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The world is a constantly changing place - house prices fluctuate, hairstyles go in and out of fashion (mostly out in my case) and the way we work has huge potential to change at an alarming pace. I say 'potentially' because if we don't want to make the most of technological developments then nobody is going to force us to, but if we ignore change entirely then there's a risk we'll miss out on something useful, or even worse we might miss out on some fun!
Enough of the waffle, get on with it!
I make a part of my living by looking at new technology and figuring out how folk can get the most out of it, and recently I've been looking at Google Docs, and more specifically how it makes document collaboration incredibly easy. Google Docs allows several people to work on one document at once, so I think it might be fun to get a bunch of writers together to work on a novel.
Here's roughly how it would work:
- I will set up a test story (no point in trying to run before we can walk)
- Anyone who wants to join in will contact me and I'll send them the link they need to collaborate
- We'll use the first few pages of the document to build a plot and detail characters
- When enough of us have agreed that the story is finished we look into how we're going to edit it.

If you're interested in getting involved in this (potentially crazy) idea, or if you have any reason you think it's a bad idea please let me know in the comments.
Why the hell not?! Sounds like a fabulous idea! xxx
ReplyDeleteI'd be willing to give it a bash.
ReplyDeleteHi Andrew .. hello!! I hope you got the book safely - via Talli's book giveaway (http://talliroland.blogspot.com/)? I guess so - great to see you over at my place and thanks for following ...
ReplyDeleteSorry - but for now - no - though if my mind was freer - then I'd give it a go ..
Enjoy the process - you've got two takers so far .. I look forward to seeing how it goes ..
Cheers Hilary
Good to hear from you Hilary! I'm looking forward to reading the book you kindly sent me.
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