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`AbCat May 26, 2007, 2:41:21 AM
Here is a list of the literature Daily Deviations so far this year:

Mistmaker by *SparrowSong
Memorial Day by ~AustralianHippos
A Carpenter’s Daughter by ~oktoberain
a city in rhythm and jazz by ~psychodrive
Wrong Turn by ~DoranKhamis
parking lot by ~brokensemaphore
Family Reunion by ~007-Adeimantus
March, 2004 by ~awwhoneybear
Seven Poems by ~alyryianis
summer children, we were by *jonzoiplu
Shiver by *Amberlouie
Shivah Baby by `StJoan
Goldfinch as Grandmother by =caveatLECTOR
afghan orphans by ~GoodbyeLovely
Winter Blues Haikus by =cool4dude
We are a Lover by ~Misaniovent
The Bibles –internet edishun by `fleet21
*for the boy I try to forget by ~Negated
nature’s beautiful canvas by *dutchshun
*Metre Learning Guide by `darkcrescendo
Horatio’s American Dreams by ~Tridelvior
*Bad Poetry by *GeneratingHype
To Terms - reevaluated by ~cza24-9
Our Issues by ~YvesMB
*Broken Horse by *honeybuzzard
Where’s My Party by =bewareofthesnowman
Stripes by ~opaquediaphanousness
*Conforming by ~xsyntheticsmile
but it also means by ~altruisticlies
The Willow Snip in the Mooneye by ~NLY
I Hate Myself For Loving You by *jack-cade
Reverie by ~McClelland
Starscarf by *Inallgoodtime
Omoni by ~xserein
We, a Bedpost prayer by *shahath
ghazal for kate by ~cockv
open doors makes houses colder by ~otterhare
Kabir by *lovetodeviate
Reasons for the Weekend by *arliddian
Relativity by ~ThelemaJ
large by ~mySeity
Idiom: Thoroughly by *nonamepsalmist
born to erupy by ~panika
Thus Spake by *salshep
The Philosopher King by ~NLY
As If by =tightwhitepants
Coal by ~failing-at-flight
*Bodies by *IfrozenspiritI
Hanafubuki by *FerengCheng
Oranges by ~MGBarrera
l’amour by ~starsdie
First Catch by *fllnthblnk
On Turning Four by ~LesCheveux
Whale Song by ~Danteholic

Do you take notice of the DDs any more? I have to say, since the DD lost its prominent place in the right hand column last year, I don’t really keep tabs.
Nevertheless thousands of people do. The DD still plays an important role in giving the budding writer confidence that they are on the right track, and in exposing their work to a wider audience.

Including today’s, there have been 48 poetry DDs so far this year.
I took the liberty of marking the works of prose with an asterisk. Yep. That’s right guys. Six prose DDs so far this year. And just one [one?!?] in the last two months. I know for a fact that there have been a good deal of excellent suggestions. A good deal more than six anyway.

With this in mind, is there going to be a new gallery director for prose?

Have you suggested a piece of prose that hasn't make it past border control to DD-land? If so, let's see.

Do you think the quality of prose has fallen over the course of the last year?

Do we need more literature GDs?

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~kinmoratree May 26, 2007, 4:50:02 AM
Poetry's not my thing, so I usually pass over the DD's that are poetry. I haven't ever seen any of the prose ones. I'll have to go catch up.

No, I don't think the quality of prose has fallen, but I do think that it takes time to find the good ones. It seems to me it's easier to look at a picture and say "Wow, that's good", than it is to read a piece of work and determine if it's DD worthy.

I'll be interested to see how many people say they've suggested a DD that hasn't gone through.
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`lovetodeviate May 26, 2007, 8:42:23 AM
Can't answer most of your questions, but as for the quality of prose, I don't think it has fallen. It's hard to say because you would have to be reading all prose ever posted the past few years on dA to tell, and that's not possible.

But my general experience is that good prose -is- being written. Or prose that is promising. *WordCount is doing a pretty good job of scouting prose and then there's UAP and DailyDeviants. But yeah, the prestige isn't the same. Heh, I remember UAP being somewhat prestigious. I remember writers getting a healthy amount of response from readers and critters. Now, people don't even read the article (which is linked in my signature). Just like the DDs, UAP has been somewhat hard to locate since the articles have stopped being sent out as hot topics.

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`AbCat May 26, 2007, 9:07:42 AM
Unknown Artists is still going? Why are these not going out as hot topics? This is terrible!
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~ellierany May 26, 2007, 11:34:44 AM
The main thing I picked up from that was the suggestion that we don't have a prose GD (we don't?). And this tells me that I don't know what's going on. Nor have I been looking at DDs. Or favourites. Or anything.

Now, much as I have no problem with the new design in design terms, I would much MUCH rather we had a gallery front page again where I could soo news/faves/forum (and DDs, for good measure?) Now wouldn't that be nice.

And as the your actual questions: No. No. I don't know.

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^SparrowSong May 26, 2007, 11:38:13 AM
I read the DDs, but rarely comment. If you're looking for prose, I think *WordCount's got a good program starting.

Heh, is there still a search function where one can search by DD -> prose/poetry? That was so handy for catching up when I missed a week.
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~jack-cade May 26, 2007, 11:55:13 AM
I don't know what to think about poetry DD's. On the one hand, it's great to give some pieces more exposure. On the other, all the extra attention the pieces seem to get for being DD's is from people who don't seem to engage with poetry, and who're trying to network via a constant trickle of 'Wow, that's really great' messages to people they perceive as popular. A huge number of the comments I received on my most ';popular' piece to date were in response to the preview image (which was just a photo of Matthew Perry), rather than the writing!

Personally, I think projects that target the lit community through word-of-mouth rather than the front page are more worthwhile. The competitions, individual 'spotlighting' projects etc.

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~jack-cade May 26, 2007, 11:56:08 AM
Although having said that, with :devPoeticWar choosing the DD's, they're at least going to be a good selection!

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Roundtable Review - reviews, articles and new writing in poetry, fiction, film, art and stage.
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^SparrowSong May 26, 2007, 1:55:43 PM
Yes, but at least the masses are exposed to poetry this way. When I'm not being lazy, I'll sometimes ask the people giving one-sentence comments what they like about the piece, or what their favorite lines are, or what they don't like. It works for me--they'll reread and clarify (maybe even engage with the piece!) and I'll get a useful comment.
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~sumants May 26, 2007, 2:19:18 PM
Only the first couple were hot topics. Only "official dA news" is sent out as hot topics these days. And that's usually visual art crap that nobody really cares about.
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`lovetodeviate May 26, 2007, 9:43:23 PM
It most definitely is!

I'm not entirely sure why they're not going out as hot topics, and there's no one to blame really. `imogene is doing a good job of putting the articles out. I think the visual art gets attention, not so much the lit stuff. I'm hoping by bringing this up here, more people will look out for the article.

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