I'm not sure about your first idea about fanfic writers volunteering for a month and tossng up whatever snippets they throw at a story before they cut. A lot of it because of the problem you point out: People add, edit, and cut without thinking whether it says something about their "process." Then if you tend to go the perfectionist route (like me), I'd hate to show my undies. I have people beta-ing my DarkXander fic and I couldn't bring myself to show undies.
On the other hand, your second idea has much merit as a basis for a community, because "DVD commentaries" makes the writer think about their process as they explain why they did X instead of Y. I did it for Cuckoo in the Nest (a Tony Harris-centric fic, believe it or not) and remembering how I put it together and what my motivation was just as revelatory to me as it was to people who commented on the commentary.
DVD commentaries, though, are exhausting to produce, especially if you do an extensive job of it.
A community built around fanfic writers producing commentary for their own fic (I'd do it on a one or two writers a week schedule), might be interesting.
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On the other hand, your second idea has much merit as a basis for a community, because "DVD commentaries" makes the writer think about their process as they explain why they did X instead of Y. I did it for Cuckoo in the Nest (a Tony Harris-centric fic, believe it or not) and remembering how I put it together and what my motivation was just as revelatory to me as it was to people who commented on the commentary.
(Here's a link to both the "clean" and "DVD commentary" copies if you're interested: http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=liz_marcs&keyword=Cuckoo+in+the+Nest+%28BtVS%3B+PG-13%29&filter=all)
DVD commentaries, though, are exhausting to produce, especially if you do an extensive job of it.
A community built around fanfic writers producing commentary for their own fic (I'd do it on a one or two writers a week schedule), might be interesting.