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Scriptopus
Has anyone else tried Scriptopus yet? It's an interactive, collaborative writing site, mentioned by WN last month - basically an online version of the parlour game heads, bodies and legs, but with words. I tried it the other day and blogged about it at
http://loutreleaven.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/weird-and-wonderful-writing-adventures-scriptopus/
I thought it was a good warmup exercise - the site is very simple and straightforward, so you just start typing. In fact a clock begins to count down as soon as you enter the site! You don't have to use the piece of writing that comes up automatically - you can flick through as many different pieces as you want. You then get 15 minutes to type 1000 characters. I am waiting for the story to which I contributed to be finished so I can read the final result and see if it actually worked.
http://loutreleaven.wordpress.com/2010/10/01/weird-and-wonderful-writing-adventures-scriptopus/
I thought it was a good warmup exercise - the site is very simple and straightforward, so you just start typing. In fact a clock begins to count down as soon as you enter the site! You don't have to use the piece of writing that comes up automatically - you can flick through as many different pieces as you want. You then get 15 minutes to type 1000 characters. I am waiting for the story to which I contributed to be finished so I can read the final result and see if it actually worked.
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