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cadence
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Date
Nov 3, 2021
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Dec 22, 2021
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Intro by Siddhearta
- Objectives for the mastermind group - to support each other as writers.
- Member introductions by answering 2 questions:
- Why are you interested in being part of the group?
- What are your biggest fears and hopes?
- Common threads in members' introductions:
- Many of us don't consider ourselves to be writers;
- We come from diverse professional backgrounds - engineering, finance, computer science, writing, etc.
- Recurring fears: balancing work, DAO life and personal life;
- Recurring hopes: Web 3 to achieve its full potential;
Structure of the Future Meetings
- Each session will being with an intro of new members joining in;
- One area of focus will be on developing pieces more systematically and collaboratively.
- We'll continue with exchanging knowledge and experience in curating ideas. Members can submit writing ideas in the Idea Box.
- We can think of ideas as falling in one of the following templates:
- Mistakes and lessons: point out the caution signs and direct where to go instead.
- Frameworks: Name a problem, create actionable steps, celebrate outcome.
- The future: Assert a position, provide supporting material.
- Thought pieces: Share a point of view. Old paradigm vs. New, move the reader from where they are to where you want them to be.
- Myths: Insider information, what people need to know, or what they get wrong.
- There are no fast and hard rules - the frameworks are to serve as a guideline, not restrictions.
- Members can pitch ideas at the Scribe's Desk.
- At each meeting, we will review the pitches and provide feedback;
- The Scribe's Desk includes a guideline on how to structure a pitch;
Intermittent Discussion on Writing
- With the very best storytellers, we can observe an inverse relationship between the quality of the first draft and their level of success.
- In the first draft, writers should be thinking about the feelings and the general ideas.
- The editing process should not dominate and it should resemble an improv comedy class ("yes, and..."). Too much criticism early on can set back the process.
- Be clear about what stage of the writing process you are in.
- A suggestion: Members can bring a crappy first draft for others to discuss. The objective will be to provide constructive feedback, not tear it down.
- Key question: at the end of the day, what is it that you want the reader to know and feel.
- Good stories usually follow a pattern:
- Someone wants to get something,
- Fails at getting it,
- Figured it out and then succeeded.