Wow - everyone that's posted here has really given some good ideas - I particularly like Keiless' post, but I'll throw a couple of more in -
Fiction Assignments - Personally, I like the way it is now with the mods "assigning" a story, etc. You've all proven most trustworthy at matching author and & request and I don't really see a need to change that. Even though I like the idea of "claiming" a prompt (for the lack of a better word), I do think it presents a few probs as others have mentioned - i.e., "Who gets there first?" and the ability to "know" who wrote it, by the wording, - there's a chance that some may even serruptiously "arrange" to have someone they know claim their's. I think this part is good the way it is.
Participation - Ah - here is the "crux" of the problem, isn't it? I went back and looked at all the stories presented just this morning, just to see if this idea might work - and I think it could. All but 10 stories had a Beta. And many of those 10 were known to us (you). Might I suggest that when "signing up", peeps are also asked for their Beta's name and email addy. That way, you might have another person you could contact for poking/prodding purposes. I don't think it's a bad idea to post a list of "participants" as they sign up. At least then, they would have public acknowledgement of their participation and others would see. And I don't disagree with those who noted "public" outing of those who didn't play fair & of course, banned from future participation. There is something to be said for public shame.
I do not agree with those who posited "benchmarks" - at least, I know, I'd probably resent it. But maybe for newbies. I dunno. I think I'd be upset by having to submit things like "make-work" outlines and such while I could be actually writing the darn thing.
(I'm afraid LJ will cut me off, so I'm going to close this post and continue on another one...)
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Hi Fim!
Date: 2007-02-02 11:10 am (UTC)Fiction Assignments - Personally, I like the way it is now with the mods "assigning" a story, etc. You've all proven most trustworthy at matching author and & request and I don't really see a need to change that. Even though I like the idea of "claiming" a prompt (for the lack of a better word), I do think it presents a few probs as others have mentioned - i.e., "Who gets there first?" and the ability to "know" who wrote it, by the wording, - there's a chance that some may even serruptiously "arrange" to have someone they know claim their's. I think this part is good the way it is.
Participation - Ah - here is the "crux" of the problem, isn't it? I went back and looked at all the stories presented just this morning, just to see if this idea might work - and I think it could. All but 10 stories had a Beta.
And many of those 10 were known to us (you). Might I suggest that when "signing up", peeps are also asked for their Beta's name and email addy. That way, you might have another person you could contact for poking/prodding purposes. I don't think it's a bad idea to post a list of "participants" as they sign up. At least then, they would have public acknowledgement of their participation and others would see. And I don't disagree with those who noted "public" outing of those who didn't play fair & of course, banned from future participation. There is something to be said for public shame.
I do not agree with those who posited "benchmarks" - at least, I know, I'd probably resent it. But maybe for newbies. I dunno. I think I'd be upset by having to submit things like "make-work" outlines and such while I could be actually writing the darn thing.
(I'm afraid LJ will cut me off, so I'm going to close this post and continue on another one...)