First, I have to say I am absolutely delighted by this idea. I have such a backlog of WIPs and ideas (mostly WIPs) that I'll start working on, and then peter out because I don't have someone to bounce ideas off, a beta to check my characterization, etc. And they're growing. While there are one or two I've put aside more or less permanently (though I never say never when it comes to fic), most are just waiting for the right person to help me get them back on track and finished!
I do have a couple questions:
1) Will we be posting a description of multiple works and inviting someone to choose one of them, or do we have to pick only one to present to everyone? Because I have a couple that I'm equally happy to just pick one and work on (just to get one of them done!), and someone who would be willing and able to help with one might not be able to help with the other because it's another canon, a different type of fic, contains something they try to avoid, etc. I'd be quite content to just give everyone a "here's the possibilities" and let the cheerleader pick which.
2) Are we specifying *how* we'll be in communication with said cheerleader? For instance, I do really well with live conversation, whether that's IRC, Google IM, or Skype (I'm good with all three). I do not do as well with "turn-based" communication (to borrow a gaming term) such as e-mails, because there's so much back-and-forth I need to do, and I only get a couple times a day to check e-mail (and fewer with actual time to think/respond/write). E-mail would make things drag out for ages, and I'd be concerned about not finishing in time, if it's one of the longer WIPs I have. (Though if there's no penalties for not finishing on time and the cheerleader wants to keep going… I have a couple WIPs I hadn't even considered for this because they would be truly massive - I've already got 10-15k on each one and that's only the start!)
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Date: 2017-05-23 04:40 am (UTC)I do have a couple questions:
1) Will we be posting a description of multiple works and inviting someone to choose one of them, or do we have to pick only one to present to everyone? Because I have a couple that I'm equally happy to just pick one and work on (just to get one of them done!), and someone who would be willing and able to help with one might not be able to help with the other because it's another canon, a different type of fic, contains something they try to avoid, etc. I'd be quite content to just give everyone a "here's the possibilities" and let the cheerleader pick which.
2) Are we specifying *how* we'll be in communication with said cheerleader? For instance, I do really well with live conversation, whether that's IRC, Google IM, or Skype (I'm good with all three). I do not do as well with "turn-based" communication (to borrow a gaming term) such as e-mails, because there's so much back-and-forth I need to do, and I only get a couple times a day to check e-mail (and fewer with actual time to think/respond/write). E-mail would make things drag out for ages, and I'd be concerned about not finishing in time, if it's one of the longer WIPs I have. (Though if there's no penalties for not finishing on time and the cheerleader wants to keep going… I have a couple WIPs I hadn't even considered for this because they would be truly massive - I've already got 10-15k on each one and that's only the start!)