I would like to start a new story thread with multiple writers.
I would provide the premise and the main characters.
Each writer could write for any of the characters, adding new ones as they see fit.
There would be no set plotline, but no one could kill off a main character or create a romantic
involvement with the agreement of the other writers.
Please don't double post or deliberately contradict another writer.
We can have a lot of fun with this writing adventures for our characters.
I would also ask that they refrain from including supernatural, magical, myhtological or occult characters.
These have an unfortunate tendency to devolve into which one has the most magical powers or special abilities.
If you are interested in writing here for fun, please post.
O.k. count me in apparently I'll write about anything ;D
It has begun........ ;D
See the Woodland Road.
I'll give it a whirl as well but I'm not real quick on the draw. I may not be able to write until next week. But we've got some dismal weather here in the next few days so maybe that will provide me with some time to write. ;)
I love to write, so if you will have me, I would like to join you all. :)
Alrighty, fellow writers, I'm going to try to come up with something tonight and post it for you by noon tomorrow. Thanks for your patience!
we're clicking right along.
The story is looking great ! :)
Alrighty, I'm taking it that it's my turn to post on the story next. Kind of busy tonight but will try to come up with something tomorrow eve and have it posted by noon Saturday.
If I'm going to participate in this story I need to know that my turn to write will be honored. If others want to go at it in a more free-for-all manner, that's fine and I'll bow out. I'm a busy person and if I take time to come up with a post, it's disconcerting to log on to discover that someone else has continued the story in the meantime, making what I've come up with obsolete. I even made a post here saying that I perceived it as my turn and gave myself a time limit for posting. At this point I can't give this any more of my time and thus am passing on my turn. You all carry on and I'll pipe up when I have time once again to add to it. However, I would appreciate some clarity on when it is each person's turn to post so this doesn't happen repeatedly.
Tremayne, I am sorry if you are upset over the fact that i went and posted in the story. I did not see your post here in the thread. I have been gone the last few days dealing with some personal health issues. i came on tonight, and thought that i would try to put aside the health issues i am dealing with right now, and focus on writing a bit. I am sorry if i offended you.
I did not realize there was some order of when we are suppose to post. i just knew i had not posted in a few days and thought maybe i was holding evreyone up, and like i said i was trying to unwind and focus on pleasant things.
I have removed my last post from the thread.
I don't think anyone here is trying to be acrimonious. But everyone should have their turn at writing.
I know I sometimes need a little time to write something I feel is good enough to post.
It is probably best though if we post in a certain order and give each writer some time to post,
mundane life being what it is for many people.
If someone's turn comes up and they don't post
within a week, would you all agree that they could be skipped then?
Lady Amy, there was no need to delete your post. As I said, there's now no time for me to come up with one anyway so I've passed on my turn. Obviously this is an issue of poor communication among the writers. I'm willing to go along with Dona Catalina's rule stated above that we give a person a week to post (which is generous) and if they don't then it defaults to the next person's turn. I was assuming we were taking turns in the order that people joined the story:
Dona Catalina
Lady Christina
Tremayne
Lady Amy
To give y'all some perspective, I work all day on a computer and thus try to limit the time I'm on a computer otherwise. So I don't sit here to come up with a post but rather sit in a more comfortable chair, often shortly before I go to bed. Kudos to you who are able to be creative in an office chair. :D But please make room for those of us with a different method. As I've done up to now, I'll always let people know when I'll post by when it comes my turn so you don't have to wait a whole week if I don't see an opportunity opening up within a few days. I do enjoy creating so hopefully that won't happen often.
I completely understand using this site as an escape from anxiety over health issues--or as the only thing one is capable of doing due to health issues since that is how I initially found it and began interacting on it years ago. Here's hoping your health improves.
I am in total agreement with both of you have had to say. I agree with the idea that if know one posts within a week's time then to assume they are not posting.
I think the story is going good so far, and look forward to what ideas everyone has for the charcters in the future.
ok....so whose turn is it now?
I think I lost track.
I'm skipping my turn, so it's Lady Amy's turn. At least in my perception of things ;)
Ok. Apparently it is now Lady Christina's turn.
Ya'll have a good weekend.
Yep, it is Lady C's turn. I'll be gone for a couple days having some tests done.Be back mid week.
Have a great weekend and week everyone !
:)
I hope your testing goes well, Lady Amy. I see it's my turn now. I've had a busy weekend and have a busy early part of the week ahead. I'll try to post some time Wed.
The deed is done. The way is open for Lady Amy to contribute when she returns.
Tomorrow is the week cutoff. If Lady Cristina doesn't post by midnight Friday, I would say its time to skip to the next person.
go ahead and skip sorry It's been really busy this week so tremayne go right ahead and post
Ok, I'll try to post by Monday. Busy weekend ahead.
Quote from: Tremayne on April 03, 2009, 02:20:18 PM
Ok, I'll try to post by Monday. Busy weekend ahead.
Definitely busy weekend coming up for me too.
I can understand if none of us get time to write this week with faires starting, Easter around the corner, spring cleaning, etc..
This will just give us all more time to think of some good plots for the story !
have a great weekend everyone !
I'm assuming that if Christina doesn't post by the end of the day today that I have license to post tomorrow. --Not that I've figured out what I'm going to post yet, but I'm hoping not to have to wait til the weekend.
Sounds good to me. :) I'm anxious to see what is going to happen to Cressida, and Daniel and Miles. The story is coming along well. Great job everyone ! :)
started something last night--hope to finish and post by the end of the day tomorrow ;)
I will try to write either tonight or tomorrow. :)
Hoping to add to the story tomorrow. Just need to find time to write my ideas down.
It occurred to me while writing this last post that I don't have a good fix on what Cressida looks like. Miles I think of having dark brown hair and eyes and being a little on the tall side of normal, but not towering. Cressida I think of being a little on the tall side and long-limbed but I'm totally undecided on hair or eye color. What have others been imagining for her?
Miles, i would deffinitely put as tall, dark and handsome. Dark wavy hair, brown eyes, very tall.
As for Cressida,here is my idea:
Cressida I would say is tall also. But being that she has been quite ill, i would put her as being very slender, being to the point of being a bit too thin.
I would have her as fair complexion, but due to her illness she looks very pale.
As for hair color...hmmm..... maybe dark burnette or dark auburn.
Eye color...perhaps Hazel.
Some excellent writing in that last post Tremayne. I could almost feel the anger in Miles, and was almost cheering him on to slug Daniel. I love Miles pledge to Lucinda.
Great writing! I feel honored to be writing with both you and DonaCatalina.
Ok, sounds like Amy and I were seeing Cressida in a similar way--long-limbed, maybe exaggerated by being thin from illness. I like the idea of hazel eyes with flecks of green and I too was waffling between brunette and auburn. Dona Catalina, did you have any notions contradicting these?
And thanks for the compliment, Amy. I enjoy writing the posts so it's good to know others enjoy reading them. It's all about having a good time! :D
Quote from: Tremayne on May 03, 2009, 06:30:07 PM
Ok, sounds like Amy and I were seeing Cressida in a similar way--long-limbed, maybe exaggerated by being thin from illness. I like the idea of hazel eyes with flecks of green and I too was waffling between brunette and auburn. Dona Catalina, did you have any notions contradicting these?
And thanks for the compliment, Amy. I enjoy writing the posts so it's good to know others enjoy reading them. It's all about having a good time! :D
I was kinda leaning towards dark hair for Miles and Cressida. I saw her as a thin and very pale skinned.....sort of a Welsh type. Hazel eyes would fit with that.
I will write in the next day or two. Playing around with a couple of ideas in my mind.
Lordy, turn my back for a few hours and look what happens! :D
LOL ! ;D
I did a little research online about broken ribs. It takes a good month under the best conditions to become comfortable. And coughing or sneezing in the early stages prolongs this. So I'm assuming Cressida will be staying with the monks for a good long while. I propose we make her stay there a side story and have the others get on with their business of ensnaring the person behind the plot to kidnap Lucinda and thereby deprive these young people of a good chunk of their inheritance.
sounds good. :)
I know what I want to write but the time to write it is eluding me. Leaving for TNRN tomorrow and too much to do in the meantime. I'll get on it when I return.
Enjoy your weekend and Happy Mothers Day ;)
have fun at faire!
We'll be at Scarby this weekend.
I'm so jealous of the two of you getting to go to faire this weekend. :( :) ;) My homefaire does not start till July. Both of you have agreat time at faire this weekend , and happy Mother's day ! :)
Just for clarification ;), I don't mean to imply that Faith is particularly martial, butch or naturally has a suspicious personality. But this experience has made her guarded--all the more so because Lucinda doesn't seem to be.
I'll try to get my head around something....but it may not be until next week since tomorrow is Faire day at Scarby.
No problem ! Have a great weekend at faire ! :)
Good! You've taken another potential item off my long list of things to do this weekend :D
Have a great time at faire!
LOL ! :)
My imagination seems to be at a low ebb but I'm going to try to get something up tomorrow--however slight--so we can move on.
Okay, so it was so slight I managed to get it up tonight. ;D
Still, at last Rob got a speaking part. ;)
I did a little bit of writing. I tried to show the readers abit of Daniel's and Robert's personality, and perhaps a little bit of the relationship that they and Lucinda had together growing up.
I also added a bit of excitement, along their journey ! Perhaps whoever hired Miles and his men in the first place to kidnap Lucinda , has hired more men to stop Daniel and Miles ffrom finding him. Just a thought !
Have a great weekend everyone ! Happy Memorial day ! :)
How would they know that Miles had gone over? All his fellow outlaws are dead or with them?
Quote from: DonaCatalina on May 24, 2009, 08:50:46 AM
How would they know that Miles had gone over? All his fellow outlaws are dead or with them?
Good point ! That is true. Well, toss that idea out the window ! :)
So i guess then that they were ambushed by a bunch of petty thieves .
Then again, one possibility could be that unbeknown to everyone, that someone at the monastery is in cahoots with the man who hired Miles gang to do the kidnapping.
Another thought is that maybe Miles and his gang were suppose to deliver Lucinda to the man who hired them to kidnap her and when Miles and his crew did not show up, he ( the guy who hired them ) figured they ratted him out and sent men after them.
Okay, I added a few lines to what i wrote to explain why they got ambushed and who the ambushers were.
Also showed how much Daniel cares for his brother and sister and that he is committed to protecting them, cause they are the only family he has left. :)
Well, fellow writers, I find myself now in the same situation as Christina. My job does not appear as secure as I'd hoped and I need to look for a second one or a replacement. So life is getting complicated and it's hard to find the time to write or truly turn my mind creative endeavors. The practical aspects of life reign for now. Carry on and enjoy. When I'm feeling settled and ready to indulge my imagination again, I'll stop by and ask when it's best to step in.
Happy writing!
Tremayne
You wiil be missed my friend. Good luck with the job hunting.
Quote from: Tremayne on May 31, 2009, 02:17:28 PM
Well, fellow writers, I find myself now in the same situation as Christina. My job does not appear as secure as I'd hoped and I need to look for a second one or a replacement. So life is getting complicated and it's hard to find the time to write or truly turn my mind creative endeavors. The practical aspects of life reign for now. Carry on and enjoy. When I'm feeling settled and ready to indulge my imagination again, I'll stop by and ask when it's best to step in.
Happy writing!
Tremayne
I'm sorry to hear of your troubles. I hope you don't join the 15.7 million jobless people. You are welcome to jump back in at anytime. You know that I enjoyed your work. Best of luck with your job.
But as an aside, I guess we can also open this story to anyone who wants to join. The guidelines are not very extensive.
My creative flow is at low ebb. I don't think I'll be writing for awhile.
no problem. when you are ready to write again, let me know. :)