I'm running an online research study and am calling for participants: does anyone here write fiction for fun or do anything creative-writing adjacent, maybe even as part of a writer’s room? The research study is to learn how people develop ideas in their process, and from there design some tools to support people. Thanks! This is the interest form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwmw20WGgf7XBZqb0KlUAekhIY71ISLSOND3KXxcDnlEDH_w/viewform?usp=dialog

This seems cool. The only creative writing I do is in the form of song lyrics, and only independently (not collaboratively), so that might put me a little too far afield of what you're looking for.

Thanks. hmm. A bit of a spoiler is that the idea would be to support many people in building something complex online, so it might not map super duper well to smallform lyrical writing. HOWEVER. I split the study in two. The first interview half is more about general creative process. Maybe if you have some takeaways from how you put ideas together and track things, that could be helpful? If you have opinions on interface and interaction design too, then that could help. Why not?

my sense is that brainstorming in software development is far less developed than in other fields

Software Development Has a Brainstorming Problem https://open.substack.com/pub/programmingsimplicity/p/software-development-has-a-brainstorming?r=1egdky&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

@Ivan Reese That said let me see what unfolds for the next day. I want to prioritize more 1-1 interviews and spread things out so things don’t get too crazy. The tune on your page is super awesome btw.

Yeah, consider me available and willing to participate if it'll help, and happy to not participate if it won't. I'm at your service :)

Thanks! I'm also writing lyrics for the first time and have some demo tracks. Actually that could be another complementary project that I’d be interested in… supporting music ideation. In fact you probably could be a sounding board on music ideas. I know I’m stuck on a pre-chorus…

Yeah, if you (or anyone reading this) ever wanna meet up and talk songwriting or tools for thought or just hang out, hit me up: https://ivy.boo/meet

Great!

Oh I see, sorry about that!

It's okay. I wonder if I should revise the content form to avoid scaring people off who make the assumption. The system I imagine will be about communication channels between people vs content generation.

Hey! I'm curious if your project might be of interest in the tabletop role playing game community — they often write A LOT of material, by necessity non linear. They are already tool users for their writing to structure the whole world building / lore aspect, so might be willing candidates to try something out when you are prototyping. And if it's a good fit for your ideas then you would have a great test case for the system. I think I have friends who are DM:s (dungeon masters, this who write and narrate the stories) that I could ask if you don't have any connections, but surely you also have some local community or maybe even friends interested in this you could ask around in or engage with who would be welcoming if you want to try for yourself. Just an idea! /Nova

@Ivan Morén Yep that is part of the list of “anything.” :) I would prefer not just D&D if there’s more variety in other kinds of ttrpg, just because research tends to over-optimize for that one game, but yes, maybe at least one other active person from that community would be good! I don’t have a local community or at least not an easy time accessing one to my knowledge. I've tried. So far what I’m missing is people who’ve had experience in more of a writer’s room setting for direct collaboration. Feel free to share the form or connect me directly if you think that makes sense. Cold ads haven’t been very successful.