Hello friends. It’s me, Jojo.
I’m currently doing a research project on online writing communities. Title: Exploring digital identity and creative expression on social writing platforms.
A part of this research is autobiographical. Which means, I am doing it on myself. The other part involves interviews with writers like yourselves!
And since I’m a part of this community right here I wanted to talk to all of you guys about yourselves.
What is expected of you?
An interview! I’ll reach out via dms and ask a few questions. It’s more like an informal chat.
Stuff I’ll be asking you:
- A little background about yourself (No sensitive information though)
- How you got into writing/ how you got involved in online writing
- How you feel about online writing communities
- Writing ambitions and goals
- Talk about a story you’ve already published online/ shared. And your feelings on reader reception
- Your opinion on “Authorship”
I need about four to five participants. But I’ll take as many as I can get!
I’ll share an info doc, consent form and explain all the formal bits before we begin the interview.
Lemme know!!
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Thank you! I’ll send a message in a bit
For sure, Ill probably be in bed by then but Ill get to it when I can
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No worries. It’ll be sometime tomorrow anyway
Awesome! I’m starting the interviews today
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I’m still taking participants btw!!
What you get from taking part:
- A special thank you on my acknowledgements section
- You get to share your experiences as a writer
- Contribution to knowledge on online writing, and possibly help improve online spaces for writers
- A big virtual hug
I will be sharing the outcomes of this project in October with you. So stay tuned.
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I want to give this a go!
Should I answer some questions here or just wait till you DM me instead?
I ask this because I was about to answer some of the questions on this. LOL!
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I think it’s best to DM for confidentiality reasons
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Cool! You can DM whenever you want, when you are able to.
You know, different time zones and what not.
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I’m down if you are still interested in participants! Feel free to shoot me a DM if so, but no worries or pressure if your spots are filled
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Amazing! I’m off to bed actually. Keep a look out for my dm tomorrow
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Sounds like interesting research! I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about community writing forums and platforms after I found a blog post by a former Figment user. I realized how important that site was for so many writers’ growths.
So many people might not even have become writers if it wasn’t for Figment!
That’s something.
Anyway, do you still need participants?
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Yes! I’m still taking participants
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Hi! I just returned from a trip a few days ago. If you still need participants, I would love to help
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Hello friends! Thank you for taking part in this little study I didn’t manage to interview all of you but I really appreciate your interest.
It has been successful, and I couldn’t have done it without your support.
I will be sharing the outcomes soon
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