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Quick inquiry for an idea that has been rolling around in my head the past few days.
Would you download a (free) app on your phone/tablet that:
1. Had an online library of user created stories/articles of varying length.
2. Could be used by you to create said stories and articles to your hearts content and still own the rights to them.
3. Had no ads, a clean interface and just stuck with potentially low cost small benefits for authors (such as embedded images, or audiobook capability.)
Why/Why not?
Thanks for your time.
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As an additional piece:
I could also see this being used for children/people who want to read more but procrastinate. I can imagine an interface for setting goals like
"Read 2 chapters of "The Road" a day" e.t.c.
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>>9001419
So you are thinking about starting a user generated electronic newspaper/magazine?
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>>9001755
Could be, I'm open to all ideas. A benefit to the creator would be recognition and review. Becoming "real writer" is hard, but with enough following this I can see this app helping people find jobs/publishers, without taking a cut or payment like an agency or advertising platform. Then, non-writer users get to read news, stories, poems, essays about any topic without undue censorship. It would eventually almost run itself as users visit to post and/or read from the comfort of their device.
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>>9001419
I don't think it's a bad idea OP. Kind of like a social media platform where the only posts are original writing. I'm not certain on this, but you might be competing a bit with wattpad. I'm not sure if they have an app or not. I think it's worth looking into.
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>>9001804
Wattpad? I'll check it out, thanks for the reply by the way.
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>>9001771
Name ideas:
Writerly
We R' Write
Story Share
Literally Literary Zine
Righters R' Us
The Pen Is MightRight
Scribble Scribe
Of Letters
Words Worth
Parrot Graphs
Maximum Sentence
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>>9001884
You forgot punny pun mcwrite wroter
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>>9001419
No, because it would very rapidly devolve into Fanfiction: The App.
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>>9001915
11 - 0
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>>9001884
OP here, had a good giggle at that one
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>>9001933
Wattpad looks like it took this route and is infested with pre teen girls now. So I'd have to think about this, maybe just not having a section for fanfiction at all, and moderating so that copyrighted works (ex. Twilight) aren't being used at least on a wide scale.
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It would be flooded by trash most likely so no, I wouldn't download it.
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>>9003812
Thanks for the feedback, I'll look into solutions for this problem before I go fourth.
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