I've been tooling around with the idea that I'd like to start another collaborative effort with people here, but if we do this, there are going to be significant changes from the way the previous Creative Writing Stories were conducted.
First of all, there wouldn't be just one or two people masterminding the beginning. Anybody who wanted to commit to the project has to be involved from the outset, in creating the main characters and focusing on what plot elements are going to be important. Some fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants stuff will be okay and decisions will largely be up to you when it's your turn to write, but the major decisions of plot/character/setting/etc. have to be talked out in advance. Hopefully this will avoid some of the major drama and problems we had in the CWS3 and, from what I hear, the CWS2 that had its ill-fated end far too early.
The other thing is, it won't be open to just anybody. I want a core group of people who feel they can dedicate time to this project, on a regular basis, kinda like a club of sorts where once a week or so we gather together, discuss the story and where certain things are going, talk about issues with it. I want this to be fun while at the same time being a serious collaborative effort on the part of contributors. For a while in the CWS3 we were having a blast talking about things and planning stuff out and writing and posting, but it took so long to get to that point and it wasn't without drama because of some of the writers. And the additions/chapters/episodes became so long that people couldn't comfortably write them in any decent amount of time because of outside life stuff like work and school, so people ended up dropping out and I finished the story myself, which wasn't nearly as fun as doing it as a group. =(
Mora gave me some good advice to this effect on how to collaborate successfully among different writers:
I think that about sums up what I was getting at. Thanks, Mora. <3
So now that I've basically taken the spirit of the Creative Writing Story and turned it into a job, would anybody be interested? XD I think having this thread open for a few days or a week or so to get a general consensus would be great, and having at least two or three other people that wanted to seriously contribute would be awesome. More than that's welcome, too.
So. Here we are.
First of all, there wouldn't be just one or two people masterminding the beginning. Anybody who wanted to commit to the project has to be involved from the outset, in creating the main characters and focusing on what plot elements are going to be important. Some fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants stuff will be okay and decisions will largely be up to you when it's your turn to write, but the major decisions of plot/character/setting/etc. have to be talked out in advance. Hopefully this will avoid some of the major drama and problems we had in the CWS3 and, from what I hear, the CWS2 that had its ill-fated end far too early.
The other thing is, it won't be open to just anybody. I want a core group of people who feel they can dedicate time to this project, on a regular basis, kinda like a club of sorts where once a week or so we gather together, discuss the story and where certain things are going, talk about issues with it. I want this to be fun while at the same time being a serious collaborative effort on the part of contributors. For a while in the CWS3 we were having a blast talking about things and planning stuff out and writing and posting, but it took so long to get to that point and it wasn't without drama because of some of the writers. And the additions/chapters/episodes became so long that people couldn't comfortably write them in any decent amount of time because of outside life stuff like work and school, so people ended up dropping out and I finished the story myself, which wasn't nearly as fun as doing it as a group. =(
Mora gave me some good advice to this effect on how to collaborate successfully among different writers:
Originally posted by Mora roughly
So now that I've basically taken the spirit of the Creative Writing Story and turned it into a job, would anybody be interested? XD I think having this thread open for a few days or a week or so to get a general consensus would be great, and having at least two or three other people that wanted to seriously contribute would be awesome. More than that's welcome, too.
So. Here we are.
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