poem may take a lot of effort to create.
I have said this before but Cleats and Unbalanced should be merged, with tags for particular sports. Cleats has not had a Top Story for nine months.
Potent is similar to Cleats, no Top Story for a year, and surely this could be merged with Proof with tags added. Then Chain and Trader are two more that could be merged as they cover similar areas.
While I like to create fictional stories and poetry, I am not considered as even adequate in those areas by Vocal so that is why I look to other areas, but has been pointed out, that I do not stick to the acceptable middle-of-the-road creations, I will not be considered for any recognition by the cliques.
This won't stop me from writing and creating stories but I won't change my style to try and get a Top Story.
I believe my writing is continually evolving and improving and that may be why I am no longer considered for a Top Story. I know my work is excellent because of how I see it, and the reactions I get from my audience. I am sometimes shocked at the excellent loving reactions I see like these (and yes oval should have been Vocal):
So although I am in the Vocal naughty corner, I will continue to share my views, stories, and poetry with you and hopefully put a smile on your face and give you a few ideas as well.
The music is "Community Of Hope" by Polly Jean Harvey as I have been talking Vocal Community.
Thnak you for reading.
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Comments (5)
"They're gonna put a Walmart here...." Is that a sign of hope or its opposite? I know communities where either could be considered true anymore.
I agree with you! It’s hard at times to figure out which community to put a story in!
Yes, I too feel all those communities could be merged with adding more tags to them! It's just so weird!
Thank you for this information! I feel a bit dumb about all of this stuff. Like, I didn't know that people got annoyed if you post in certain communities. Eeek!
I enjoyed! All the categories are interesting!