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...