Can We Collaboratively Write a Story?

[Mk]

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?

Yes, this is the fault of all story topics.

 

[Moonbear]

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.

How did you know that? Yep, right here in the dictionary I'm writing, it says so. I tried, I really did. I thought a self-destruct sequence would be good for several replies worth of disarming, but somehow instead of keeping her head and disarming the laptop, Valerie wound up getting hysterical, slipping on a banana peel and sending the cat flying into an oven! No hope there, so it seems the laptop was destined to self-destruct. I've seen very funny stories come out of attempts like this, but then again, it was with a group that included more writers than scientists. Maybe there's a reason we're all in science and not out writing bestselling novels?

 

[franznietzsche]

Maybe there's a reason we're all in science and not out writing bestselling novels?

Because the literature establishment is into promoting the status quo, stifling creativity, and trying to keep my ideas from the masses! I will prevail!

[/crackpot adaptation]

 

[plover]

From time to time, I did attempt to introduce structure in the first storyoid (appropriate transitions, actual recurring characters, etc), but, well, obviously you've seen how much luck I had... (not to mention that making more than a minimal pointer is impossible in 5 words)

 

[mahesh_2961]

entered into a parallel universe,where ...

 

[Gokul43201]

Moonbear, you destroyed my 'Skokie, Illinois' set-up. When I created the perfect platform for launching the brave and briliiant, paradox destroying, maiden saving hero, you chuck in the villain instead. Who's ever heard of a Dragana Tribdogovitch of Skokie, IL ? . She belongs somewhere in Russia or Siberia, conveniently positioned to kidnap the maiden, while the super-hero must cross the oceans in his quest for her. Bah !

 

[Artman]

entered into a parallel universe,where ...

Where the storyline gods fought to rule the destiny of the poor confused characters. Dragana Tribdogovitch saw this as an oppurtunity. Her lips curled in a sadistic lear. She could turn this to her advantage -- she knew she could -- but she could not do it alone. She needed...

 

[fomenkoa]

Where the storyline gods fought to rule the destiny of the poor confused characters. Dragana Tribdogovitch saw this as an oppurtunity. Her lips curled in a sadistic lear. She could turn this to her advantage -- she knew she could -- but she could not do it alone. She needed...

...a shape-shifting machine to be able to morph into the cat, that so often visited Valerie. With it, she could..

 

[Moonbear]

Moonbear, you destroyed my 'Skokie, Illinois' set-up. When I created the perfect platform for launching the brave and briliiant, paradox destroying, maiden saving hero, you chuck in the villain instead. Who's ever heard of a Dragana Tribdogovitch of Skokie, IL ? . She belongs somewhere in Russia or Siberia, conveniently positioned to kidnap the maiden, while the super-hero must cross the oceans in his quest for her. Bah !

Aww, shucks, I thought it was a good place for Dragana. Russia would be too obvious. She could have been sitting in a motel, on her way to wherever Valerie was.

 

[omicron]

Wow, I come back from my holiday after a week and I see the number of post go from 100 to 200. Thats exciting . But not so after you find out that your story was ended and a new one was started. Humph On the other hand, I was actually wondering when it would end before I left because it was kinda long. So I'm not pissed after all I think the new one was a great idea but as tribdog said "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."

 

[tribdog]

Am I the only one who caught that I was saying filler in between MY posts? trust me that is not a good idea

 

[fomenkoa]

OR we could actually continue the story instead of complaining