A Real Story Thread - General Banter

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Re: A Real Story Thread
Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Tue Sep 27th at 3:25pm 2005

Every time I see one of those ridiculous 1 sentence per poster story threads that amount to nothing more than gibberish I wish that they were an attempt at a serious story with real persistent characters.

So, here it is. An attempt to start a real story thread. I hope a few of you out there who consider yourselves to be writers will enjoy the opportunity to share your talents with the rest of us. And I encourage the rest you to contribute earnestly and seriously.

If someone writes something irrelevant, just ignore the post and continue with the story. Eventually, we will come to the an end. Perhaps when we do we will have a short story or maybe a novel. Either way I will compile all the posts and put the composite here in the first post for all to read in its entirety.

When writing, feel free to introduce new characters as long as they make sense to the plot or the setting. Don't segue into a completely new story with new characters who live on a moon base if we've been talking about a man named Brian who finds himself lost in South America (for example).

I don't want to presume to start this thread since I'm not much of a writer. Perhaps Gollum or Tracer Bullet could post a reasonable paragraph to start off this thread, keeping in mind that we most likely have to mimic aspects of the initial post for the rest of the thread (for example... if the first poster decides to begin the story with an omniscient third person narrator, the rest of us should continue with it).

But, just to clear up any confusion, I'll try to write a sample post for you guys to get a feeling for what I'm aiming for with this thread:

Example:

"... He closed his eyes tightly and tensed the muscles in his arms to fight the vibrations of the armrests that kept him penned within his seat. He imagined he could hear the tiny plastic windows rattling, even though the plane seemed ominously silent at that moment. Everyone's breathing had apparently stopped, as their stomachs turned with each unexpected drop and jolt. They were in the last stage of their descent towards the jungle airstrip nestled in the valley between two sheer mountains that stood like resolute wardens. The combined weight of the four of them, including the pilot, didn't seem to be able to compensate for the humid tropical air that buffeted their flying metal coffin. In the last few seconds before the plane touched down, Brian couldn't help but imagine, in slow motion, how it would feel to die in this solitary sun-baked part of the world..."

Please excuse the crappiness of that paragraph. That is perhaps more description then is necessary, and of course whoever does start off the story will determine many aspects of the writing style, but that paragraph was just a demonstration of the type of serious writing I'd like to see.

So... someone who likes to write please start us off. Try to establish a few specific details, such as a central protagonist or location, but allow for some creativity on the part of the next writer.

Oh one more thing, if you do have suggestions in regards to additional rules for this thread, or changes to the current rule of 5 sentences minimum / no maximum, let me know. Nothing is set in stone, I just wanted to try out a serious thread, and haven't put extensive thought into its development or regulation.

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