Can We Collaboratively Write a Story?

[mattmns]

lol, yeah it is quite terrible

We should start a new one

 

[tribdog]

With or without plot?

 

[tribdog]

how about a list of characters. Hero, Bad guy, sidekick, etc

 

[mattmns]

A plot sounds like a good idea, it could provide a good structure. So yes, with plot.

Characters sound good too

But I am no creative genius, but I know you are so shoot out some character names, and their traits and a plot and let's get this started

 

[arildno]

Maiden-in-distress plot?

 

[tribdog]

screw that, then I take the fall for a crappy story. I'll name a character, then someone else can.
Hawk Steevings-Occupation:Genius Superhero
Hobbies:long distance running and public speaking
Likes: Red meat, fast cars and silk panties
dislikes:commies, speed bumps and paradox
Age: 37-Leo
Favorite Quote: "You have your Daddy's eyes. I've come to take them back."

 

[mattmns]

ok plot will be Maiden in distress

ok tribdog, everyone will name a character lol

Name: Joe Johnson (male)
Occupation: Construction worker
Good long time friend of Maiden in distress' husband/boyfriend (maybe a went to school together relationship)
Hobbies: Fishing, Football
Likes: Red Heads
Dislikes: commies (too)
Age 38-Scorpio

Since we seem to have an anti commie like theme. How about a communist person took the maiden in distress?

 

[arildno]

What if the commie WAS the maiden-in-distress?
(Say, one of those sports "ladies" from good ole DDR?)

 

[tribdog]

Is Joe Johnson the alterego of Hawk?
mild mannered Joe hears trouble, removes his contact lenses to reveal superhero Hawk.
I like the commie maiden in distress
Valerie Bertenelli Von Halenstein, Age-29 Sign:*****
Occupation:Propaganda proofreader
Turn ons:Stalin style goatees
Turn offs:Gulags and apple pie
Favorite Quote: "Cobbler Workers of the World. Untie"

 

[Moonbear]

I think we need a villian for the story:
Dragana Tribdogovitch, female, age 42
Occupation: villian
Hobbies: kicking puppies and plotting to take over the world
Turn-ons: not much, but she'll pretend anything to get her enemies into bed and spilling their secrets
Turn-offs: do-gooders

 

[tribdog]

lol, ouch. you want to go there huh? let's see
Moonie, F, 4, feline
Occupation:pet
Hobbies: coughing up hairballs
Turn-ons:sudden movement and shiny things
Turn-offs:constantly in heat, so no one knows
Favorite Song: "Meow, meow,meow,meow" theme to Meow Mix
Favorite Book: "Of Mice and Men"
Favorite Quote: "If I was king of the Forrrrrest. I'd ruuuff and I'd huurrf...Rhinocerous? Preposterous. Hippotamus? I'd knock him from top to bottumus."

 

[arildno]

I think we need a villian for the story:
Dragana Tribdogovitch, female, age 42
Occupation: villian
Hobbies: kicking puppies and plotting to take over the world
Turn-ons: not much, but she'll pretend anything to get her enemies into bed and spilling their secrets

Would that include Valerie Von Halenstein, or is she a do-gooder?

Hmm..on second thought, Evo will probably close down some lurid lesbian witch story pretty fast
PF is, after all, a family forum..

 

[Les Sleeth]

I'd been thinking of posting a story idea taken from one of my favorite jokes. I thought it would be fun to allow up to a paragraph per contribution. Should I post the joke (in a new thread)?

 

[Moonbear]

I'd been thinking of posting a story idea taken from one of my favorite jokes. I thought it would be fun to allow up to a paragraph per contribution. Should I post the joke (in a new thread)?

Anything more than a 5-word limit! It's hard to get far when you can't even write a complete sentence.

 

[Gokul43201]

Okay so far, we have Joe Johnson, who turns into the superhero, Hawk Steevings, destroyer of paradox.

Then there's the evil Dragana Tribdogovitch who runs about tormenting puppies, much to the sinister satisfaction of her feline companion, Moonie.

Caught in the middle is the maiden in distress, Valerie Bertenelli von Halenstein (her Scandinavian neighbors call her Val-Halla, 'cause she's heavenly).

What twisted tale brings these curious characters together ?

Read on to find out...

(any other structural rules to establish ? word limits etc. ? 10 words ?)

 

[Moonbear]

Hmm...is 10 words per person enough? I know 5 was way too few!

 

[Gokul43201]

Yeah, I think 25 is better. That way, you can make one full sentence and at least part of another.

But if we use 25, should we forbid part sentences, or does that make it more fun ?

 

[Moonbear]

Yeah, I think 25 is better. That way, you can make one full sentence and at least part of another.

But if we use 25, should we forbid part sentences, or does that make it more fun ?

Part sentences are okay, I think, and 25 words should be enough to get the story rolling enough for someone else to pick it up.

 

[Gokul43201]

[Let's get started then]

'Twas the night before Christmas. The waves crashing into the rugged, ice-free coastline just north of Murmansk reminded Valerie of the cheering crowds...

 

[motai]

'Twas the night before Christmas. The waves crashing into the rugged, ice-free coastline just north of Murmansk reminded Valerie of the cheering crowds...

... of the political convention, but Valerie was not interested. She was encapsulated with reading "In Exile" by Anton Chekhov and reminiscing of her past when ...

 

[tribdog]

the sudden jangling of the telephone startled her. She jumped, knocking her book to the floor. As she reached for the novel a shadow swept

 

[Moonbear]

behind her, unseen. She felt a chill run down her spine, and pulled a blanket closer to her chin. She didn't know where the draft...

 

[tribdog]

board got off, telling her she couldn't join the Salvation Army. The phone rang again, the shadow shadowed again. Reaching for the phone

 

[Gokul43201]

she stumbled over a dark cat-like thing. It was a cat. "Yikes", screeched the cat, before it darted away, taking its shadow with it. But

 

[tribdog]

leaving a moist hairball in its place. Valerie looked at the hairball and nearly fainted as it began to speak. "Your mission, should you choose to accept it is

 

[Moonbear]

to locate the..." *hack hack* (darn furballs)[/size] "..golden mouse."

Valerie, puzzled, asked, "What kind of mouse, the one for a computer, or that cat's eat?"

 

[tribdog]

In response the hairball said, "This message will self-destruct in five seconds."
Hmm Valerie thought. I'd better

 

[Moonbear]

buy a litterbox if this cat is going to keep hanging around here. Golden mouse indeed! Silly cat. Valerie grabbed her coat and keys, and...

 

[franznietzsche]

pocket knife, and wrench, and super glue, and lube, and ran out the door only to...

 

[tribdog]

run smack into the back of the closet. She turned and walked carefully towards the exit...

 

[Mk]

..."Then asked to herself, what happened to the five-word limit?" and continued on out. She took the bus to Greenland, where she decided to touch...

 

[JasonRox]

..."Then asked to herself, what happened to the five-word limit?" and continued on out. She took the bus to Greenland, where she decided to touch...

...the fresh beautiful field of grean grass, but was disappointed when she found out...

 

[Gokul43201]

that capitalism had turned this place - once a haven for westbound crazies - into a giant skating rink. Returning home, she found a note on the floor

 

[mattmns]

that said, "Your first clue: The "Golden Mouse" is an artifact that is located in a museum 10 miles south of Moscow. You will...

 

[Gokul43201]

identify this artifact by its yellow, metallic luster and its resemblance to a small rodent. Now solve the following paradox : What's the smargest number ?"

 

[poolwin2001]

By now she had caught up with this story.She decided to google smarg.As she took out her Laptop

 

[Moonbear]

the cat pounced on the keyboard, as cats usually do. She wound up googling "sniohop" instead. "Oh s**t! That's the password for the self-destruct sequence!"

 

[mattmns]

edit... wow way too slow...

continued from Moonbear...


She now had 30 seconds to over ride the self destruction sequence or else it would self destruct. The first step

 

[motai]

... she slipped on a banana peel, which caused her to land on a cantilever which propelled the cat onto ...

 

[Clausius2]

the basket as the cat motion equation yields, but the air room conditions made impossible such a flight and the cat took off just inside the even. After 10 minutes at 500ºC, she opened the even's door and found...

 

[Moonbear]

that darn cat still alive and well, though furious as it flew out of the oven. *Bang!* "Note to self: no self-destruct mode on next computer."

 

[Gokul43201]

Having found no answer from Google, she sent out a plea on the Worl Wide Help, asking all brave and brilliant souls to resolve this paradox. In Skokie, Illinois...

 

[Moonbear]

Dragana Tribdogovitch was scanning the WWH, and saw that her fiendish plan was coming together. She began to furiously type a reply to Valerie. "Dear...

 

[Mk]

Valerie, I'm going to need you to send me large amounts of Carbonic acid and a pump. No, don't ask why, it's a surprise! oh, and could you get William to bring that stain cleaning kit again?"

 

[franznietzsche]

But just then, the brave hero entered the room, only to find that.,...

 

[tribdog]

Dragana Tribdogovitch was not scanning the WWH in Skogie, Illinois ? wow, it truly was a paradox.

(see, gokul. I'm paying attention)

 

[tribdog]

I think we can just about conclude that the multi-author system, while entertaining, is not conducive to great literature. I have come up with a solution however. I'll write a story and send each of you your next improvisational line. You can simply cut and paste it where and when appropriate. I'll provide a list of exact times for you to be "improving."

 

[motai]

When this story first started, I thought this would parallel some of Anton Chekhov's works (thus the allusion). Then it got messed up somehow and then it turned into a "Wacky comedy meets formal physics textbooks" which makes it seem like it belongs in some sort of Physics-gone-wrong book.

 

[tribdog]

I think the problem is caused by ego. Every entry has a punchline, there is no set up. Nobody is willing to sacrifice their turn for the good of story, take one for the team, and become filler for the areas in between my posts. Selfish bastards. Who's wearing the pink ribbon around here?

 

[tribdog]

lol, wouldn't it be funny if I really was like that?
Dammit Gokul! Is that pink ribbon under your name? Didn't think so. Moonbear do you spell funny b-i-o-l-o-g-y? Know your place.