I often talk about the fact that fandom is great because it lets people do projects and learn from them. However, I want to take a bit of time to define just what a project IS – and its counterpart, the Continuing Effort.
The reason I want to do that is simple – if you can understand what a project is, you can't easily analyze your fannish activities to determine which one's you've done. Without doing that it's harder to assess or build your skills and experiences.