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Where the Foundry is Headed

Summit Forged Foundry starts as a focused home for writers and storytellers. The long-term vision is larger: a working space where writers, artists, designers, and other creators can build and refine their work together without drowning in noise.

Phase 1: Writers at the Core

  • Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid written work.
  • Thread-based Labs for drafts, revisions, and focused critique.
  • Community channels for process talk, stuck points, and small wins.
  • Resources and guides designed primarily around written craft.

Phase 2: Narrative & Interactive Work

  • Support for scripts, game writing, and interactive storytelling.
  • Spaces for people working on visual novels, TTRPGs, and narrative design.
  • Guides for collaboration between writers and designers or developers.
  • Clear expectations so multi-disciplinary projects still stay focused.

Phase 3: Broader Creative Commons

  • Dedicated channels for illustrators, visual artists, and asset designers.
  • Support for musicians, composers, and audio storytellers where it aligns with narrative work.
  • Shared spaces for project teams that mix disciplines intentionally.
  • Strong moderation and scope boundaries so the community stays usable, not chaotic.

Why grow at all?

A lot of “creative” spaces on the internet try to do everything at once and end up doing nothing well. The Foundry is taking the opposite approach: start narrow, build trust and clarity, then expand into adjacent disciplines where collaboration actually makes the work better.

What stays non-negotiable

  • Writers remain at the center of the community’s design and culture.
  • Feedback stays honest, specific, and grounded in helping the work improve.
  • New channels and disciplines are added slowly, with clear expectations.
  • No “infinite content dump” channels that turn into unmanaged chaos.

Where things stand right now

Today, if you join the Foundry, you’re joining a writers-first space. You’ll see channels and Labs geared toward people working on pages, chapters, essays, and poems — plus some room for scripts and game writing.

If you’re a visual artist, musician, or designer and you’re interested in being part of the eventual broader creative commons, the best thing you can do now is show up, share your work where it fits, and help shape what comes next with thoughtful feedback and collaboration.

The goal is not to be the biggest creative server on Discord. The goal is to be a durable, useful place to do real work alongside other people who care.