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[aidenfire]

Good evening, flist! How are you all doing this evening? Or, morning, rather. Err. Anyway. As you are all lovely and intelligent, I have a question for you. Is there some kind of writing group out there that involves setting goals for a certain word count each week? Perhaps something like NaNoWhateverTheHellTheOtherLettersAre, except, with a setup closer to that of fanaticize? IE, you're on "teams" and each team is responsible for creating a certain amount of product each week, so if one member is slacking or having writer's block or whatever, the others have to do more? If there is not a community like that...am I totally off my rocker, or is that a decent idea? Would anyone be interested in joining if I were to set it up? Just as importantly, would anyone be interested in giving me a hand setting it up? What kind of word count quota should there be? Am I missing some huge reason why this wouldn't work? Anything you feel like commenting on?

Thanks guys, you all rock muchly. *kisses*

Comments

[rsnurkle.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh, a mod? I've never been one of those. Sure!

More Thoughts on Scoring/Word Count:
I like the thought of putting people with similiar word goals together, on teams. I also like the idea of awarding points for both individual performance and team performance. Basic 1/individual, and 5/team, for meeting goals. I got a little confused on your whole parenthetical quota exceeding explanation... :( and I have kind of an idea, but I think it's just as confusing. So here's my proposal (based upon yours).

1) 1 point is awarded for each member who makes their weekly goal.
2) 5 points are awarded if all members make their goal.
3) 3 points are awarded instead if the team members altogether meet the team word count (but not all members made their goal, ie someone picked up the slack).
4) Points for exceeding Goals do not count words that are picking up slack*.
5) 1 Point per 100% awarded for each member who exceeds their goal by 100%**.
6) 2 Points per 100% awarded if the team exceeds its goal by 100%**.

*With reporting scores, individuals who did not meet their goals should indicate who helped them out, and by how many words so its clear what words were "picking up slack."
** For instance, if I double my goal, I get 2pts, instead of just 1, and if I triple it, 3pts. Similarly for teams, doubling goal gets 2 extra points, tripling 4, etc.

Notes on this- I think you'd be able to tally points without directly comparing the groups (1 word = 5 words for a diff. team) - one of the reasons I'm talking about 100% of the goals. That would also make sure people picked their goals properly (at least on not too much) and if they still messed up, then they get to do the personal growth required to write that much. :P :) Anyways, it kind of all depends on how much you pressure and/or incentive you want to put where, and how many total points you think people should be able to get. Additionally, teams that constantly exceed their goal could be forced to up the word count :).

[aidenfire]

Your idea sounds good. Except, the only way you could get bonus points is if you write twice as much as your goal was, and I don't know how much that is going to happen. Ooooh! Idea! What if, if you wrote 150%, you got 1.5 points, if you wrote 110%, you get 1.1 points, etc?

I also like the constantly exceed=up their word count. Maybe if twice in a row by 150%, you need to up it?