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Posted 17 October 2009 - 04:37 PM
I've done this in class and I also know there are writing workshops that do this, so I figured why not try the same online? For those not familiar with the activity, it is akin to a collective brainstorming. The process is fairly simple: we start with a silhouette of a character (in my class we started with a college student), and then proceed forward by asking "what" and "why" questions, until we form a decent (and bizarre) outline/idea for a story! The main advantage to this exercise is that we have lots of minds and imaginations working together to twist and exaggerate the situation and character to form something truly unique and very interesting.
So who would be interested in this? At the end one could write their version of the idea that we come up with if they want
So who would be interested in this? At the end one could write their version of the idea that we come up with if they want
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Posted 21 November 2009 - 03:09 AM
Sounds interesting. When do we start?
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Posted 21 November 2009 - 11:42 PM
Y'know, this sounds like a great idea. Wouldn't it be great for the concept of a competition as well? Awesome work!
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Posted 07 December 2009 - 01:15 PM
This would be fun
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Posted 07 December 2009 - 02:38 PM
When's this coming? It sounds fun!
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Posted 09 December 2009 - 05:46 AM
I love the idea! Keep me in the loop if it comes to light.
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Posted 24 December 2009 - 11:14 AM
Ditto, I like this. Especially Whiteknight's suggestion of a competition... I think it'd be quite interesting if there was a list of Q/A and you had to generate a story from them.
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Posted 08 February 2010 - 10:24 PM
Giskard, on Dec 24 2009, 12:14 PM, said:
Ditto, I like this. Especially Whiteknight's suggestion of a competition... I think it'd be quite interesting if there was a list of Q/A and you had to generate a story from them.
The Urban Fantasy Challenge and the Creature Creator have very good questions that have done well on the challenge forum. I modded those a bit for my Superhero/Villain challenge.
So, what's the plan?
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Posted 12 February 2010 - 03:45 PM
Eeonita is unable to continue with this idea and has asked me to close the topic. If anyone wishes to take on this project, do PM me and I'll reopen it and let you guys get it underway.
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Posted 14 February 2010 - 07:26 PM
MissKaty has volunteered to take this project on. Once we works out the details, I think this will be a fun activity to take part in. Keep checking back for more...
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Posted 15 February 2010 - 11:03 AM
Yay! I'm looking forward to this. Thanks Miss Katy!
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