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Moejoe · 08-20-2009, 07:16 PM

I'm throwing this out for a future post-Hoppersville suggested writing thread, and hoping someone has the technical know-how to point me in the right direction.

Many of you remember fondly the Harlan Ellison writing experiment where the diminutive wizard sat in a store front and wrote short stories on his Olympia manual typewriter based on suggestions given to him on a piece of paper by the audience.

I want to do that, but on the web. What I'm after is a system where anybody who comes to the webpage can see either the writing live, or timestamped to within a minute. It would be helpful if those visitors could also post a suggestion, interact maybe in a separate window from the writing but not interfere with the writing as it happens. Oh and it has to be free also, and the end result must be able to be downloaded. I suppose it would be something like a modified Wiki....something along those lines?

Anybody got any ideas how I can pull this off on the web?

08-20-2009, 07:16 PM	#1
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Repent, Moejoe, said the Olympia typing man! I'm throwing this out for a future post-Hoppersville suggested writing thread, and hoping someone has the technical know-how to point me in the right direction. Many of you remember fondly the Harlan Ellison writing experiment where the diminutive wizard sat in a store front and wrote short stories on his Olympia manual typewriter based on suggestions given to him on a piece of paper by the audience. I want to do that, but on the web. What I'm after is a system where anybody who comes to the webpage can see either the writing live, or timestamped to within a minute. It would be helpful if those visitors could also post a suggestion, interact maybe in a separate window from the writing but not interfere with the writing as it happens. Oh and it has to be free also, and the end result must be able to be downloaded. I suppose it would be something like a modified Wiki....something along those lines? Anybody got any ideas how I can pull this off on the web?