The Nefarious Networking Project: February

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Hello, writers and lit appreciators! Sorry for the delay in this month's project! I hope you used your time wisely in commenting on your partners' deviations from last month's project. There are TWO new things this month: A new project and a change to the partnerships. This month, you will each get a new partner in order to create your network. You will get a note with all of your partners distributed to you by Tuesday, Feb. 21. Continue below to the activity and/or (questionnaire if you do not have a partner yet.)

What is the Nefarious Networking Project?


Every month, deviants who respond to the questionnaire below are paired with a deviant to get to know and produce a project. If you have responded to the questionnaire in the past, but have not received a partner, it may be because there have not been enough deviants to pair you up yet. So please comment with answers to the questionnaire if you haven't responded yet and would like a partner or if you have already responded to the questionnaire, please comment explaining so and we will hopefully get you a partner this month. If you have a partner, continue on to this month's networking activity.

Initial Networking Questionnaire


    • Introduce yourself.  What experience do you have with writing (studying it, getting serious about it, etc)?  Would you consider yourself a total newbie, someone who's taken a few creative writing classes in school, or a published professional?
    • What are your writing goals? (Writing for fun, writing to publish, etc)
    • What do you hope to gain from networking? (You could say, "finding a beta reader," or someone to proofread and give feedback on your writing; you could say, "find a friend in the business"; or, "a friend who can teach me stuff"; or, "looking for a mentor")
    • What genre do you typically write, and are you interested in trying new genres?
    • Post one line of your work you're particularly proud of.
    • Share one thumb of someone else's writing on DA that you really love.

Networking Activity Number 3


Now you have gotten to know your initial partner, worked with them a little bit, and you have read their work and gave some critiques. If you haven't yet, there is still time. Just click the links to the previous projects below. If you have just joined the project, feel free to participate in the previous projects now as well! So this month, you are given another partner. This partner will likely have another partner that you do not know and vice versa. Your task this month is to introduce your two partners to each other and to create the network that we have been desiring.

Use what you have learned about them over the previous months to share information about them. If you are new to the project and don't have a partner to introduce to someone, introduce your partner to a writer that you already follow and enjoy on DeviantArt. Don't forget to introduce yourselves to your new partner as well! These introductions can happen through notes. The following is an example of how you can do this:

Jen: Hello, Darla and Bob! As part of the Nefarious Networking Project, I would like to introduce you to each other! Bob has been my partner for the past three months and we worked on this Exquisite Corpse project together [insert link]. Bob is a great wordsmith and skillfully uses foreshadowing and alliteration in his horror prose. He also has some fantastic poetry. My favorite piece of his is [insert link].

I'm not much of a poet myself, but now that I know Bob, I have dabbled in poetry a little bit and created this piece [insert link]. I usually write fantasy and fanfiction, as that is where my heart lies, and I think the following is my best piece [insert link]. My favorite author is J.K. Rowling. How about you?

When I send you your note with your new partner, I will also tell you who is being introduced to whom just in case there is any confusion. Have fun!

Feel free to comment with any suggestions for future activities and I will put them into consideration!

Previous Projects


The Nefarious Networking Project: December
The Nefarious Networking Project: January


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Sounds good; can't wait!