Welcome to The Writing Coach. On this podcast, I speak with the instructors, editors, coaches, and mentors who help writers and authors create their art, build their audience, and sell their work.
In episode #99 of The Writing Coach podcast, I speak Sydney Liu.
Sydney is the co-founder of Commaful, a storytelling site where people go to share discover fiction. The site is home to hundreds of thousands of fanfics, short stories, and poems, all shared in a picture-book style format. He loves thinking about the intersection of art, technology, and storytelling and is always down to hear a great story.
During our discussion, Sydney describes:
- Why a desire to encourage his friends to read his writing was the original inspiration for the Commaful platform
- How Commaful differs from traditional blogs and social media platforms
- The unique ways in which the platform combines visual media with fiction storytelling and poetry
- What he and his co-founder are doing to ensure the Commaful community remains supportive of artists and writers and is able to avoid toxicity
- How Commaful is using contests to put the spotlight on new writers as well as attract diverse voices
- Which genres are most popular on Commaful
- How Commaful is helping authors promote their books and find a community
- And much more!
Click below to listen now:
The Writing Coach Episode #99 Show Notes
Visit the main Commaful website:
Visit Commaful for fans of Fanfiction:
Visit Commaful for fans of Poetry:
Get in contact with Sydney:
- Connect with Sydney or email him at [email protected]
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