One method would be a (weekly? monthly?) check-in post, for people to say how they're going, if they've made progress/got stuck/been completely sidetracked by characters doing their own thing... I'm thinking something that mostly encourages people to talk about what they're doing, and for others to talk back - they could share snippets if they want to, ask for beta-readers or help with a specific section of their story, anythng like that. I know for a lot of first-time writers, sharing is the hardest part, and doing so in a low-key environment might be helpful.
Maybe start with a post just asking people what they are working on?
I think once people get into things, we could maybe try a 'finish the damned fic'-type challenge, with a deadline, but it would need to take into account that people are working on things of different lengths, so possibly it would be best for each to set their own goals. That would be another possibility - a 'goal' post (pun intended) for people to say what their target is, whether it's to write a certain number of words or a finished chapter/story, where other people can see it, and encourage/remind them.
For myself, I write a lot of fanfiction - but when it comes to longer works, I tend to get very sidetracked, and they fall by the wayside in favour of other, shorter projects. I like it when somebody pokes me every now and then to remind me of an unfinished project.
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Date: Sunday, September 19th, 2010 01:41 (UTC)been completely sidetracked by characters doing their own thing... I'm thinking something that mostly encourages people to talk about what they're doing, and for others to talk back - they could share snippets if they want to, ask for beta-readers or help with a specific section of their story, anythng like that. I know for a lot of first-time writers, sharing is the hardest part, and doing so in a low-key environment might be helpful.Maybe start with a post just asking people what they are working on?
I think once people get into things, we could maybe try a 'finish the damned fic'-type challenge, with a deadline, but it would need to take into account that people are working on things of different lengths, so possibly it would be best for each to set their own goals. That would be another possibility - a 'goal' post (pun intended) for people to say what their target is, whether it's to write a certain number of words or a finished chapter/story, where other people can see it, and encourage/remind them.
For myself, I write a lot of fanfiction - but when it comes to longer works, I tend to get very sidetracked, and they fall by the wayside in favour of other, shorter projects. I like it when somebody pokes me every now and then to remind me of an unfinished project.