I am a (web) programmer by day, writer by night. I've written a couple novels, unpublished so far. A few weeks ago I sat down to sharpen the saw and after struggling to come up with something to write about, I realized I could use a tool to give me random writing exercises so I can focus on the writing itself. Something like a writing prompt, but more compelling and interactive. Inspired by the practice of coding kat…
What happens to the exercises once they're completed? Is there some sort of social review, advice from mentors or the like?
Edit1: after using it for a (very short) while, some thoughts.
1/ It would be cool to be able to compare what others have written for the same "katas".
2/ Some katas are uninspiring/difficult. A button to change it would be nice ("try another").
(3/ Maybe it's just me and I need more practice, but for some stories I find it hard/impossible to fit everything in just one sentence.)
Edit2: Okay, so from the "board" we can access "public cycles" of users. This is nice, but it would be interesting to access the work of others not from their usernames but from the katas themselves: group all answers to a given kata (possibly limited to the katas one has already completed, as to not be influenced by the work of others).
It could also be nice to be able to continue a story -- although I'm not sure how this would work.