Since there are quite a few writers posting here, I was thinking it might be a nice idea to create the first ever Cemetery Dance story. Basicly, the idea is a follows:
1) You sign up, here.
2) Two weeks from now, I will post the first segment of a story.
3) The first person that signs up will then pick up the story from there and write the next segment.
4) After that, the next one.
5) When the first cycle of posters is complete and the story isn't finished, I will write the next segment.
6) We continue this (could turn out to be a short story or an epic tale spanning seven books, a whole bunch of comics, three movies, two television series, a musical and a radio play) until it's finished.
7) There is no minimum number of characters for each segment. There is a maximum, and that is the maximum number of characters of a single post (~10500 characters).
8 I will post the first segment in a new thread ("The Legend of Fairwill") and will ask CD to make sure the thread can be edited only by those that signed up for the Round Robin. Please only post story segments in that thread. No off-topic messages. If you want to comment on the story or individual segments, please use this thread instead.
9) Since not everybody on this site has English as their first language (including yours truly) I see no problem in pointing out spelling and grammatical errors.
10) I don't know about other people, but I for one really appreciate feedback on what I've written, so don't hold back.
11) I propose that everyone tries to send in their pages within two weeks, although if you're quicker than that, that's perfect.
12) If for whatever reason you can't make it (vacation, too busy, ...) then just say so. Either you take a little bit longer, switch with somebody else for that round, or you just wait for your next turn. After all, it should be just for fun.
13) Pretty much everything that I've posted above is debatable. So go on, debate!
Ofcourse this is not an original idea, people have done this before. What I'm hoping for is that we might actually be able to create a good story. And if so, maybe we could find a publisher that specializes in horror to publish the story
The main goal is to have fun, maybe learn a little bit from each other and create a kick ass story. As for me, having a kind of "deadline" (after all, people are expecting you to hand in your segment) is a good way of forcing myself to sit behind the computer and actually write.
By the way, do stories that are created in this fashion have a name? Something like a chain-novel? Or an E-story? EDIT: Apparently it's called a round robin.
Anyway, hope to get a lot of participants,
Greetings,
Pennywise (or - if you prefer - Marc)
Participants
1. Pennywise (AKA Marc)
2. TerryE
3. MrRoland
4. ozmosis7
5. RJK1981
6. adamjames
7. peteOcha
1) You sign up, here.
2) Two weeks from now, I will post the first segment of a story.
3) The first person that signs up will then pick up the story from there and write the next segment.
4) After that, the next one.
5) When the first cycle of posters is complete and the story isn't finished, I will write the next segment.
6) We continue this (could turn out to be a short story or an epic tale spanning seven books, a whole bunch of comics, three movies, two television series, a musical and a radio play) until it's finished.
7) There is no minimum number of characters for each segment. There is a maximum, and that is the maximum number of characters of a single post (~10500 characters).
8 I will post the first segment in a new thread ("The Legend of Fairwill") and will ask CD to make sure the thread can be edited only by those that signed up for the Round Robin. Please only post story segments in that thread. No off-topic messages. If you want to comment on the story or individual segments, please use this thread instead.
9) Since not everybody on this site has English as their first language (including yours truly) I see no problem in pointing out spelling and grammatical errors.
10) I don't know about other people, but I for one really appreciate feedback on what I've written, so don't hold back.
11) I propose that everyone tries to send in their pages within two weeks, although if you're quicker than that, that's perfect.
12) If for whatever reason you can't make it (vacation, too busy, ...) then just say so. Either you take a little bit longer, switch with somebody else for that round, or you just wait for your next turn. After all, it should be just for fun.
13) Pretty much everything that I've posted above is debatable. So go on, debate!
Ofcourse this is not an original idea, people have done this before. What I'm hoping for is that we might actually be able to create a good story. And if so, maybe we could find a publisher that specializes in horror to publish the story
The main goal is to have fun, maybe learn a little bit from each other and create a kick ass story. As for me, having a kind of "deadline" (after all, people are expecting you to hand in your segment) is a good way of forcing myself to sit behind the computer and actually write.
By the way, do stories that are created in this fashion have a name? Something like a chain-novel? Or an E-story? EDIT: Apparently it's called a round robin.
Anyway, hope to get a lot of participants,
Greetings,
Pennywise (or - if you prefer - Marc)
Participants
1. Pennywise (AKA Marc)
2. TerryE
3. MrRoland
4. ozmosis7
5. RJK1981
6. adamjames
7. peteOcha
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