We're writers
We know what it's like to stay up to 3am, lost in a new story as we feverishly pour our hearts out on paper. And we know what it's like, come morning, to have no-one to share it with; no one who'll take the time to read our stories carefully enough to provide thoughtful (read: helpful) feedback. Sure, friends and family may be willing to read our newest work, but we won't get the specific excellence-in-writing feedback we hunger for. So we decided it was time to bring the highest quality reviews possible to the world of amateur writers like ourselves.
We're artists
We love every medium. Every. Single. One. We love to communicate, and we don't care how. We're musicians and singer / songwriters. Fine artists and graphic designers. UI / UX geeks. And as you can see from all the Artificial Intelligence-generated illustrations on this site, we're all about the nexus between creativity and code. We wanted to create a new world for creative writers, and we wanted it to be as beautiful as it was powerful.
We're educators
And while we're building a better system for exploring and enjoying the art of writing, we want to bring greater growth opportunities to the experience as well. So we micro-dosed every step of the journey with educational value. Now there's great advantage in joining a contest because of what you learn along the way, and how it makes you a truly better writers.
We're coders
Some of us are career engineers, with decades of experience in innovation technology, working for companies like Nike and Sony. Collectively, our work has been featured by Apple and TED X, along with Billboard, RollingStone, and Popular Science Magazines. So we rolled up our sleeves and created our own software to help fill the poor-review gap. Our platform makes it easy for reviewers to do the good work of reviewing, without the distraction of handling files from emails, and document repositories, and God-knows-where else (SMS anyone?). Our platform streamlines the review process and auto-formats the final result, making our reviews a thing of beauty to receive. And our platform allows writers to log in, submit their stories, keep track of their results, and connect with one another.
We're entrepreneurs
We saw a problem. We felt the pain. So we pooled our funds and built the tech. Then we began fishing in the streams of the world for writers like us who want to be heard; who want their stories to mean something; who want to grow and get better at the craft. We're done with huge competitions that leaving nothing to show for themselves when the noise dies down. We want the feedback to be the highlight of the experience, even for the winners. We truly care about our writers and their work. And we're thrilled to be here alongside you on your own author's journey.
For love of the words,
Spectavo
hello@spectavo.com