Now Hiring! - Lucid Dream Book project - Want in?
As you all know, this lucid dreaming book was a project once put on the table, and for whatever reason, was then placed on the back burner in which it was allowed to accrue dust, and cobwebs. In essence...this forum is a dead weight on the board...an eyesore, a waste of main forum scrolling time.
When this project was in its prime, I was semi-on it and from what I can tell, a lot of work had been done...but a lot of work still needs to be finished.
Exploring the World of Lucid Dreams by Dr. Stephen Laberge, was a great book but it's also an old book. More research has been done since its publication and lucid dreaming hopefuls around the world need to know that. That's where you come in.
If you are a proficient lucid dreamer whose studied your own dream world, if you're good at (or capable of) researching dream related subjects, sleep studies (like brain wave activity, REM, SP etc.), if you're talented with a digital paintbrush, if organization seems to be your strong suit and you know how best to place things in terms of sentence and paragraph structure, then...
There's more work to be done on this project, and a lot of room for expansion. This project may take us 6 months to a year to wrap up.
If you decide you want to be a part of this lucid dreaming cultural history and have the time to devote to the continuation of this project then we gladly welcome you to the team.
Now...
Currently, we are in need of:
-Writers, Editors, Graphic Designers, Researchers, Organizers
-A Graphic Design department leader (Someone to lead the graphic designs team)
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-Part time staff must check in at least once a week
-Full time staff must check in at least once a day
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If you are interested in becoming part of the staff on this project, - please COPY and paste the QUESTIONS and ANSWER UNDER the questions themselves (within this thread):
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1. Are you interested in working full time or part time on this project? (Full time would be like 1 hr. a day, part time would be anything less than that)
2. Are you a good editor? (Please link some of your work if possible)
3. Are you a good writer? (Please link some of your work if possible)
4. Is organization one of your strong suits? (In terms of content, chapters etc.)
5. List any prior experience you may have had regarding working on a book
6. Is lucid dreaming a strong suit of yours?
7. Are you good at brainstorming? Or do you tend to set off fire alarms...
8. Do you remain current on lucid dreaming studies and new information regarding the subject in general? (If so, please give a brief explanation)
9. Is graphic designing a strong suit of yours? (please list examples if applicable)
10. What do you feel you could bring to the table on this project? How do you feel you'll be of most help?
11. How old are you?
12. How long have you been lucid dreaming?
13. How proficient of a lucid dreamer are you?
14. How many books on lucid dreaming have you read (please list each one, and what stuck out about each one to you)?
15. What studies do you read that pertain to dreams, sleeping in general, or lucid dreams?
16. Additional comments you'd like to add:
Clairifying this book's goals
Before I commit myself to this project, I'd like to solidify what direction we're heading in with this book. What are we trying to accomplish with it and who is our target audience?
If we want to just explain lucid dreaming just to get the word out and attract new members, then charging for this book might not be the best route to take.
If we do charge for it, that's going to eliminate a lot of potential newb readers. Only people who are seriously interested in dreaming or LDing are going to shell out the cash for a book of any sort. So if we plan on charging, there better be stuff of interest to vetran lucid dreamers.
The different approaches in pricing (free of not) will determine what kind of people we attract to the site. The free scheme will likely generate more traffic to DV, but those people are less likely to stick around and generally don't contribite all that much. The people who pay are likely to be more commited and have more to offer the discussions on this site.
Also publishign style is very important in determining how things get written. There are unique style available to each format (e-book or paper) that would result in completely different books. If I were writing for an e-book with the purpose of attracting people to the site, then I'd include lots of DV links for additional reading or relevant discussions. With paper I'd be forced to choose the examples I include more carefully.
If attracting new members is one of the primary goals of this book, then sprinkling in some BD topics for a dash of flavor could be helpful. Let's face it, people love that kind of stuff. I'm not saying go overboard with it, but even hintig at some greater mystery goes a long way in fireing up the imagination and grabbing people's attention.
Really I want to know if you want to be a straight forward boring flat scientific presentation of facts, or if you want to present those same facts with drama and flare. The topic of dreaming just has so many directions it could take, it would be best if we're all on the same page.