HENRY AUGUSTINE
&
PROSE
G'day folks,
Welcome to something different for you writers and authors. This is a guest post from Henry Augustine.
Take it away, Henry ...
“Prose: Leveling the Publishing
Industry Playfield”
I
would like to thank Clancy for this opportunity to share “Prose” with his
worldwide audience.
Prose
is an online reading and writing platform on a mission to inspire and empower
writers globally and level the publishing industry playfield. The key to
fulfilling this mission is technology. Prose’s technology aims to redefine the
experience of literature for readers and writers spanning all skills, genres,
and locations.
In
particular, the technology emphasizes three primary elements:
1) Simplicity, 2) Community, and 3)
Entertainment.
The
platform is simple so that creating/discovering writing is intuitive and
efficient. We designed it to be social in that the interaction experience feels
like a small, genuine community.
The
platform is entertaining in particular through its “Challenges” feature,
enabling users to create writing challenges, invite fans and friends to
participate, and interact in whole new ways.
For
example, award-winning Seattle author Terry Trueman was thrilled to discover
Prose and used it to engage his readers more humanly and theatrically. He first
posted this challenge –
“Dear Fans:
Write, in 100 words or less, about the
2nd most intense experience of your life. I will participate in this challenge
under a pseudonym. After it expires in February, I will
remove the pseudonym mask.”
–
Then shared it with his fans, encouraging them to participate.
While
as a platform, Prose enables new forms of author-audience interaction such as
this example, as a cause, Prose is in the process of joining forces with as
many publishers, writers, and readers as possible. Prose will then connect
readers with the writing and writers matching their unique literary taste,
almost like a “Pandora for Writing.”
The
ultimate problem that Prose is attempting to solve is there being significantly
more literary potential, literary talent, and literary demand than there
currently is literary distribution. In short, the vision driving Prose is a
win-win-win – a win for writers and literary talent, a win for readers and
literary demand, and a win for publishers and literary distribution.
Prose
believes that empowering young, talented and aspiring writers is critical to
its mission, so is partnering with high schools and colleges to connect their
best talent with its ecosystem of distributers and get them publishing deals. One
of our goals is to unite young readers and writers from all continents to help
young voices get the audience, validation, and support they need to thrive. If
you are affiliated with any writing programs, we would love to hear from you.
The
Prose iTunes app launched September 2014 and the web app, for non-iPhone users
and desktop use, launched in November. You can experience Prose at https://theprose.com/.
For
questions, feel free to email info@theprose.com.
Sincerely,
H.B.
Augustine
Co-Founder,
Prose.
Clancy's comment: Thank you, Henry. I hope you get some great feedback.
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