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I created https://CoWriteStory.com/ last year, it is a platform for people to cooperatively write stories.

I was sending lots of private messages to r/WritingPrompts/ users, and got tons of positive feedback but reddit blocked my account and keep blocking my new accounts.

it is a good product but like lots of developers I failed at marketing and attracting users!




Have you heard of http://nanowrimo.org

Find out where these people hang out including hashtags etc. Huge community of starter writers.


I'm the developer of a few writing apps, and I've tried this approach, you get shut down really quick if you create an account and advertise your app on most forums. I got banned on a lot of them right out of the gate.

Instead try searching for reddit threads on r/writing looking for writing apps, and reply there.

You can also make a twitter account and follow all the thousands of nanowrimo groups and writers groups on there. Most will follow you back and you'll get some traffic

I haven't bothered with Facebook yet (I suck at self-promo) but I'm sure its similar


I've been trying a similar approach. I developed an Electron app called First Novel App which is supposed to help writers silence their inner editors.

It's available free to download at http://www.firstnovelapp.com which redirects to a Gumroad store.


That's a really interesting concept - the snippets idea reminds me of The Road by Cormac McCarthy. No chapters in that book, only paragraphs


Thanks! I'm also working on a web app version of it.


thanks for the tip, will investigate.


Any idea why reddit blocked you?


spamming users with private messages ???!! ;) I actually wasn't spamming, I was sending selected users a request for feedback! maybe people started to report it!




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