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Post by doyoulove19 on Sept 1, 2020 15:35:56 GMT
Yay! Well, it is early, wolfie!!  j/k looking forward to getting the ball rolling!
I'm really jazzed about getting it started too!
Do you have any ideas? Have anything that you think you might like to see us write about?
I'd love to know. 😊😆 I don't have any definite ideas. We have covered alot of ground in the past stories. Interested to see what others are thinking. I'm here to organize, not stifle the "talent"! 😉 |
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Post by wolf on Sept 1, 2020 15:36:02 GMT
Kickin' around a couple of ideas in my head. I'll think on it some more. 😊
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 15:50:43 GMT
I'm here and i'm in!! I have a few ideas, perhaps you others think they are trash but here they are; I would like to write a Haunted House story or a Ghost Story of somekind. Mostly because i cant remember us doing it in long while. If not i always think its fun with werewolfes so thats my second idea.
Then i have ideas about the setting too, they are linked to my first ideas so bear with me. I would like a small town setting mostly because both my ideas feel best in such a setting. Perhaps in the haunted house idea even a ghost town?? Sorry if i'm just blabbing here but thats my ideas as unstructured as they are.
Feel free to critisize.
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Post by wolf on Sept 1, 2020 15:57:46 GMT
I'm here and i'm in!! I have a few ideas, perhaps you others think they are trash but here they are; I would like to write a Haunted House story or a Ghost Story of somekind. Mostly because i cant remember us doing it in long while. If not i always think its fun with werewolfes so thats my second idea.
Then i have ideas about the setting too, they are linked to my first ideas so bear with me. I would like a small town setting mostly because both my ideas feel best in such a setting. Perhaps in the haunted house idea even a ghost town?? Sorry if i'm just blabbing here but thats my ideas as unstructured as they are.
Feel free to critisize.
Those are both good things to think about.
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Post by darkharbinger on Sept 1, 2020 16:11:57 GMT
I like ghost stories because you can play with the whole 'is it in your head' part of the tale
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 16:30:57 GMT
Alright, here goes two suggestions. We were required to make suggestions, right? Or was that just those dam voices in my head again? 
A story about a man who cheats death in an concert crowd crushing accident and is brought back to life after coding out for a while. After a little he finds he is suddenly plagued with a unique gift. When he holds an instrument of a musician who has died that musician comes back to life within his body and takes over, as long as he continues to hold the instrument. The man is just a bystander in own body when it happens.
The first time it happens is when he goes to see the legendary rockers “The Big Bangers” in concert and has back stage passes. Winston, the leader of the group keeps on had one of Seth Crenshaw’s (who died in 1973 from a heroin overdose) lead guitars with him as they tour to remind the group of their dear departed friend. He picks up Seth’s guitar and starts to play. Winston is dumfounded because he recognizes the style. The man, overtaken by Seth, starts to talk to Winston, as if he’s know him for years and starts saying things that only Seth would know about. Winston, can’t believe it, but needs proof as he suspects what is happening. He quickly gets the band back on stage and demands 'Baine’s Train' be played with the strange man. Afterwards, Winston knows for sure.
When the man gets back control of his body he loved the experience.
Fast forward… When word secretly gets around between Winston and his musical friends he is sought out by groups that want to talk and play with their old bandmates… Clyde Applegate by the remaining members of ‘Dingos Ate My Ladies’, Mary Stuckup from ‘The Insect Express’ and on and on. And in the beginning the man happily partakes in the experience.
The real problems begin to start because the demons that killed many of the rocks stars also starts to manifest itself when they take control of his body… drugs and alcohol and sex. And sometimes the rockers refuse to put down the instrument for days because they love the feeling of being alive again.
The man’s life quickly spins out of control and into addiction and despair.
Each writer picks a fictional artist that controls the man's body and mind and the fictional rock or country group involved.
Another idea…
A woman is deleting pictures on her phone and suddenly sees a new one of the great love of her life who died in a car accident 10 years earlier. She’s never seen this picture before. Each day a new picture of him appears on the phone. Then in a couple of days she sees his image on the mirror. One night a shadow walking down the hall with his distinctive walk. He’s coming to life. Problem is she’s now married with two kids.
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Post by wolf on Sept 1, 2020 16:45:52 GMT
Alright! Now we're cooking with gas! 😄
Man, y'all got my strange imagination going into maximum overdrive!
I know we have a lot more people to hear from, but I've already thought of a couple things here.
@kurben and diobolic have totally awesome stuff here.
We could go all out with any of their stories.....
But....let's just say the majority wants to go ghosts and haunted house....for example....
We could have one character go into a house, or say "a couple" a man and a woman. Every writer take a room! There's a demon that inhabits this house, that can move and manipulate the ghosts.....
Say, the woman goes into one room and finds a phone that she lost years ago.....and go with that.....
Then man goes into another room and rings a guitar or a drum set a sax.....whatever instrument and the rockstar thing happens....
Just a couple of ideas.....
Kurbie? There could even be another room where a werewolf thing happens! It could take place during a full moon! 😊
That's just off the top of my head for right now! 🙂
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 17:03:14 GMT
All sounds great Wolfie. Any of the ideas would be good fun. I could screw up and put the buzzkill on anything ya'll decide to go with.
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Post by wolf on Sept 1, 2020 17:15:48 GMT
....oh! And I should add to my previous post that, whenever they leave a room the effects of the ghosts/demons power leaves them (as a good thing, OR possibly a bad thing😉).....and as they enter another room, a new occurence begins....hmmmm......dunno.....maybe each writer takes two rooms? Miss doyoulove19 will know! 😊
Man! This IS so much fun! Love you guys! 😊
No you won't Dio!....really great stuff you brought! Thanks for that! You too Kurbie! 😊
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Post by wolf on Sept 1, 2020 17:18:49 GMT
I like ghost stories because you can play with the whole 'is it in your head' part of the tale |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 17:26:29 GMT
Alright! Now we're cooking with gas! 😄
Man, y'all got my strange imagination going into maximum overdrive!
I know we have a lot more people to hear from, but I've already thought of a couple things here.
@kurben and diobolic have totally awesome stuff here.
We could go all out with any of their stories.....
But....let's just say the majority wants to go ghosts and haunted house....for example....
We could have one character go into a house, or say "a couple" a man and a woman. Every writer take a room! There's a demon that inhabits this house, that can move and manipulate the ghosts.....
Say, the woman goes into one room and finds a phone that she lost years ago.....and go with that.....
Then man goes into another room and rings a guitar or a drum set a sax.....whatever instrument and the rockstar thing happens....
Just a couple of ideas.....
Kurbie? There could even be another room where a werewolf thing happens! It could take place during a full moon! 😊
That's just off the top of my head for right now! 🙂
J ust wanted to say something as to how it should be built, IMO. It is ONE story where all the parts propel thestory forward. Not several stories located in the same place. And we should not detail it so much i think. If we do that we tend to restrain the Creativity. Whoever starts the story must be aware that there will be 9 other writers after him that can take it any direction they want. It is totally up to them. Therefore it must be a lot of wiggleroom for the second writer. Part of the fun is that noone knows how it will end. Thats not to be decided here. We need a general outline. A theme if you will but as to where it should go is totally up to the writer. As few details as possible in the agreed outline. We need a setting and we need a way of writing. For example i prefer third person writing style, some other might prefer first person writing style but we cant have both. That would make it very strange if that changed from chapter to chapter. We also need to agree on number of words for each chapter. I think 750 words was the limit. If you went over that you had to edit it down. Perhaps doyou wants a higher limit this year, i dont know, but it is something that must be agreed upon. |
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Post by wolf on Sept 1, 2020 18:02:12 GMT
Sorry for goin' all Stupid Maverick.
Just kickin' around ideas to get things started.
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Post by prufrock21 on Sept 1, 2020 18:02:44 GMT
I'm in. I like the ghost story idea and the setting in a small town. I also like stories a la Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft. We might consider mixing genres such as science fiction and horror. Also, consider a love story with a horror twist.
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Post by prufrock21 on Sept 1, 2020 18:13:26 GMT
All sounds great Wolfie. Any of the ideas would be good fun. I could screw up and put the buzzkill on anything ya'll decide to go with. Consider a story of a horror house in which a young man lives with his mother. The mother abuses the man, her son, because he is somehow incapacitated. She keeps him locked in the cellar and mistreats him because she abhors the way he looks. The man is unware there is anything particularly wrong with him (no mirrors in the cellar) until his mother reveals a terrible secret ... on his 21st birthday. The secret has to do with a part of the man's physiognomy, something she can see but he can't . . . |
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Post by wolf on Sept 1, 2020 18:57:49 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 19:14:31 GMT
Aren't we supposed to just be throwing ideas out there, all kinds, before we start talking about what will and will not work... Or the way it should be written? I thought that was the idea of today... just throw out the ideas that come to us?
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Post by doyoulove19 on Sept 1, 2020 20:17:17 GMT
Hey folks! Yes, great ideas so far! I am compiling and hope to hear from all of our writers before we decide on a theme.
Dio - Kurben has participated before, so is bringing some of that knowledge with him to this board. Nothing is set in stone. For example, I can remember at least a couple of past stories, where the writing style switches from 3rd person view to first person. It worked because that section's writer kept it short and sweet and an easy seque back into the 3rd person.
So, yes, for now we're just bantering around theme and will nail down other rules within the next week.
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Post by doyoulove19 on Sept 1, 2020 20:19:58 GMT
Keep up the good work and let's hear from the rest of y'all!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 20:49:45 GMT
Hey folks! Yes, great ideas so far! I am compiling and hope to hear from all of our writers before we decide on a theme.
Dio - Kurben has participated before, so is bringing some of that knowledge with him to this board. Nothing is set in stone. For example, I can remember at least a couple of past stories, where the writing style switches from 3rd person view to first person. It worked because that section's writer kept it short and sweet and an easy seque back into the 3rd person.
So, yes, for now we're just bantering around theme and will nail down other rules within the next week. 
Sometimes reality is the worst kind of horror.
Shortly after nuclear and EMP global war, in the US there is no power, cities are destroyed, and the smart small groups of people in the US realize there will be nationwide meltdowns and resulting radiation of nuclear power plants because they can’t be maintained and for the cooling down nuclear fissionable material. There are only a handful of places in the US that would remain safe in this scenario. If you look at two maps… radiation zone of nuclear reactors, and nuclear radiation fallout areas of attacks on major cities and key targets, There isn’t much left that’s safe and inhabitable. Part of three or four midwest states and that’s it.
Each writer picks up where the prior one left off and takes the group of people through the trials of their group trying to get to one of a safe spot in the US in a world gone mad, survival of the fittest reigns, life has little to no meaning, and everything is controlled by gangs. If you look at two maps… radiation zone of nuclear reactors, and nuclear radiation fallout areas of attacks on major cities and key targets, There isn’t much left that’s safe and inhabitable. Part of three or four states and that’s it.
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Post by doyoulove19 on Sept 1, 2020 21:11:38 GMT
Hey folks! Yes, great ideas so far! I am compiling and hope to hear from all of our writers before we decide on a theme.
Dio - Kurben has participated before, so is bringing some of that knowledge with him to this board. Nothing is set in stone. For example, I can remember at least a couple of past stories, where the writing style switches from 3rd person view to first person. It worked because that section's writer kept it short and sweet and an easy seque back into the 3rd person.
So, yes, for now we're just bantering around theme and will nail down other rules within the next week.
Sometimes reality is the worst kind of horror.
Shortly after nuclear and EMP global war, in the US there is no power, cities are destroyed, and the smart small groups of people in the US realize there will be nationwide meltdowns and resulting radiation of nuclear power plants because they can’t be maintained and for the cooling down nuclear fissionable material. There are only a handful of places in the US that would remain safe in this scenario. If you look at two maps… radiation zone of nuclear reactors, and nuclear radiation fallout areas of attacks on major cities and key targets, There isn’t much left that’s safe and inhabitable. Part of three or four midwest states and that’s it.
Each writer picks up where the prior one left off and takes the group of people through the trials of their group trying to get to one of a safe spot in the US in a world gone mad, survival of the fittest reigns, life has little to no meaning, and everything is controlled by gangs. If you look at two maps… radiation zone of nuclear reactors, and nuclear radiation fallout areas of attacks on major cities and key targets, There isn’t much left that’s safe and inhabitable. Part of three or four states and that’s it.
When we are talking about theme for the Halloween story, let's keep it simple. Ghost story, haunted house, small town - these things can go together. Werewolves could definitely find a home in a corner of the story. Just a simple theme for now. |
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j/k looking forward to getting the ball rolling!
