Designated category for Creative Writing and related content
Ranging from writing and discussing novels, to poetry, scripts, comics, article editing, tabletop campaign planning, world creation, etc. There are a wide array of people doing various forms of creative writing on twitch, (Counted 53 channels so far, still working on finding more) and often it's hard to decide between "Creative" "Art" or "Just Chatting". Currently all we have to search for similar content is the "Writing" tag, which some of the broader definitions are hesitant to use, and is also used by people writing computer code, which is honestly a very different type of content despite it's visual similarities.
A category for this would seriously help us to find content and be found by the wider community of storytelling or wordsmithing fans that use twitch, as well as make it easier for twitches algorithm to identify what we watch. (I am often recommended visual art streams because I watch a lot of writers that use the art category, but never recommended any writing channels, and others I have spoken to experience the same)
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Kozaka commented
Add music related tags also please, like song writing...but I know it will never happen. 1000 votes, 2 years.
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EmceePinks commented
This is my favourite idea on this site.
The recommendation is 2 years old.
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SelfPublish commented
Yes, please!!!
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rebeccaloran commented
This would be a great category! I want to write short stories on stream(because I don't want to leak my novel projects haha) and it would be a great way to connect with other writers and exchange writing habits and ideas, maybe even form writing groups!
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CinderIsAHobbit commented
I have been using streaming to help myself and others get work done (i.e. homework assignments, essays, etc.) and I would appreciate not having to use just chatting to stream that, since it really doesn't fit there, but doesnt fit anywhere else either.
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DaveGoldenFlame commented
Okay, I'm hoping to writing some random stories there. How would you type it for out in category?
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scribblequest commented
The indie game category is still very much a thing (I use it, for example). But I still hope, we'll get our own category...
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DaveGoldenFlame commented
One of the comments said that they where trying to get all writers under indie game "Writers", is that still a thing?
I hope I,m using this right.
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TreyStationPlays commented
I want to start working on my novels on Twitch and build my community that way. We need this to be a category badly.
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mezz09 commented
Reminder to all: We have been trying to get writing streamers to unite under the category for the indie game "Writers" to put us all in one easy to find place and make it clearer to Twitch how many of us there are and that we do get viewers
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jessylostherpen commented
If Writing becomes its own category it will help those who wish to share writing content and those looking to be interactive with creators and teachers.
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SynTTSNews commented
The discoverability of writing streams as both a streamer and a viewer makes is currently very lacking, with us writers using several different tags that may or may not apply to us. A dedicated category and specific key phrases specifically for creative writing would make things more streamlined.
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MJQuigleyWrites commented
As a writer, I find it so awkward to find other writers at the end of some of my streams because of how disjointed it is at times to find people accross the categories we find ourselves scattered.
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usurperkings commented
Yes to a proper Writing Category on Twitch! There are podcast, just chatting and art categories, why not Writing!?
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queenboxi commented
I would love a way to filter out writing streams. Also a clear category to pick when streaming myself.
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LordGalakrond commented
I love the writing community on twitch, but our own catagory!! I feel like this should've already been a thing.
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Lengna commented
creative writing and world building is pretty much the main thing i watch anyway(other than direct friends), would be nice to have a good way to find more!
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MoriganCaos commented
Twitch has already noticed they are more than just a gaming platform with the advent of the Art category, but as anyone with a contact with art would be able to tell: Art is a too general term, as such, a Writing/Creative Writing (or similar) would be an excellent addition to the categories (and maybe others, but that is another discussion lol).
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SkarlitRayne commented
This would be great for those that participate in NaNoWriMo and Camp July/April NaNoWriMo events throughout the year or other writing related events.
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dimmer_star2 commented
Would love to see book lovers interact more with gamers and other creatives. Twitch is the perfect venue for some really fruitful exchanges of ideas.