One major difference is that hackathons are team efforts where writing a novel is generally a solo endeavor. The biggest hurdle is keeping an ad-hoc team together for a month.
Yeah, that's what we're building at the moment - some way of getting people interested and working together. It's tricky, and one of the directions we're looking into is for the website to be a way of finding people in your area. It's a lot more about creating community, and getting people talking to one another, and personally accomplishing something, than the actual finished product - at least, that's my take on it.
At the same time, I think a month is enough time to get a basic app built on your own. That's why it made sense to do it for an entire month - while it's not easy, it's still a challenge.
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Would love to hear what people think of the concept, whether they'd be willing to participate, and definitely if they're willing to help out!
One major difference is that hackathons are team efforts where writing a novel is generally a solo endeavor. The biggest hurdle is keeping an ad-hoc team together for a month.
Yeah, that's what we're building at the moment - some way of getting people interested and working together. It's tricky, and one of the directions we're looking into is for the website to be a way of finding people in your area. It's a lot more about creating community, and getting people talking to one another, and personally accomplishing something, than the actual finished product - at least, that's my take on it.
At the same time, I think a month is enough time to get a basic app built on your own. That's why it made sense to do it for an entire month - while it's not easy, it's still a challenge.