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Writing workshop app: weekly prompts, submitted pieces and public readings
Every participant finds the session's prompt on their phone, submits their piece once it's finished and knows the date of the next public reading.
Your writing workshops get an iOS and Android app, and a web version, set up without coding: the prompt posted after each session, participants' pieces received through the Submission section and published only if you decide to, public readings in the calendar, one-on-one feedback sessions booked online.
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One session, from prompt to submitted piece
A workshop series runs eight Tuesday evenings. Every session follows the same path, from the prompt given at the end of the evening to the piece read aloud the following week.
The prompt, posted that same evening
At the end of the session, you post the prompt as an article: 500 words at most, one place, one required color. With Automatic push, participants hear about it as soon as it's live, and those who missed the session write on the same subject as everyone else.The piece, submitted from the app
Participants write at home, then send their piece through the Submission section: typed in the app, or as a photo of their handwritten page with a few lines of text. It lands in your back office; at this stage, nothing appears in the app.Your picks for the next session
You read what came in and choose the pieces to be read aloud the following Tuesday. With its author's consent, a piece can then be published as an article in the series section, which only its participants can open.
What participants open between sessions
The series' prompts
Every prompt, from the first session to the eighth, to catch up on a missed evening or take one up again at the end of the series.
The group's pieces
The ones you've published with their authors' consent, in a section only the series' participants can read.
Recommended reading
The short story collection you read an excerpt from, the poet who inspired the prompt: a short list after each session.
Public reading dates
The library or the café, the date, the time, the reading order: each end-of-series reading has its own entry in the Agenda.
Sign-up for the next series
A Form for the January series: name, email, preferred evening, and a few lines about what the person already writes.
One-on-one feedback is booked in the app
30 minutes on a long piece: title, page count, what the author is after
A participant working on a twenty-page short story wants feedback just for them, on top of the group's. They book a half hour in the "Feedback" section, at the café after the workshop or by video call, with a link you send yourself. The form asks for the title, the page count and what they expect from you: structure, dialogue, the ending. A confirmation email goes to each of you; in your Google Calendar, the appointment carries their answers. Each slot takes a single booking: the half hour belongs to whoever took it.
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Running a writing workshop with an app: your questions
How do participants send me their pieces?
Through the Submission section, which is free (one per app). Participants type their piece there, or send a photo of their handwritten page, or a video of their reading, always with a few lines of text. Everything lands in the back office. If you run two series, ask everyone to write their series name at the top of the text.
Are their pieces published automatically?
No. A submitted piece stays invisible in the app until you publish it. You read it, ask the author whether the group may read it, and you're the one who publishes it. A piece that's too personal can stay between the two of you, read in the session or not at all.
Can the group's pieces stay among participants?
Yes. With Authentication, each participant creates an account; with User groups, you add them from the back office to their series' group, such as "Tuesday evening" or "Library, spring". That group's pieces section only shows up for its members; the workshop's description and the readings calendar stay visible to everyone.
How is a one-on-one feedback session booked?
In the "Feedback" section: the participant picks a free half hour, fills in the form and receives the confirmation email. If they're not ready, they cancel their half hour in the app or from their email, and it opens up for another participant. To get the text to you before the appointment, they use a Form with a file field, since the booking form doesn't take files.
Where do I announce the end-of-series public reading?
In an Agenda section: date, time, address of the library or café, and the list of participants reading. On the day, the notification goes out by itself if the section has Automatic push. For an announcement the week before, schedule one yourself, sent to all the app's users, participants' friends and family included if they've installed it.
Can people sign up and pay for the series in the app?
Sign-up, yes; payment, no. The registration Form collects name, email and chosen series; you get an email for each response, and the whole list exports as CSV. The series is paid for as it is today, at the first session or by bank transfer: the app sells neither sessions nor series.
Can a participant submit a 200-page manuscript?
Not through the Submission section, which takes text, a photo or a video with text, but no attached file. For a full manuscript, set up a Form with a file field: the participant attaches their document, and an email lets you know. One limit: PDFs can't go through the native iOS app; from an iPhone, the participant sends the PDF through the app's web version.
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For a writing workshop: Appointment booking for feedback sessions, the Form for sign-ups and manuscripts, Authentication and User groups for the series' pieces (Premium options, included in Pro), and CMS Articles, CMS Agenda and Automatic push, all free. The Submission section, also free, receives the pieces.
Between sessions, the workshop goes on in every participant's pocket
The prompt posted that same evening, pieces received through the Submission section and published with your consent, feedback sessions booked, public readings announced in the Agenda: your workshop has its own app, published under its name in both mobile app stores, with a web version.