So, me and Heather have an idea to help get SAAWAKM rolling again. It's kind of complicated, so this might be a very long post.
We have come up with a new SAAWAKM challenge, but we stole a bit form Ned's last challenge pitch, :D.
Well, it was mostly Kas's idea, I just helped her... refine it, I guess.
So, this is it: We all write one story. But wait- before you start thinking what a bad idea it is, how you barely have time to write your own stories, let alone ANOTHER one (I know, I had these misgivings when Kas first brought it up too) but just hear us out.
Heather, i love how we picked christmas colors...
Anyways, so, the idea is rather complicated, but, basically it is what Heather said. We all write the same story... but wait! Theres a twist, each of us are only writing parts of it. Together, as a whole, we SAAWAKM girls will write an entire novel together. I know, I know, 'But i have no time..' and 'I can't even finish my own storys..' and 'But I don't even like you people and i have no idea how i got to this website!' but, I really think this could work...
I know we're all busy, but, this idea caters to that fact...
Basically, how it would work, is me and Heather are going to be on chatzy from the time this post is, well posted, to at least midnight (Central Time Zone) tonight coming up with a very basic outline for a story, no details or scenes, just a start, middle, and end point to kind of give us a guide to where the story should end up. If you want to help come up with the plot, which we hope you will, just come to the chatzy room tonight.
Now, I'm going to steal Kas's analogy. Think of it as the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants; we send the story to each other and add our own bits, and then pass it on. You can write anything from one sentence, to a chapter or more, if you so choose.
Each person will have at maximum a week to add their writing before passing it on to the next person. They will get it back after it goes through everyone else- there'll be an order to it, decided later. But if you write some, no matter how much, and you know you can't write more, then just pass it on. The week works though, in case you need to read a lot over before you start, have too many other activities, or anything else to keep you busy. So, you have time, and there is no minimum that you can write (though hopefully you'll write some...) you just have your week to do with it whatever you like, and then pass it on- whether at the end of that week or before.
Sound awesome? :)
Heather did leave a few things out though...
Once we come up with the basic plotline, the first person on the list, which i'll draw at random, will begin the story, and then email it to the next person on the list. They will then write what they want to happen next, keeping in mind what the plotline has set out so that we all keep the story going towards the set endpoint we come up with, and then they will forward the same email the first person sent them, adding their part on the end, of course, onto the next person in the line up. You do not edit your part before sending it, not extensively anyways, you can read through it a few times and fix spelling and grammar, but leave it alone for the most part because, once the story is finished, we're going to edit it.
So, I guess that sums up or ideas for this challenge. What say you?
I think it'll be awesome, and remember you can write any amount, don't worry about being busy!
If you want to be a part of this, either comment on this post or come to the chatzy room tonight. I don't think we'll actually start writing until monday, so that way you guys have time to tell us if you want to join, but thats when i'll make the list so try to tell us by then, okay?
This is the chatzy room link: Chatzy.
Our old chatroom expired. Also, when you get there click 'Join Chat' to enter the conversation. :)
-H & K
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