What if all of these intelligent, witty people I know — people who like to write and who wish they wrote more often — what if all of these people had some sort of communal outlet for sharing their creative output? (And for sharing other art: drawing, photography, etc.)
What form would this forum take? Non-critical, to be sure; low-pressure — just a place to share what has been created.
I’ve nothing in mind; I’m only wondering aloud.
Well, you could organize it as a sort of virtual gallery.
Each of your friends could have a “wing”, which would consist of a blog-like interface where they could post and archive comments, text, pictures, mp3s, or whatever.
The main page could contain a general introduction and perhaps a “most recently posted” sort of scroll, aggregating the individual “wing” posts (or perhaps just a summary or excerpt).
That’s just one possibility, of course. You’d probably also want some assurance that people would contribute.