Maid of Marvels
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Chris2c4u and I have come up with a roleplay idea that is a little different from the norm. It's about lives and life stories. (I'll get to the different part soonish.)
Have you ever seen a name in a phonebook and wondered who that person is? Or seen a sign over a store and wonder what they sell? Have you driven through a town and wondered about the people sitting on the front porch of their clapboard house? And remember that cornfield you saw once when you were travelling on Greyhound on your way to a family reunion -- who owned it and what were they like?
Have you ever wanted to walk the mean streets of the city? Tell us the story. Want to feel the warm winds of the west blow through your hair as you ride on horseback? Tell us the story. See that couple over there? The ones sitting on the park bench? Tell us their story.
Here's our idea... Pick a partner. Pick a place in America. Pick a time. Tell a story about a person, a family, a business -- even a place. Tell us a life story -- one at a time -- each told by a different pair of writers.
Sounds easy? What if it has to be told in a specific number of posts? Four posts total. Can you still do it? How about in eight days? We think you can.
The posts don't have to be ginormous nor do you have to take the entire eight days to write in. We'll post an example in the main thread and link to it from here when we've finished. Bearing that in mind, all writers have their own style and it's really a simpler idea than you might believe -- and NO, you don't have to use two time periods.
If you're curious or just have some questions, please don't hesitate to stop and post. This thread is for brainstorming the train of thought that we think can lead to something bigger and hopefully very exciting.
Have you ever seen a name in a phonebook and wondered who that person is? Or seen a sign over a store and wonder what they sell? Have you driven through a town and wondered about the people sitting on the front porch of their clapboard house? And remember that cornfield you saw once when you were travelling on Greyhound on your way to a family reunion -- who owned it and what were they like?
Have you ever wanted to walk the mean streets of the city? Tell us the story. Want to feel the warm winds of the west blow through your hair as you ride on horseback? Tell us the story. See that couple over there? The ones sitting on the park bench? Tell us their story.
Here's our idea... Pick a partner. Pick a place in America. Pick a time. Tell a story about a person, a family, a business -- even a place. Tell us a life story -- one at a time -- each told by a different pair of writers.
Sounds easy? What if it has to be told in a specific number of posts? Four posts total. Can you still do it? How about in eight days? We think you can.
The posts don't have to be ginormous nor do you have to take the entire eight days to write in. We'll post an example in the main thread and link to it from here when we've finished. Bearing that in mind, all writers have their own style and it's really a simpler idea than you might believe -- and NO, you don't have to use two time periods.
If you're curious or just have some questions, please don't hesitate to stop and post. This thread is for brainstorming the train of thought that we think can lead to something bigger and hopefully very exciting.
The main thread can be found here:
"Looking for America" (apologies to Simon & Garfunkel)
"Looking for America" (apologies to Simon & Garfunkel)
Looking forward...
Maid and Chris
Maid and Chris
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