I know there's an improve exercise where the group is given a topic, and everyone on stage takes a sentence from the last person to speak, elaborating on the theme.
Maybe we should do that, start a paragraph, and just add to it when we have time. Paragraphs can be long or short, snippets of dialog, etc. But they have to flow from the last one, and can drastically change the meaning of the work.
What do we think? Is this a workable idea? If we get buyin from the members of the tribe, I'll post the first topic and paragraph, and I'll try not to make it too weird. :-)
Maybe something like a kidnapping setup, or a mystery.
Maybe we should do that, start a paragraph, and just add to it when we have time. Paragraphs can be long or short, snippets of dialog, etc. But they have to flow from the last one, and can drastically change the meaning of the work.
What do we think? Is this a workable idea? If we get buyin from the members of the tribe, I'll post the first topic and paragraph, and I'll try not to make it too weird. :-)
Maybe something like a kidnapping setup, or a mystery.
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Re: Group writing
Tue, January 20, 2004 - 8:34 AMOkay Scott, sounds good to me. Would you like to start it? -
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Tue, January 20, 2004 - 10:31 AMSure, I'll start it tomorrow, and I'll try to come up with something interesting.
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Tue, January 20, 2004 - 9:18 PMHey sounds good to me - count me in.....I'll try to find a second in my hetic life to keep up and check in here. -
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Thu, January 22, 2004 - 8:36 AMYea, what Jen said......*tapping fingers on desk* we're waiting !!!! -
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Temporary Distraction From Waiting
Thu, January 22, 2004 - 8:52 AMWhile y'all are bored and waiting for Scott to begin, you can entertain yourself by adding to my interactive novel at InteractiveNovel.tribe.net.
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Re: Temporary Distraction From Waiting
Thu, January 22, 2004 - 2:21 PMSorry, I've been slammed with life. I'll try to get something out right now.
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Re: Temporary Distraction From Waiting
Sat, January 24, 2004 - 9:43 AMI post, and no one adds to it?
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Re: Temporary Distraction From Waiting
Sat, January 24, 2004 - 10:34 AMI am trying to think something up for my post, I don't want to add something bad to it. And I do appreciate it my friend. -
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Re: Temporary Distraction From Waiting
Sat, January 24, 2004 - 5:45 PMI understand. I was just kidding, anyway.
It's hard to 'kid' in text. I'll have to figure out a way to denote that.
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Re: Temporary Distraction From Waiting
Sat, January 24, 2004 - 5:46 PMyeah i have the same problem also.
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Re: Temporary Distraction From Waiting
Sun, January 25, 2004 - 7:10 PMI am having a huge problem coming up with something for this. I usually don't write anything about murder. -
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Re: Temporary Distraction From Waiting
Mon, January 26, 2004 - 4:46 AMMaybe it's not about murder. Maybe it's about something else. Maybe the murder is just a backdrop.
This is an exercise. Just write. Take one thing from my paragraph (maybe the mailman, or the coffeeshop, or a passer by) and run with it. Don't necessarily make it about what I wrote about.
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Re: Temporary Distraction From Waiting
Thu, February 19, 2004 - 7:07 PMScott, I am new to this tribe and I just added my two cents worth to the story that you and Jennifer started. Good point that it might not be about murder.
Read what I added and see what you think.
Bren
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Re: Temporary Distraction From Waiting
Sat, February 21, 2004 - 2:13 PMScott Sweet Heart,
I appreciate you and I did my part by taking up the story. Maybe you should just add to what I wrote and after a while, maybe others will do the same.
Thank you for a starting place.
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Re: Temporary Distraction From Waiting
Sat, February 21, 2004 - 6:17 PMI know, I've been thinking on what you've written.
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Re: Temporary Distraction From Waiting
Sat, February 21, 2004 - 7:01 PM
Scott, I hope you didn't mind the curve ball that I threw your way on the story.
Bren
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