[An8el]

Also wanted to add that I really have enjoyed reading this new way of doing collaborations much more than the original way that obviously needed to be improved on. In the past at this site many of us have tried collaborative stories using the Melacholy Imp as a model and more of them fizzled out than ever got finished.

Whatever people have said here in discussion, what all of you have been doing here to collaborate on stories seems to be mostly working pretty well. Evidently people so far have had enough of the same idea of Respect to keep the stories going - which I applaud. I see room to take part in these stories myself, and I'm only a fledgling writer.

In homage to those efforts, I offer humble gratitude. What an awesome playground you have all made so far...!

bravo & thanks, writers.

[e-Morgana]

Thank you so much for those comments An8el. I have nothing but glowing praise and admiration for our talented writers in here. I think they've done a fabulous job and provided a lot of people with hours of enjoyment in the past few months....and they are still continuing to do it.

As I said above, the 'honour' system has been working extremely well in here up to this point...I don't see any reason why it would change now. I'm glad you feel comfortable with the idea of taking part yourself. It was hoped that we would create an environment where anyone, regardless of experience or 'prowess' felt they could contribute.

[An8el]

Yah, it's more better fun in here.

Oh, maybe you're misunderstanding what I'm suggesting. I didn't mean letting those writers in the Writing section of these discussion forums know what was going on here - I meant encouraging the authors of some of the great storywriting that has already gone on here to copy it onto a continuous text, edit if they want. Then upload it to the "Various Authors" section in the "Stories" part of this site - with the names, (or the screen names) of those who contributed to the story at the start of it. A group of people who wanted to work together could even do this sort of thing in a series - uploading after a certain number of pages or posts.

So it would be a way for everyone to participate, but those who wanted to put in the time making a story "just so" would also get to do that. I was just answering Holbrook's concerns.

[e-Morgana]

Yep - I see your point An8el, and I think that a couple of our authors have already got some plans for taking their story further into the realms of 'seriousness'. I'm not sure what their intentions are exactly, but I know they were looking at putting it forward in a more formal format.

[Icemant90]

O.K. Let's see. WHAT R WE MEANT 2 DO HERE? So you just start one up, ask people to participate? Or is anybody allowed just go in and submit?

[e-Morgana]

Sorry Iceman...I missed this post.

You can start your own story, and people will join in if they're interested. Or you can join in with another story - but please make sure you don't derail someone else's work. Any additions must be adding to the storyline in some constructive manner. Otherwise, they will be deleted.

[Duccius]

Originally posted by An8el
Also wanted to add that I really have enjoyed reading this new way of doing collaborations much more than the original way that obviously needed to be improved on. In the past at this site many of us have tried collaborative stories using the Melacholy Imp as a model and more of them fizzled out than ever got finished.

Whatever people have said here in discussion, what all of you have been doing here to collaborate on stories seems to be mostly working pretty well. Evidently people so far have had enough of the same idea of Respect to keep the stories going - which I applaud. I see room to take part in these stories myself, and I'm only a fledgling writer.

In homage to those efforts, I offer humble gratitude. What an awesome playground you have all made so far...!

bravo & thanks, writers.

BRAVO!!! http://www.hiince.freeserve.co.uk/smiles/clap.gif

Well said my friend!

[Icemant90]

Originally posted by e-Morgana
Sorry Iceman...I missed this post.

You can start your own story, and people will join in if they're interested. Or you can join in with another story - but please make sure you don't derail someone else's work. Any additions must be adding to the storyline in some constructive manner. Otherwise, they will be deleted.

Don't they have to invite you?

[e-Morgana]

No - they don't have to invite you.

You are free to join in, but you must respect the work that has gone on before, and not derail their work.

[An8el]

Also, it's a good idea, before you hit the "post" button, to refresh and check to see whether someone else has posted since you sat around writing the next addition. If that happens, both of you can be taking the story in a different direction.

This is what happened in the "Greatest Fantasy Ever Told" when the pantera appeared. I'll see what I can do to fix that, because it's a scene where everything happens all at once anyway.

Some of these stories, (especially the ones where only two people are involved,) develop very specific plans for what will or is about to happen in their plot lines. So if a story has a good start and people are involved in recently writing them, it's considerate to consult with the people who are already involved with the story so you can add to it and "not derail their efforts."