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Clockwise To Saturn: first web app, feedback on idea wanted!

One of my Android apps called YourBook was created after I thought about how cool it would be for people to be able to work on a story collaboratively and watch the characters appear one by one while others contributed to the story.

The Android app has an intricate queueing mechanism so that people can wait until their turn comes (in case multiple people want to write at the same time) and lets you create a user account, new books/articles/stories etc.

The web MVP I just published only allows you to read a single story called "Clockwise to Saturn". If you're around while the story is being written by someone (which, for now, can only be done through the Android app) you'll see it appear in real-time in front of your eyes, using the dark magic of Firebase and Angular. :D

The site looks horrible, and to add insult to injury, is horribly broken on mobile. You cannot contribute to the story through the web client either.

What I really want to create is a platform for writers that will let them write a story/article/anything and have their readers read it as it is being written. Think of it as a real-time Medium. I am probably ditching the collaborative aspect, too.

In the actual, final version of the app, I want to let people create articles/stories through the web client, fix the esthetics, allow rudimentary formatting and picture import, add an Upcoming bulletin on which people can post their upcoming articles along with the time they'll start writing them etc.

I would really appreciate your feedback, not only on the MVP itself (which mega-sucks right now) but also on what I intend to build! Thanks!