What's a skool without homework right? There was a statement made that has bothered me. "I'd love to try WCP for this, but it looks so busy. I've been noodling, doodling, piddling and playing with some UI changes but wanted to get everyone who actually uses it a say in where we go. (I even Promised this---I think). your homework assignment (and I'm questioning my sanity here a bit): Go through the Tour in the lower left hand corner first. Print out, download and bring into your favorite art program, circle number markup describe what changes would make it easier or simpler to use. Bear in mind this is a web app, so there are some User interface Limitations involved because of html and CSS and functionality will win out over a change that slows things down or makes it harder to use. You can copy /paste from another program or app that has something you like or works better their way. Take a camera shot or scan your ideas in and either post them here or send them to [email protected] I will take all submissions and try to compile them into a couple of choices for each area and present them for discussion next week. My current thought for an immediate change would be to add a HELP button in the upper right corner next to the user ID that would have the chat, tour, and SOS/More form the lower left corner, the quick start, feedback, manual, contact info all under one Help menu Moving "Notebook" into a post-it looking icon next to the 3 bars that hide the binder Making Series/Book/Folder in the Binder more Hierarchal in appearance and Function all with rollup buttons. Unless you have a truly incredible idea for workflow I have zero plans to lose the basic three pane functionality Binder/Editor/AI Skillrooms Just looking to make it cleaner/more functional/easier to use and learn

106 Books in the Works, 1572 Documents thats an average of 18,867 Words per book, and 1196 Words per file with 16 Active users of 49 total users So roughly 125,000 word per user on the average. I know these numbers are not entirely accurate as a few folks have only kicked the tires. I only see the overview numbers above, kind of like a scoreboard.| I'm responsible for almost 350,000 of those. I have 3 books in the works, one completed and several short stories completed. I also know of two other books by other folks completed after they told me. This is a milestone Mark. The next targets are 100 Users and 5 million words. We've been live for less than a month! Genre's Currently requested and in the works: Crime Fiction Speculative Fiction Police Procedural any other requests?

You know what you do today. Your current job. Your business. Your routines. Your stress. Your responsibilities. But if you woke up tomorrow and could redesign your life completely differently, what would it honestly look like? Would you: open a bakery? live on a farm? write books? travel full time? run a tiny coffee shop? disappear into the woods with 14 dogs and no notifications? become a beach photographer? own a bookstore? finally start the business idea you keep thinking about at 2am? I think a lot of people secretly carry around an alternate life in their head that almost nobody knows about 😂 Curious what everyone’s “completely different life” would actually be. This is just for fun. Stacey Brooks TheGo2Writer

I had a different idea for today but it'll slide until next week. I'll eventually settle down to regular offerings you can look forward to each day ending in "y" and expect the same but for now I'm Wild Westing it and shooting from the hip (accurate to about 10 feet or 3 meters for you folks that do it right - we even do math weird in America). I'm cross posting this from the Ink & Echoes Discord Server for a couple reasons. First to share my take on BIAM and using WCP this month and second for some critique on WCP's look and feel. I was asked "Should we use Colm's prompts or our old one's"? My take on this relates to how we learn. If you want to join a group project and learn a new method to do something you really should follow the method until you decide whether it is for you or not. Very few things in life are set in stone "DO IT THIS WAY OR ELSE" There are a few I can think of that I wouldn't want to be the first to experiment with. Ordinance Disposal is the first that comes to my mind--I was offered that job once. Turned it down because I really like my hands where they are. "Writers Write, Always." I thought this was by a famous writer, I had to do some research. It's actually a paraphrase from the philosopher Epictetus, but the actually phrase comes from "Throw Momma from the Train". Which I found insanely funny that the source comes from there. Write for yourself. Write for your family. Write for your friends. Write for your culture. Write for you Audience. Write for your fans. Write for your genre. Write for your time. Write what the money. Have i forgotten any? That's NINE separate audiences that hopefully if you want more success than "I did it" overlap. Very few can make all nine happy, so why worry about it? YOU get to pick your direction, you get to decide what it means to you. I think most of us are here to try to be more productive and successful. So WHO do you write for and WHY do you write? My answer to this: I primarily write for me, to get stories out of my head that I've been writing snippets, scenes, and doggerel about for 5 decades (since I learned how to write and put coherent thoughts together). If people actually read it, like it and it makes me some cash, well I think that would be a pretty awesome thing, but i truly doubt I will ever be able to eat off of what I write. Thankfully that is not my goal and not my source of happiness with what I do.

A mother’s love is soft yet strong, A steady place where hearts belong. Through sleepless nights and weary days, She guides her family through life’s maze. With gentle hands and faithful prayer, She shows her love is always there. Through every storm and every test, A mother gives her very best. Her hugs bring peace, her words bring light, She comforts souls through darkest night. Though time may pass and children grow, A mother’s love will always show. So on this day, may mothers see How deeply cherished they will be. For every sacrifice made along the way, We honor and thank our mothers today. Happy Mother’s Day to the women whose love, strength, faith, and prayers help hold families together every single day.