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It’s a fairytale so we build it up like home-out-home
7 first posts are the ‘Home’ section, where we set up the story, we introduce characters, look at what our known Once characters are doing now with their extended family etc. Perhaps include a bit of coziness and the occasional Thanks Giving dinner at Granny’s. But also home is whatever situation they are in as we leave them in the last episode “There is no place like home” Here We also introduce our villains, but there must be a secretive factor about them so don’t reveal all their plans at once. We reveal what is going to be the obstacles for the heroes to overcome, and stuff happens that makes things worse for our heroes and they try to figure out what to do. Then something happens in the number 7 post that make our heroes go on the quest to set things right.
7 next posts are the ‘Out’ section, where we fight the big bads Cunfusius and Plot Devicius and their evil agenda (to tell bad stories and corrupt storyteller-witches like Adam Horrorwitch and Eddy Kisses perhaps?). Include magical sword fights, true love kisses and whatever you can think of. The 3 first of these posts must be trying to figure out a way to fight them but failing. The last post of the first 3, is the point of no return. The 4 last posts are fighting, winning and undoing the evil that these villains have cost.
The 3 last posts are the ‘Home again’ section, where our heroes are coming home, after having defeated the big bad (or not).. The three last writers has the final say on the end of the story, be it a happy ending or not.
(If you want more inspiration and a guideline for the specific point in the story that you want to write you could take a look at this webpage: http://www.movieoutline.com/articles/the-five-key-turning-points-of-all-successful-movie-scripts.html
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If a lot of people want to take part of telling the story we can increase the number of posts to fit, or decrease if we don’t have enough signing up. Adding posts to fit the number of writers, will be done at the little star- * (look below at the post numbers) But you have to sign up before Sunday 18th of May, the day we start. If we end up only being, say three people signing up, we will just take one section each. One person can sign up for no more than 2 posts, so if you want to write one of the first seven posts in the Home section, you can do that and also sign up to write one of the last posts. But if you choose to only write one post that is fine as well ofcourse.
Sign up instructions:
I have created ‘post-numbers’ or codes for each individual post, so everyone knows which post they are going to be writing before hand and hopefully it wont end up a giant mess.
Below are the post-numbers/codes of the posts you can sign for, write your name and the post-number of the post you want to write (remember you can choose to sign for one or two posts) you have to check that no one has signed for the post you want, before you choose. It’s a ‘Who ever comes first’ deal, so first to choose gets first pick. Some posts also includes the ‘pivotal moments’ where the writer has to take extra special care of what happens in the story, it must be something that reaches beyond hers or his post in what it means for the characters. Also readers of these posts that are going to write the following posts must consider these moments and try to include them and what they meant for the characters in their own posts.
1 home, 2 home, 3 home(‘pivotal moment’ the villains and their power can no longer be ignored), 4 home, 5 home,*, 6 home, 7 home(‘pivotal moment’ the hero/heroes chooses to go on the quest)
1 out, 2 out, 3 out(‘pivotal moment’ point of no return), 4 out, 5 out,*, 6 out, 7 out(‘pivotal moment’ Our heroes wins (or maybe they just think they won))
1 home Again, 2 home Again, 3 home Again End(before signing for this one look at (Ps:) below)
Ps: If a lot of people want to join in and write the chapter ‘3 home Again End’ and tell the ending of the story, then maybe we can figure out a way for more people to write that and not just one, so if ‘3 home Again End’ is taken but you also wanted to join in and write that, just say so in your sign-up post and we will try to make it work (but this only goes for the End post, the others are taken when signed for)
Example of a sign-up post- Grimmsistr:2 home + 4 out
Last thing to remember- This is just for fun, so let’s go play..
And if you feel a bit lost about where to start or intimidated by all these rules and stuff, don’t worry and don’t let it stop you. Sign up and we will roll with it together and figure it out along the way. This doesn’t have to be perfect, it’s just us having fun together.
And now its sign up time –