Tarakin
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The idea for this one is a spinoff from another thread here. It's about a family throughout two centuries, before the historical events shaping their lives. Thoughts evolve about 20-year jumps currently, but if there's enough interest we may go toward 10 years also. The timeframe could be like this:
The Congress of Vienna - 1815 (The Congress of Vienna) -->
The Emmigration - 1848/1849 (Revolution) --> Tarakin
The Civil War - 1860's --> sr71plt (?)
The Push West - 1880's --> Drksideofthemoon
The Dawn of the 20th Century - Suffragettes and the Great War - 1900's/1910's -->
The Roaring 20's, Flappers and the Depression - 1920's/1930's -->
WWII and the Baby Boomers 1940's --> Katyusha (Maybe DK also? )
Beatniks and Korean War 1950's --->
Protest, Love, and Oogie Boogie Fever - 1960's --> Glynndah (maybe another one also for a brother in Vietnam?)
Big Hair and Internet Love - 1980's + -->
Except for 1815 there can be more than one author active on a given decade. So if one author picks a son, another can pick his brother or sister or cousin.
The family should be of lesser nobility, so they can attend the Congress (the dancing congress as it was called for there was more socializing events than actual politics in it, though they finally managed to reorder europe) and play a more prominent role during the revolution of 1848/49. I would suggest austrian origin, maybe "von Greiff" as a name (typical enough for that time), which could change into "Grey" once arrived in the US (anglization of names happened most of the time on Ellis island).
We'll submit our stories one after he other to avoid continuation problems. But to avoid long lag times between them, everyone should
- stay in contact with the next writer in line. Things the next writer needs to know are the names of the characters, and geographically where the characters are at the end of their story (an example is in post #19);
- email their part of the story right after submitting to the next person in line so they can begin working and/or editing theirs.
Anyone interested in this?
The Congress of Vienna - 1815 (The Congress of Vienna) -->
The Emmigration - 1848/1849 (Revolution) --> Tarakin
The Civil War - 1860's --> sr71plt (?)
The Push West - 1880's --> Drksideofthemoon
The Dawn of the 20th Century - Suffragettes and the Great War - 1900's/1910's -->
The Roaring 20's, Flappers and the Depression - 1920's/1930's -->
WWII and the Baby Boomers 1940's --> Katyusha (Maybe DK also? )
Beatniks and Korean War 1950's --->
Protest, Love, and Oogie Boogie Fever - 1960's --> Glynndah (maybe another one also for a brother in Vietnam?)
Big Hair and Internet Love - 1980's + -->
Except for 1815 there can be more than one author active on a given decade. So if one author picks a son, another can pick his brother or sister or cousin.
The family should be of lesser nobility, so they can attend the Congress (the dancing congress as it was called for there was more socializing events than actual politics in it, though they finally managed to reorder europe) and play a more prominent role during the revolution of 1848/49. I would suggest austrian origin, maybe "von Greiff" as a name (typical enough for that time), which could change into "Grey" once arrived in the US (anglization of names happened most of the time on Ellis island).
We'll submit our stories one after he other to avoid continuation problems. But to avoid long lag times between them, everyone should
- stay in contact with the next writer in line. Things the next writer needs to know are the names of the characters, and geographically where the characters are at the end of their story (an example is in post #19);
- email their part of the story right after submitting to the next person in line so they can begin working and/or editing theirs.
Anyone interested in this?
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