Shenku sat back, having clicked the 'Post' button to start the new topic. There was, of course, some trepidation about the response it would get, but that's ok. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? The excitement of the potential replies, the start of a new story, perhaps a grand collaboration, was just too much to ignore. I hope we can do this, Shenku thought, I bet the Titan community would make a really great story.
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Elsewhere on the planet, while crusing the Internet and it's cornucopia of websites, houtex turned as he always did to the Titan Network's forums. He checked it every day to see if there was any news regarding CoH's continuing comeback aspriations. He just knows it will happen, it really isn't an option for it to...
"What's this?" he said, as he spotted the topic on the Titan Forums. "'Interactive story'... another one? Hm..." He was intrigued by yet another attempt to start one of those. houtex did have the bug to write things. But he had his reservations. Firstly, the people who wouldn't keep to the rules listed. Secondly, there's always, ALWAYS 'that guy' who has to post something so off the wall, the story gets sidetracked worse than a Tom Clancy dead ended branch.
People lose focus that way, he thought.
But... if it were possible to keep that sort of thing out... or perhaps vote in an edit and remove the offending piece of the story puzzle being made...
Perhaps it would work.
houtex decided that he'd keep an eye on the subject. "I can always come up with something to add. I just need to be sure to not force it. I wonder if there'll be any other intrigued parties to this?"
At that point, yet again, houtex realized he was talking out loud to himself. I really need to stop that. he thought, then went to see the Word Association thread, but not before silently congratulating himself for the correct spelling of 'cornucopia'.
Hey folks...
I've noticed there are at least a few writers around here that have done fan-fiction stories of their characters, and it looks like some are still writing them now, even though our city is gone(for the moment, but Icon is giving me renewed hope!), but I got to wondering recently if anyone around here would be interested in the idea of doing "interactive" stories?
I've done one before (I started it on my SG's forums, and it made it a good ways in before interest petered off leaving the story unfinished...), and it was fun to try and write a story that evolved as other people added their own elements.
What is an Interactive Story you ask? Well (the way I've done it at least), it's sort of a fan-fiction version of "roleplaying". Essentially, an overall plot is chosen, then one person writes a chapter for the story introducing said plot. Then another person/writer introduces their character/s to the story in a chapter they write, and try and expand on the plot or advance the story a little. Then the next person does the same. Chapters can be as long or as short as you want, but if you wish for other people to use your character in their writing, be sure to provide good descriptions of your character as you introduce them (or ask the owner of said character in a PM if you're unsure on a detail about their character. Interaction is half the fun!).
New people can chime in at any time, so there's no limit to how many can join or when. The overall idea is to collaboratively tell a complete story that everyone (people involved or readers) can enjoy.
Things to avoid would be obvious things like purposely killing off of another person's characters, "I win" characters who show up and end the story "cause they're uber brokenly awesome", or changing another person's character to be different from how they are described (turning a male character female, changing powers, personality, exc.).
It's a great writing exercise working around what other people are writing, and can be a lot of fun done right. So, would anyone around here be interested in such a thing?
This my happy face. ;D
I do like the "Mystery men-Esque" feel. Stories are more interesting when characters are not OP. I'm going to assume the timeframe is semi-modern with the possibility for sci-fi tech, like most Super Hero stories. Personally, I think the setting would be more interesting if it does take place in a real location, (e.g. Chicago, Tokyo) much like how Millenium City or Paragon City existed in real locations.
Will there be a significant event that will bring all of our characters together?
Will there be a "Guild" of sorts to sanction Superheroes and their actions?
Also, should we put our character bios in this thread?
I don't really know much about most of the various cities outside of Illinois, so I'd be tempted to lean towards an alternate-quasi-science fiction/modernish Chicago setting simply because it's what I'm most familiar with, so it'll be easier for me to reference places(Though that doesn't mean we'll be limited to only one city!)...Coming from the south suburbs of Chi town, Chicago would be a winner for me!
Essentially, our heroes will be meeting for the first time, and will have to tackle the problem like a freshly formed PuG, drawn together as we all bump into each other trying to tackle the same problem.Also this is what I was thinking.
Coming from the south suburbs of Chi town, Chicago would be a winner for me!
Also this is what I was thinking.
whoops. didnt read this thread first...put my vig stalker in.....is still cool?
But be warned, though, as a writer I'm rusty as all hell. It's been more than a year since I put anything more complex than a grocery list together.
Hmm... I wonder what a sudden rain will do to Ace's drones... I must ponder this. XD
Well, it's a localized rain, just over the parking lot pretty much. Think of it kinda like the power Freezing Rain, only not really cold ot slippery, just wet.Imagine this scene from The Truman Show. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIrUoTYd9hA) ;D
I'm waiting for Shenku to make a post. 8)