[themisfithitman]

Ok... so I want to start a magazine. I have several problems.
1. It probably wont be issued in print cause i have nowhere to print it
2. I need a lot of help
3. I've never done this before.
4. I have NO money.

This magazine would be about pretty much anything. Considering I live in a shelled in town. It gets very little news from the outside world. I want to spread some of the real world around in the town. Just to reawaken the people to the real world and to give them something to read other then the wine shop's monthly pamphlet. So I pretty much need help with everything. Art, articles, review columns, anything...
it will be heavily focused on music. But there will be some politics and news and anything else really shoved in wherever it will work. Remember this is my quest to share the world with my town. So my request for you lovely folks here is to help me:

1. Find a name for this magazine (I was thinking "In Your Head Magazine", but I don't really know yet)
2. Help me design a cover
3. Help me get content
4. If it works out and starts churning a profit, then I'll start paying some for material
5. *First stuff has to be free* (Remember that I have no money)

I also eventually hope to spread to print form once I have enough capital to do so.

P.S. I'm 16, so this is ambitious project for me.

[turbocivic16]

this is a very ambitious project, but my suggestion is if the magazine will not be issued in print, why limit your audience to your town? and your having so much trouble with art, content, ect. why not take a blog route with a magazine twist, theme your blog after a magazine and have weekly/monthly updates ect...and as far as content, write about what intrests you...and go from there.

[kelvin070]

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[jasaunders]

Ok... so I want to build an airplane. I have several problems.
1. It probably won't fly because I don't know anything about airplanes
2. I need a lot of help because I don't know how airplanes work
3. I don't know if people would actually want to fly on my airplane
4. I've never built an airplane before
5. I have NO money.

This airplane would pretty much offer everything. The airplane would have first class, super first class, and super duper first class sections. Every person would have their own 50" plasma in front of them and a Nintendo Wii. There would be two flight attendants for every passenger and the attendants are trained to give excellent massages. The plane itself would be able to do flips and fly upside down. The tail of the plane is made of spaghetti. Considering I live in a shelled in town, no one knows what an airplane is and they think this airplane would be really cool. I want to spread some of the real world around in the town by flying people on the plane for free. Just to reawaken the people to the real world.

So I pretty much need help with everything. Designing the plane, building the plane, finding flight attendants, creating spaghetti noodles that can be shaped into the tail of the plane. *First stuff has to be free* (Remember that I have no money). If it works out and starts churning a profit, then I'll start paying for the plane and employees.

[themisfithitman]

Originally Posted by jasaunders

Ok... so I want to build an airplane. I have several problems.
1. It probably won't fly because I don't know anything about airplanes
2. I need a lot of help because I don't know how airplanes work
3. I don't know if people would actually want to fly on my airplane
4. I've never built an airplane before
5. I have NO money.

This airplane would pretty much offer everything. The airplane would have first class, super first class, and super duper first class sections. Every person would have their own 50" plasma in front of them and a Nintendo Wii. There would be two flight attendants for every passenger and the attendants are trained to give excellent massages. The plane itself would be able to do flips and fly upside down. The tail of the plane is made of spaghetti. Considering I live in a shelled in town, no one knows what an airplane is and they think this airplane would be really cool. I want to spread some of the real world around in the town by flying people on the plane for free. Just to reawaken the people to the real world.

So I pretty much need help with everything. Designing the plane, building the plane, finding flight attendants, creating spaghetti noodles that can be shaped into the tail of the plane. *First stuff has to be free* (Remember that I have no money). If it works out and starts churning a profit, then I'll start paying for the plane and employees.

Are you poking fun at me? Hah! Well done, but you've captured the essence of my idea and turned it to a steaming pile of doo... But I'll always have my critics, so... moving on! Oh yeah, and a magazine is a LOT cheaper then an airplane made of spaghetti. It's people like you that ruin other people's ideas, but you don't even phase me. So have fun fapping in the corner you miserable, lonely, sad twisted soul.

Go to the Urban Dictionary and look up Ridgefield... <--- My town, in case you people didn't believe me.
P.S. I've never done drugs or gotten drunk. (I'm Straight Edge)

Originally Posted by turbocivic16

this is a very ambitious project, but my suggestion is if the magazine will not be issued in print, why limit your audience to your town? and your having so much trouble with art, content, ect. why not take a blog route with a magazine twist, theme your blog after a magazine and have weekly/monthly updates ect...and as far as content, write about what intrests you...and go from there.

Yep, it didn't really occur to me to do a blog. Then I suppose I'll just go from there... Thanks for the advice!

[Jay Brass]

Originally Posted by jasaunders

Ok... so I want to build an airplane. I have several problems.
1. It probably won't fly because I don't know anything about airplanes
2. I need a lot of help because I don't know how airplanes work
3. I don't know if people would actually want to fly on my airplane
4. I've never built an airplane before
5. I have NO money.

This airplane would pretty much offer everything. The airplane would have first class, super first class, and super duper first class sections. Every person would have their own 50" plasma in front of them and a Nintendo Wii. There would be two flight attendants for every passenger and the attendants are trained to give excellent massages. The plane itself would be able to do flips and fly upside down. The tail of the plane is made of spaghetti. Considering I live in a shelled in town, no one knows what an airplane is and they think this airplane would be really cool. I want to spread some of the real world around in the town by flying people on the plane for free. Just to reawaken the people to the real world.

So I pretty much need help with everything. Designing the plane, building the plane, finding flight attendants, creating spaghetti noodles that can be shaped into the tail of the plane. *First stuff has to be free* (Remember that I have no money). If it works out and starts churning a profit, then I'll start paying for the plane and employees.

I'm sorry to get in between this, but that was pretty funny!

Carry on.

[themisfithitman]

Originally Posted by Jay Brass

I'm sorry to get in between this, but that was pretty funny!

Carry on.

It was! I agree... But I'm still going to berate him for it because it was a direct attack on my idea. So that's that. Kudos for making us laugh though...

[Fadzuli]

I suggest you work for a magazine company first to get the experience and learn the know hows of the business. This will speed up your learning curve because starting from scratch would really take a long time to learn..Furthermore by working for someone, you can learn from your Boss's mistakes.

This industry has a short cycle but requires you to reinvent your magazine from time to time...

If there's no such companies in your area, then venture out.

[RLorenzen]

Originally Posted by themisfithitman

It was! I agree... But I'm still going to berate him for it because it was a direct attack on my idea. So that's that. Kudos for making us laugh though...

Kudos to Jasaunders. That was very entertaining.

themisfithitman, you're behaving very ignorantly. You should listen to the message he is trying to give you. You are not qualified in any way to do this project. You must of just woke up one morning and said "hey, I'm going to start a magazine".

Your post sounded...well....I can't think of any other word but crazy. You have to admit you knew a comment like Jasaunders' was coming.

Get some experience or at least learn something about the magazine industry. You obviously have no clue at all. Do you have any idea how much it costs to launch a magazine? Very far from $0, but the figure does have a lot of zeros in it.

BTW, that won't be your first "direct attack" so get used to it. Try to learn from all of the criticism you will receive instead of ignoring it. Your eyes will be opened to different aspects and ideas you didn't think about.

[malumu200]

hey kid make sure you do research before asking the obvious questions. you will sound like you actually know what what your talking about. We all have dreams, but asking those kind of questions just make you sound idiotic. You sound like you have a lot of ambition, just make sure you ask in a more professional manner without sounding like your 7 years old.

[JLeezer]

Originally Posted by themisfithitman

It was! I agree... But I'm still going to berate him for it because it was a direct attack on my idea. So that's that. Kudos for making us laugh though...

I disagree whole-heartedly. While I don't really appreciate all the negative comments that have surfaced on this forum, Saunders simply turned your post arou