r/nanowrimo

before you ask me why’d I even ask that question, my goal is to simply create a community or rather a story written by writers and make a web of it by connecting various such stories for same genre

okay it all started with a simple question a friend asked me about lending her my OC but now im thinking about it

I’ve had this one adventurer in one of my stories who asked very precise and funny details and it’s not much in my story and I’m not planning to use it, a writer friend of mine asked if they can use my character in their story

am mulling about if I should agree that’s why am putting it out here

can you as a writer let other authors reuse items, character and random assets from your story

and that’s not even the major concern about lending it, i don’t think I’ve got a problem with lending that to a friend but the major question is how would you protect that IP

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Hi there. I was participating in 2016 nanowrimo. It was peak experience for me. The forums, the writing, the fun, the community. I loved it. Today I looked at next nanowrimo plans and I found out its dead from last year? What a shame! What is the current status? Is there some community driven version? Which alternative did most previous members migrate to?

Hey I was thinking about this last night and talking about it with someone who actually runs a platform with an overlap I was asking if he had space to create something new, a new home for writers if you like, but better. Somewhere for people to showcase and participate.
Think there's a gap for it? I wouldnt want him to make the effort and host it and then it collapses.
I was thinking we would need all the features that NaNo had but I wonder if there would be a value in creating something where writers can showcase their work, a good solid profile, some sort of breadth and width which is far more broad and all year round, but with a novel month, a revision month and something else.
I need other writers to think about this with me, bring suggestions and talk about what is vital and what is desirable so I can give this guy all he needs to build it. He's a writer so I think he's keen but he never did NaNo.
Ideas? Names? Names of the platform or the event? Or both?
What do you want? And what do you need?
I'd like to see all my favourite rescources in one place. A bit of NaNo, a bit of Substack, a bit of Scrivener, a bit of Goodreads, more than that though. Maybe a touch of FB style. Maybe some character resources like cards, story arc maps.

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