1. The purpose of this site is to write a 50,000 word novel within 30 days. Anyone can participate and the writing of the novel begins November 1st and ends Nov 30th. It is meant to help and motivate those interested in writing novels but scared of how time consuming it is.
2. I would expect the community population to be made up of mostly aspiring writers of all ages. Maybe even some who just takes up writing as a hobby as well.
3. I think this site is definitely useful to the writing community. It allows anyone to sign up and participate in order to write their novel. They also connect with one another to offer encouragement and share ideas. It is a good gateway in to making connections with those who share the same interests.
4. Considering this website is a national community of writers, I would think the only way the members could meet up is if the person they want to connect with is from the same area as them. Otherwise they could always connect through Skype or other applications.
5. Yes. This website probably helps aspiring writers make connections with other writers and also helps improve their writing abilities outside of this website.
6. The website I compared this to was Pinterest.com. I would rather design the Pinterest website because I enjoy the content on this website and I believe there is more to design rather than for National Novel Writing Month. Although Pinterest looks like a fun site to design, in a sense of a community it is totally different. There is not a support system like there is for the writer's site. Pinterest is a site meant for everyone and allows them to post and pin different interests such as fashion,recipes, tips, images, humorous pictures, etc. You do interact with others by "re-pinning" what they pinned, but there is not much direct conversation with others.
I'm delighted that you clarified the lack of a support system on Pinterest. The support system is so vital for creating a receptive environment when people are stretching creatively.
ReplyDeleteOne of the big differences between me and the general population is that I'm verbal while 95% of the population is visual. So, I tend to gravitate to sites with lots of lots of text and details while 95% of the population would, like you, prefer something that is more image dominant--even if one sacrifices a bit in interactivity.