Announcements

Beta version of Write With Me goes live!

We are thrilled to proclaim that you are now looking at the Beta version of Write With Me. This platform is, of course, still in its infancy, but for the past few months, it existed mostly as a concept. We have now turned the page to a fresh chapter, with a much broader range of features. The biggest change? **The Biggest Change** That would have to be the redesign of Turns. For collaborative Posts, Turns no longer follow a restrictive round-robin only system. Things are more flexible now. 1. Once a Post reaches COLLABORATING status, you can create any number of Turns instantly (even blank ones to skip ahead to a later part of the story) and work on as many of them together as you need. 2. We have also made it easier for you and your co-author to exchange Turns using Claims. And for solo Posts as well, the new changes make Turns easier to use. Read more at https://www.writewithme.app/manual#turns. **Companions** This is a new feature. Companions aren't your co-authors in a project. They might be your accountability partners, your beta or proof readers. Perhaps they have the knowledge to help you out in very specific roles, e.g. a Historical Accuracy Checker. Or they could simply be a “companion” you invite to your project to show them around and chat about it. Read more at https://www.writewithme.app/manual#companions. **Writing Seasons** These are seasonal writing themes built around genres, sub-genres, or prompts. The idea is to have a default theme running every month or so, making it easier to find other writers who share an interest in the season's narrower lanes. Alongside, you can of course continue to work on projects that don't fall under any seasonal themes. **Real-time Notes** We were already testing it live for a couple of months, but we want to mention it here again as part of the Beta launch. Read more at https://www.writewithme.app/manual#notes. **These Forums** Yeah, this whole section is new. We really needed a place where you could simply talk and connect with others. **And a few more** 1. Dashboard quality-of-life improvements: We have made the Post Dashboard a bit more usable by placing dedicated Refresh buttons next to relevant sections, allowing you to refresh their data when needed without reloading the whole page. 2. More ways to invite co-authors: You can now directly invite a specific user to your project as a co-author, skipping auditions. And the Open-Invitations option (Collab-Submission auditions) is still there of course. 3. Various other functional and visual improvements. We tried to keep this announcement short, but we are also kinda happy we couldn't. We will be sharing more posts soon, talking in more details about some of these features. And posts regarding our next steps. And we would, of course, love to hear your takes on these features, what you like and don't like about them, or the platform in general.