Topic: Collaborative Writing Project

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January 18, 2012 at 7:12 am #36131
Indigo	So I’ve been thinking about this for a couple days now, but I would like a few people to assist me in running it. It’s going to be a pretty simple project – a team of 5-7 people will pick a topic each day (preferably thought up on that day to make it fair) and participants will take the criteria and create a writing piece to match it – either a short story, a poem, song lyrics, anything they want (unless the writing style is part of the criteria). What I am looking for as far as people to run it; 1. Can communicate their criteria in a clear way 2. Will not be too vague or too specific 3. Can follow the agreed upon posting schedule 4. Has regular internet access. 5. Does not have to be a fantastic writer, but does need to be dedicated to the project. 6. Is comfortable sharing personal experiences with participants, as writing can get extremely personal, and unless something extremely inappropriate comes up the criteria will not be sensored, nor will the writing. I had a bunch more written then this, but before I spew out an avalanche of details, it’s probably best to find out if anyone is actually interested. For people to run it, the positions will probably be filled on a first-come basis, as long as volunteers match the criteria listed. If you managed to wade through all this I thank you Please let me know if you think it sounds good. So.. how does it sound? =D
January 18, 2012 at 8:26 pm #36367
Tara	This sounds like a really cool idea. I would love to participate, but I’m afraid that I am kind of hopeless at writing. On rare occasions when I think up something good to write, it’s just a random burst of inspiration. I don’t think I would be able to keep up with writing something presentable on any kind of fixed schedule…But I’m definitely interested and would love to read the result if you end up doing this!
January 19, 2012 at 9:33 am #37006
Bellamy	I would love to participate! It sounds interesting! Can you explain the process for the writing pieces and criteria again? What we are supposed to do, ect.
January 19, 2012 at 1:31 pm #37031
Emma George	I will do it. Are we going to do it on tumblr or what??? If it is video’s I can’t do it, but I think Tumblr would have a more likely audience cause people auctually read on there. But I will do it hell yea! And like cussing rules and such will need to be planned out… Just email me on here or whatever…
January 19, 2012 at 6:46 pm #37117
Indigo	Tara: Not an issue! You won’t be obligated to share your work with anyone, but you will be more than welcome to do so at any time You don’t have to make a masterpiece every day and in fact if you did, that would defeat the purpose of the project. It’s not so we can brag about our writing (though of course we will want to once we come up with something good), it’s so that we can work on our writing, and try being inspired by something new every day. Bellamy: Sure thing! The criteria has not been though up yet, the people running the project will think up each day’s theme on the spot that day (this way they do not have more time to think about it than regular participants). I am not entirely sure HOW we are setting this up yet, but basically each day one of the project leaders will think up a topic (could be anything from “write a poem about the moon” to “tell us about someone you miss”) and post it on the project’s site. They will also post their own writing piece on that topic, once it is finished. People who are participating regularly can just come to the site, look at the day’s topic, read the leader’s article if they wish to do so, and then write their own. If some people want to participate who don’t have regular internet access I can create a mailing list and e-mail each day’s criteria to them. I will also (hopefully) be having it set up so that participants can send in their own writing to be posted on the main site too. Hope that clears things up a bit, but if it doesn’t feel free to ask anything else you are wondering about! Emma: I do not know whether it will be tumblr or some other sort of blog yet, but I cann assure you it definitely won’t be videos. As long as nothing to obscene pops up I will not be censoring the pieces that go up, but obviously for the sake of not breaking the minds of young people, some lines will have to be drawn.
February 5, 2012 at 6:41 pm #49262
Indigo	Sorry for double posting but I didn’t want to create a new topic! We’ve got our writers (unless two more people want to jump in at the last moment, as we still have two more week days open) and we plan to start writing TOMORROW. Here is the link; http://dailymuseproject.blogspot.com/ You do not have to e-mail or sign up or anything to participate, you just have to visit the blog and check the new topic for each day!
February 17, 2012 at 8:45 pm #55984
Elizabeth E. Finn	Following
February 18, 2012 at 8:00 am #56124
Indigo	Thank you! <3