Cognisant
cackling in the trenches
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Okay ladies and gentlemen (and you, you know who you are) we're going to tell ourselves a story, well make a story, screw linearity we're just going to little bits here and there until it all comes together to make some kind of sense, I hope.
Everything that is posted becomes true and cannot be changed, for example let's say in my first post I say the protagonist has black hair, thereafter details can be added, such as length or that there are bright orange highlights, but the original fact that the protagonists hair is black remains true, so every contribution adds to the overall work, there will be no overwriting or editing.
You can however shed old facts in a new light, for example one person says a certain character aspires to become a great dancer, then another adds "because a good solider has to be nimble and strong" , then another adds "so he can face his crippling fear of chickens", and so forth, as long as new facts don't directly contradict old one's it's all good, juxtaposition creates depth.
Finally you must restrict you contribution to ten words, per post, you can post as many times as you like but no double posting! Your contribution can be about anything related to the story, including theme, setting, plot, scenes, relationships between characters, but it may be best to get some momentum going with the small stuff before we start on the big story defining stuff.
Ignore all my examples, we start from a blank slate, GO!
Everything that is posted becomes true and cannot be changed, for example let's say in my first post I say the protagonist has black hair, thereafter details can be added, such as length or that there are bright orange highlights, but the original fact that the protagonists hair is black remains true, so every contribution adds to the overall work, there will be no overwriting or editing.
You can however shed old facts in a new light, for example one person says a certain character aspires to become a great dancer, then another adds "because a good solider has to be nimble and strong" , then another adds "so he can face his crippling fear of chickens", and so forth, as long as new facts don't directly contradict old one's it's all good, juxtaposition creates depth.
Finally you must restrict you contribution to ten words, per post, you can post as many times as you like but no double posting! Your contribution can be about anything related to the story, including theme, setting, plot, scenes, relationships between characters, but it may be best to get some momentum going with the small stuff before we start on the big story defining stuff.
Ignore all my examples, we start from a blank slate, GO!
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