Here we go!
First of my interactive fics, I figured I'd better at least get a sign-up sheet for this, even though it wasn't the most popular of the two - it still got votes, and I see it as a good experiment, while I come up with plots to choose from for the choose-your-own.
That said - this is the Collaboration Fic.
PLEASE READ EVERYTHING IN THIS POST CAREFULLY IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE
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This is pretty much an advanced writing exercise. In my poetry class senior year, we did group poems - one person writes the first line, passes it to the next person, that person has to then ADD TO the first line, and then passes it on to the next -- only, being poetry, it didn't have to make perfect sense. This being a story, it will have to continue from where the person before you left off
How it works:
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- Sign up by posting here with a little message about what you think we might want to do for the plot - in as much detail as you would write with (think of it like an audition, but I probably won't be that harsh, don't worry)
- We will decide on a plot as a group, once everyone is in.
- Posting order will be determined randomly once sign-up is over.
- Each person, in their order, takes a turn and must stick to all the rules each turn, read the rules below.
RULES
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- Each person participating will be responsible for: 1 full-length post (at least 1 paragraph per MAIN character), spell-checking your OWN post, writing EACH character in EACH post, following the basic plot (you can still throw things in, don't get me wrong, you just can't have them be in the belly of a taxxon one minute and on another planet all hunky-dory-okay talking like nothing's new the next, nothing ridiculous -- I shouldn't have to say this, even, but I am, to cover my butt), contributing/keeping up the FLOW of the fic (i.e. you can't just make one paragraph about their hair, you have to DO SOMETHING)
- Follow the characters' personalities as closely as you can
- If you start Mary-Sue-ing a character, you WILL be called on it -- likewise, if you SEE someone making a character a Sue or a Stu, please call them on it.
- No posting out of turn
- No harassment of other participants -- just because you don't like their particular writing style or what they choose to do doesn't mean you can go off on them. Any harassment will be warned about, and if it persists, you will be asked to leave
- If there are too many complaints against a person's writing style, you will be messaged and ask to start "keeping up" with the "standard" - if you make too many spelling/gramatical/plot-flow errors (or break the rules) - and if it continues you will be asked to leave the fic
- If it's your turn and you can't post within two days, your turn will be skipped
- If you wish to forfeit your post or don't know what to do, at any time, you may say "Skip Me" and the next person will take their turn - you must WAIT for your next turn, after everybody else has gone.
- Any major plot adjustments must be discussed and voted on by the GROUP
- NO LIST INTROS - I don't care if you're introducing a new character or not, don't do it. Be creative and (as the popular term is) LITERATE enough not to do that!! Put it in a paragraph!
- this is for FUN. If you're not having fun, drop out, but LET US KNOW WHEN YOU DROP OUT SO WE DON'T KEEP WAITING FOR YOU!!
- Keep out-of-character/context (OOC) posts that do NOT pertain to plot to a MINIMUM.
That all said, if you read the above, agree to everything, and want to participate/feel capable of participating, post here according to the guidelines, and we're good to go. Also, if you have anything to add that you feel I left out, just lemme know :)
Sign-Up is now OPEN