Can We Collaboratively Write a Story?

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The forum discussion revolves around a collaborative storytelling game where participants contribute five words at a time to build a narrative. The story begins with a mysterious stranger at night and evolves into a whimsical tale involving a golden apron that can transform soil into peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, a purple people-eater, and various quirky characters like Elvis and a mad scientist. As the story progresses, participants express frustration over the speed of contributions and the challenge of adhering to the five-word limit, leading to humorous exchanges about the narrative's absurdity and the need for structure. Characters are introduced, including a superhero, a villain, and a maiden in distress, with discussions about plot development and character traits. Ultimately, the group reflects on the chaotic nature of the collaborative effort, acknowledging the difficulties in creating a cohesive story while maintaining a light-hearted tone.
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Its story time. Let's write a story, each person should add in no more than five words and we shall see what we end up with! I'll start.

At the brink of night,
 
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just out of sight,

(It might be better to extend this to 5 words)
 
omicron said:
Its story time. Let's write a story, each person should add in no more than four words and we shall see what we end up with! I'll start.

At the brink of night,

you added 5 :-p so i'll add 5 too :smile:

edit... too slow :mad:

At the brink of night, just out of sight, was a stranger in fright

[I think the person afterwards should decide punctuation]
 
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I ran outside to investigate.
(edit me too.)
 
That's when I heard the...

(Cool idea, I love the sort of stories that come out of these group efforts!)
 
*wishes moonbear would have put an a instead of the*

lady next door yell...
 
"What are you doing?!" So...
 
I told her, "I am ...
 
searching for the golden...
 
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apron of fortitude. This...
 
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Apron, when electrified, can...
 
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turn soil and rocks into...
 
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peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches.
 
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wheat, rice, corn, oats, and...
 
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morph into a 300 pound, purple...
 
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people eater that likes to...
 
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sing children songs and dance...
 
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...canary. The only problem is...

*glad someone chose purple! I like purple.*

Dang! Too slow! Dinosaur? Did we really need a purple dinosaur? Stop watching so much TV! I'll see what jimmyp comes up with to see where to go next.

Okay...here it is:

...on green tomatoes. All the...

Aaaargh! I give up! You guys are too fast for me. I'll wait until the slow people show up. :biggrin:
 
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frolick like an elf while

edit: darn, too slow again.
 
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using humans like toothpicks. He...
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
frolick(s) like an elf
frolics like an elf and...

(I liked this one)
 
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Artman said:
frolics like an elf and...
pokes humans with toothpicks while...
 
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strapping on his nuclear powered...
 
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...aluminum foil deflector beanie, which...
 
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was given by that girl ...
 
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Moonbear said:
...aluminum foil deflector beanie, which...
indicates to all observers that

edit: crap too slow!
 
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Clausius2 said:
was given by that girl ...
To protect him from...
 
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...the feeling of lonely he...
 
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...felt since the nuclear powered beanie made him sterile, so he went to...
 
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Tadpoles-R-Us where he
 
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the number 42 said:
Tadpoles-R-Us where he
Was injected with a...
 
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...nuff tadpoles to fill...
 
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the number 42 said:
...nuff tadpoles to fill...
"Wait!" he yelled, "what are you doing with that..."
 
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"...really long...what the?!" Next...
 
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...Elvis walked in with a red...
 
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...cape on. He grabbed the...
 
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purple people eater, the long what the?!, and the keys to the limo.
 
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Meanwhile, across town, the armadillo...
 
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and kangaroo swaggered into...
 
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the local kangaroo/armadillo bar. But before...
 
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they had a chance to order...
 
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Moonbear said:
they had a chance to order...
they broke the 5-word limit...
 
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incurring the wrath of the...
 
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the word limit deities that...
 
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spit martini. However, this time...
 
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they had rum[/Size] instead of gin...
 
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franznietzsche said:
they had rum[/Size] instead of gin...
and visisted the underworld where...
 
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they were saw a sticky...
 
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slimy, blob thingy.
 
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Or, rather, a slime Bob...

(I'm protesting...you let Franz use too many words...they still count even if they are small! And does Tom Mattson have special super mentor dispensation? He went WAAAAAYYYY over the word limit! Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah! :-p)
 

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