So for this to work, I guess we probably need some rules. We can and should revise these, depending on what people want to do, but here's a first stab.
1) A moderator is chosen. This can extend for as many Jams as desired. The moderator will select the topic from submissions from the members, and is responsible for posting the topic, pertinent information, and dates, as well as receiving submissions and calling a cutoff.
2) For each jam, all members may submit one (or many!) ideas. These will remain in an idea pool. The moderator will select from this pool, and post the announcement and details.
3) From the time of announcement, one week is allowed to write a short story related to the topic.
4) Stories must be from 2,000 to 8,000 words (more or less)
5) Stories must be submitted by the cutoff time. Partial stories are ok, as long as you're fine with someone reading it.
6) After the cutoff, the moderator will publish the stories in a way agreed upon by the members ( this could be public, posted here in .ePub format or .PDF, or private only to the group, depending on the desires of the group. I'd advocate public, because I think it is likely to help drive more participants, which makes it more fun.)
7) Critique - we could do this a couple of ways. Randomly selected critique assignments, or a ranking mechanism, or something. We don't have to, though. It seems that some sort of yardstick that we can all use to measure our improvement would be neat, but I don't want to do anything overbearing or that makes it a bummer.
8) Go to step 1! Change moderator as desired (after every 3 Jams? by volunteer? )
* The rules should change in any way that makes it more enjoyable!
Comment and discuss!
Want in? Email me at
travisbaldree@gmail.com
Cheers!
