Chapter & CLub

C&C began as a project to create a digital publishing platform for writers which allowed them to monetize their work while retaining their rights. However, while speaking to creatives in the community and validating this concept, I stumbled across a social media post in which a writer expressed difficulty finding "writing buddies". After noticing countless likes and comments sharing this sentiment, I realized this was a problem greatly affecting the community and decided to change the direction of the project.

The earliest version of our new MVP was a Google Doc link pinned in a group chat server. I was manually matching writers with compatible buddies based on what they enjoyed reading and writing. As this process became more difficult to manage, I created a web app to automate the process and began onboarding writers.

As I continued to validate and test the new web app, I discovered from feedback that crucial needs of writers were not being met, and a key paint point was friction across the buddy-matching and feedback exchange process. In an attempt to reduce this friction, C&C built and in-app group chat and collaboration feature to simplify the process and measure solution effectiveness. This version of the app is currently preparing for beta-testing.