OregonWriter14
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I began the IC and OOC for a role play called "The New World Order" and indicated that they weren't ready for writers yet but would be soon. But they weren't ... and still aren't ... and it took me until now to finally understand why I was procrastinating: I don't want to write it solely as a role play.
My new idea is to have us write it as an accumulation of diary posts from the characters involved. If you've ever watched one of those History Channel programs about the Civil War or The Great Depression or whatever, in which they use entries from diaries written by those who experienced those events to give life to the story, then you know what I'm talking about.
(There is a provision for those who want the traditional role play, too, described below.)
Here's how I want it to unfold ... and if you are interested in participating, feel free to post a reply here and I will send you additional information and a character profile that you can complete:
My new idea is to have us write it as an accumulation of diary posts from the characters involved. If you've ever watched one of those History Channel programs about the Civil War or The Great Depression or whatever, in which they use entries from diaries written by those who experienced those events to give life to the story, then you know what I'm talking about.
(There is a provision for those who want the traditional role play, too, described below.)
Here's how I want it to unfold ... and if you are interested in participating, feel free to post a reply here and I will send you additional information and a character profile that you can complete:
- The basic story line is:
- Small yield nuclear bombs have destroyed cities and other locations across the US (and in some foreign countries as well).
- "The New World Order", a domestic (US) terror group, has claimed responsibility, demanding the dissolution of not just the US Federal Government but of the State Governments as well. Control is to rest in Cities and Counties and nothing larger.
- Our story begins in the small river-island town of Ravenswood in Western Oregon. (Originally, the story was going to be in Northern Minnesota, but as I have never been there and know nothing about it, I think I would do a better job of setting this role play up if -- as they say you should -- I wrote about what I know.
- A military contractors unit from Atlantis Protective Services called "The Black Cats" has been sent to secure Ravenswood and protect its citizenry from the crime that is plaguing much of the post-apocalyptic world.
- The role play -- which, as I've said, won't be a role play at all -- will function along these lines:
- The OOC will lay out the basic facts for all writers. All characters live within the "new world order" that these facts lay out.
- The first 5 posts will come from 5 of my characters -- 3 long term, 2 (expendable) short term -- and will, essentially, set the stage.
- After that, writers can create their own characters, present their backgrounds, and offer up ideas for their immediate futures.
- There will be drama: heart break and tragedy, as well as joy and successes. But there are to be no spontaneous, dramatic plot twists or power plays that affect the other writers and/or characters without those writers approving of such events. Coordinate and cooperate with one another: that's the bottom line. This isn't your story or my story but instead is our story.
- There will be a very basic, very fluid plot line laid out for all to build off of, but it will offer a great deal of flexibility, too. We'll work on this plot line together to make sure that everyone is enjoying themselves.
- As an added bonus, if writers want to role play their characters, they can role play in separate threads and link them to the story thread for others to read. (More on this later.)