Summary

The Editor of Paper Poetry on Medium is seeking feedback on several ideas to enhance the publication, including writer collaborations, a 'Content of the Month' feature, the addition of an Editor, integration with various platforms, highlighting local poets, cross-publication collaborations, renowned poetry prompts, and design improvements.

Abstract

The Editor of Paper Poetry expresses gratitude for the community's support and outlines a series of proposals aimed at fostering growth and engagement within the publication. These proposals include encouraging collaborative projects among writers to explore different perspectives on common themes, introducing a 'Content of the Month' to spotlight exceptional work, potentially offering a token of appreciation for selected content, and considering the appointment of an additional Editor to streamline the editing process. The Editor also contemplates integrating multimedia platforms like YouTube and SoundCloud, creating dedicated social media accounts for Paper Poetry, and featuring content from renowned local poets. Additionally, the Editor proposes collaborations with other publications and implementing prompts based on renowned poetry to inspire new content. Lastly, the Editor seeks input on improving the publication's design to enhance user experience.

Opinions

The Editor values the community's contributions and is open to suggestions for improvement.
Collaborative writing projects are seen as a way to enhance learning and appreciation among writers and provide readers with diverse content.
The 'Content of the Month' idea is in its preliminary stages, and the Editor is seeking feedback on its potential appeal to the community.
An additional Editor is considered necessary to manage the workload and improve the content editing process.
The Editor is exploring the integration of other digital platforms to expand the publication's reach but is hesitant about managing a Facebook group due to complexity.
There is an intention to create a Twitter account specifically for Paper Poetry to promote content, with consideration for an Instagram account and the need for an additional editor if these platforms are utilized.
The Editor is keen on highlighting content from local/regional renowned poets, ensuring that the works highlighted are in the public domain and include the author's viewpoints and additional context.
Cross-publication collaborations are viewed as exciting opportunities that have proven successful in other industries, such as comic books.
The Editor is open to running prompts inspired by renowned poetry to generate new content.
The Editor acknowledges a lack of expertise in design and is seeking feedback on potential improvements to the publication's design for a better user experience, including the possibility of adopting Medium's new publication design page.
The Editor emphasizes the importance of community support and open feedback to implement the proposed ideas and improve Paper Poetry.

IDEA/SUGGESTION BOX

Requesting Suggestions From The Readers And The Writers Of Paper Poetry

feedback to improve

Photo by Joanna Kosinska on Unsplash; illustration and added words by the author

First of all, as the Editor of Paper Poetry, I am grateful for your support and contributions to upholding Paper Poetry within this 1.5 months on Medium.

As an Editor, a contributor, and a writer, I believe that there is a lot of room to improve. And, today, I’m writing this note to highlight a couple of ideas that I have accumulated in my Whiteboard that might interest you as a reader and a writer.

Of course, these ideas came out based on my understanding. However, if I get related suggestions or comments on the ideas, I will have a better view of whether any of these are worth spending time on.

The way I’m looking into it is as follows:

illustration created by the author, created in Microsoft Powerpoint; please let me know if it is confusing to read

So, what are the ideas that are bugging me? I’m written down a couple of them in the following. These ideas are not elaborated in detail but might be worth exploring for a further brainstorm.

image and illustration by the author. Footnote: I always find it easier, when I make a list on board or paper, so thought of putting this as the summary

1. Collaboration work between writers

As a writer, I’ve done a collaboration project previously. That project was with three other fellow writers on Medium (respective fellow writers’ are Trista Ainsworth, Keno Ogbo, and Chirag) for a poetry sequel project. I’m grateful to them for a great learning experience and their support on the project.

We can introduce a collaboration project to work on a particular ‘theme’ of content by two or more writers (entirely on their convenience) and publish it as a collaborative content. Some possible ways to do it:

Photo by “My Life Through A Lens” on Unsplash;

a) two writers’ can write two poems on the same theme and highlight each other’s work on the bottom of their content

b) two writers’ can work on two verses, but taking support, suggestions, and feedback from each other and publish the content, acknowledging the other writer and their work;

c) two writers’ can work on one theme, one poem, and they both can publish the full version as a picture and their part in words. etc.

I understand, these are just some ideas thrown here, but I believe you can get the gist of the words. And we can welcome this sort of collaboration as it improves our learning and also the appreciation for other writers’ work. And, of course, the readers will get a different taste in terms of contents.

2. ‘Content of the month.’

Apart from the prompts, I wanted your feedback on whether you will be interested in having a ‘content of the month’ option. I have not figured out how to mention it (I might be creating a pretty complicated Excel file or use an analytics tool to select the content), but wondering whether that will be interesting to the readers and writers.

Bonus: There might be a ‘token of appreciation,’ which will not be that much of monetary value, but might be a gift card, who knows.

3. Additional Editor

Personally, I believe there is a requirement for an additional editor for various obvious reasons. Please let me know. It will add more value to editing the content, and I will also learn about the process.

4. Different tools/platforms integration with Paper Poetry

I’m not a great fan of running a Facebook group, it makes it too complicated, and we are already stressed enough on digital aspects. I wondered whether you are considering integrating Youtube contents of yours or SoundCloud recitation of your poetry in this regard.

I’m also opting for creating a Twitter account, which can promote all the contents to the twitter world, rather than using my one.

Instagram, a big fan of that, as I’ve seen fantastic content creation there, but still not sure. However, if I have to create a twitter account or Instagram account in this regard, I’ll opt for an editor immediately for sure.

5. Local/regional renowned poets’ content highlights

It is already in progress, and I’ll love to have more content in this regard. Please ensure that if you are highlighting any poet’s work, make sure that the words are on the public domain, and you refer the link. The content shouldn’t be a mere translation; instead, it should also include your viewpoints, some additional information on the poet, and probably other excellent contents link to the poet or quotes.

6. Collaboration projects in-between different publications

I still do not know how to conduct the collaboration, as that will be based on discussion and convenience. It is undoubtedly possible and will be exciting if any other publication owner and Editor finds it interesting to look for. It can be a contest, a prompt, or any convenient way to reach out to more readers and writers. One point to highlight, even DC Comics and Marvel collaborated in several projects, which still are a couple of their big hits.

7. Renowned Poetry based prompt

We can run a couple of prompts based on highlighting renowned or well-known poetry. What do you think!

8. Improvement in Publication’s design

I’ve limited ideas on design fundamentals. I’m still learning how to improve the overall design of Paper Poetry. Do you notice any related flaws that we should improve? Or, any suggestion to make the tabs simpler and more accessible? Do you think we should opt for the new publication design page, suggested by Medium?

That’s all I have for now. Based on the suggestions/feedback, I will update this article on which one is going forward, which one is not (will add an update in this content).

All I require is your support and open feedback. You can provide your valuable comment on the comment box or can add a ‘private note’ in this content.

Thanks for your patience and understanding. Thanks for supporting Paper Poetry.