WriterKata
Creative
writing practice
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How HN took it
17 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.52.
Idea: 14 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clever idea applying the kata practice to writing
From 2 comments
Look I am not a writer and I think this is excellent idea. You applied martial arts transdfer on coding to writing.
desireco42 on HNIt's a cool idea. It reminds me of a writing exercise we used to do in a journalism class in high school. The teacher gave us an assortment of facts about a story, and from those…
jonnathanson on HN
Useful and fun for writers, a good way to get writing again
From 3 comments
For someone that excelled at writing at school but never took it any further than that, this was an excellent experience for me to get me thinking about writing creatively again.…
fumeboy on HNI am surprised at myself, but I love this! I've been at it for maybe 20 mins & want to quit. But I haven't yet. PLEASE PLEASE make some way to share/see others' responses!
mring33621 on HNThank you for this. I'm a hobby writer as well, and this seems very helpful. Kudos!
shrikrishna on HN
Maker building it for himself and sharing for free
From 1 comment
I think this is great. I love the idea that you just wrote this for yourself and then wanted to share it with others for free.
elmogallen on HN
Objections
Sign-up triggered accidentally with minimal input; form validation issues
From 2 comments
I accidentally registered as a user when I hit enter with the email field containing only the letter 't' and the password fields empty. Just thought I would let you know.
tcwatrous on HNVery cool. One question – I noticed that you're doing some validation of the inputs (i.e., I can't seem to submit a sentence without a period) – could you explain the reasoning…
sakai on HN
Some exercises are uninspiring or hard to fit in one sentence
From 1 comment
This is an excellent idea, very cool, very nice (although, why Courier New?? ;-) What happens to the exercises once they're completed? Is there some sort of social review, advice…
bambax on HN
Terms like participle are undefined for logged-out users
From 2 comments
It's been a while since I've had to know what a participle is... but I am interested in improving my writing. Why not define the terms and give an example of each... atleast to…
Alterlife on HNYeah, I had to look up a few terms myself. I think defining them somewhere might be a good idea, even if it's just making that term a link that opens a new tab to the definition.
elmogallen on HN
Requests
Let users see how others answered the same kata
From 3 comments
Oh this is neat. Would be super cool if you could view how others did the same exercise.
lispylol on HNI am surprised at myself, but I love this! I've been at it for maybe 20 mins & want to quit. But I haven't yet. PLEASE PLEASE make some way to share/see others' responses!
mring33621 on HNThis is an excellent idea, very cool, very nice (although, why Courier New?? ;-) What happens to the exercises once they're completed? Is there some sort of social review, advice…
bambax on HN
Host scripts locally instead of using Google CDN
From 1 comment
It looks great and I'll play with it a little more later. Suggestions: - Host your scripts instead of using googleapis.com. Don't feed Google data about your visitors. -…
dinduks on HN
Check grammar conditions were used correctly before progressing
From 1 comment
For someone that excelled at writing at school but never took it any further than that, this was an excellent experience for me to get me thinking about writing creatively again.…
fumeboy on HN
Open source the code on GitHub
From 1 comment
It would be interesting to put the code on something like GitHub if you are willing to do so. We may then propose commits and tell you the bugs we encounter.
louhike on HN
Junior version for elementary school students
From 1 comment
This can also be a very useful tool for elementary school students. So, you may want to also produce a junior-writerKata version. While adults would not pay for themselves for…
mad44 on HN
Questions
Why the sentence validation and reasoning behind it
From 1 comment
Very cool. One question – I noticed that you're doing some validation of the inputs (i.e., I can't seem to submit a sentence without a period) – could you explain the reasoning…
sakai on HN
Why the novels are unpublished
From 1 comment
Why are your novels unpublished? Why not go the Amazon self-publishing route?
jjallen on HN
What happens to completed exercises; is there review
From 1 comment
This is an excellent idea, very cool, very nice (although, why Courier New?? ;-) What happens to the exercises once they're completed? Is there some sort of social review, advice…
bambax on HN
Alternatives named
Scribophile for getting writing evaluated by humans
From 1 comment
I'm a fan of Scribophile. http://www.scribophile.com/
robotmagician on HN
SailsJS for Rails-like features on Node
From 1 comment
You might find the SailsJS project interesting ( http://sailsjs.org/ )--it brings some very Rails-y things to a Node application. One of the best features is Waterline, which is…
angersock on HN
Writing prompts on Reddit and Quora
From 1 comment
yeah, +1 for the 2nd. I'd use it if it had that. Otherwise I'd just write on Quora, Reddit, etc. More social validation.
visakanv on HN