crowdfunding, writing, etc

[alpharaposa]

The Crowdfunding community is in the LJ spotlight this week. (No tags - I'm posting from my phone on break at the dayjob.)

Anyway, some folks have commented how few patrons are participating. That's sad, because patrons have two things that I, and many creators, really crave.

No, not money. Money is icing.

What I crave as a writer are ideas and feedback. I get ideas of my own, but in a slow and rare trickle when it's just me. However, one person talking with me to start sparking from? I can spin a whole world out of somebody saying that they want to read about a villainous polar bear.

Patrons are vital. They provide the proteins that my little creative enzymes can take apart and put back together into stories and poems. Feedback provides a stock of more proteins, to make it grow. (Especially questions. Asking who or what something is? Oooh, amino acids on parade.)

So, patrons, you have a market, too. That idea nobody ever writes about? I bet there's someone out there who's staring at a blank page who would love to know what it is.

And once you cultivate an artist, they may start producing works just because they thought of you. I probably would have never written a short story about giant space rays if I didn't know that one of my friends likes rays.

Comments

[minor-architect.livejournal.com]

So, patrons, you have a market, too. That idea nobody ever writes about? I bet there's someone out there who's staring at a blank page who would love to know what it is.

This is a fantastic point about one of the ways patrons contribute to the crowdfunding process! It's also a point I wouldn't have thought of, since I've always assumed creators have all the ideas in the world but not enough time or energy to morph each one into something. So I've definitely learned from your post today. Thank you for mentioning this! :)