Dragon of Ice — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:02:10 +0000

No. It's where I write a book, and post each chapter as a blog entry, and people give me feedback and ideas and such.

heebiejeebieclu — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:54:21 +0000

Would it be that thing where someone starts a paragraph
and then the next poster makes another paragrpah
and so on until you get a story made completely by the imaginations of different people all around the world... (goes on in daydream)
?

Dragon of Ice — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 16:04:27 +0000

I don't think I'm going to need something special, just a blog with comments. Maybe WordPress? I hear they output valid code.

Abhishek Reddy — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:44:54 +0000

Yes, that is fair.

Btw, hotscripts.com lists it under Interactive Stories. Not a wide selection.

Dragon of Ice — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:40:40 +0000

Blast! and there I thought I had an original idea. I think the editorial policy would be what I like, and I think it would work considering:
a) most people don't read that.
b) it seems reasonable, at least to me, that if I run the site/story I should get to choose what goes in it.

Abhishek Reddy — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:34:42 +0000

It's called a collaborative book. Drupal CMS comes with the Book module that allows this, not greatly unlike a wiki. There are doubtless a good few more like it. Yet, strangely, I've only seen it used to maintain online manuals and to collate fanfiction works, no other application.

Anyway, it always sounded like a fun thing to do, to me. I suppose I would participate depending on the context. I expect it brings with it all kinds of challenges about editorial policy and retaining voice, though.