6 Degrees Game of Blogs has been published by Leadstart and produced by
Blogadda.com. It has been an innovative concept. The concept has created
a publishing history. It is something happened for the first time. The
concept is based on collaborative authoring. It worked like a project
following project management methodology. There were 30 teams with
around 10 members per team. The same set of characters were given to
each team. Each team drove the characters and story in their own way, in
a collaborative manner. The whole exercise has created a new paradigm
in publishing.
Almost 300 Indian bloggers were engaged in this
marathon of creating 30 different stories. The whole idea was to create a
blogger sourced book with the help of collaborative blogging. And that
is why it has been named as Game of Blogs. Judges for the game included
prominent Indian Authors like Ashwin Sanghi, Ravi Subramanian, Raksha
Bharadia, Meghna Pant, Natasha Badhwar, and Kiran Manral.
As far
as the name 6 Degrees Game of Blogs is concerned, it is probably a mystery.
What I could think is that it has a relation with the 6 judges.
Otherwise, the name has no connection with the stories or the concept,
in my opinion.
Whenever I read a story or a novel, I think about a
connection among the story, author, and characters of the story. Who
drives whom? This is a mystery for me. It appears as if characters once
come into shape start pushing the author in a particular direction. Does
it impact on the story? Does it change the direction of the story? Or
is it the story that forces the author to mold characters accordingly?
The common set of characters given were as below:
Shekhar
Dutta is a stay-at-home freelance writer, Roohi's father, and Tara's
husband. Tara Dutta is a Media Professional. Roohi Dutta is a 9-year-old
girl. Jennifer Joseph is a photographer in Kochi. And Cyrus Daruwala is
a law student in Delhi.
The final three stories have given birth
to this book. I would rate it 4 on a scale of 5. Here is the video
review of this book: https://youtu.be/Gpr9kn1Xan8
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