Re: So, what do you think? swirlsofblueJanuary 22 2015, 18:34:19 UTC
You could always do both. Teams and individuals. Sounds like a perfect evil recipe *Cackles* ;D
I think people would drag their friends in. I have a few writerly friends who would probably enjoy being in a team together. Also people would be more able to manage to stay in for longer I think, because support systems, and people checking in with each other etc.
My best friend and I were really into horror, and in 4th grade we made a book of short stories. I think there were 6 total, 3 from each of us. We worked really hard on it, printed it off, drew a cover.. her mom took it to work and made copies. We distributed it to our whole class. I think they thought we were a little weird, but overall it was an excellent experience. I wish I could find a copy. I remember that the stories were very dark!
My love for words and books has always been with me. I started a fire in my bedroom once by placing a towel over my bedside lamp; I thought I could then read without my dad seeing the light. I was in the middle of reading Frank L. Baum's version of the Wizard of Oz and was so engrossed I didn't notice the towel smoking.
But my dad did. (Sigh) yeah... couldn't sit for a week, but then discovered flashlights.
I was always making up songs and rhymes and when I discovered the old typewriter in my closet it was over...
I wrote a book of pig jokes when I was a wee little tiny critter, like 4 or 5. I started writing short stories in elementary school - essay responses on tests, English assignments, whatever. I've always been a reader (started at age 3 and haven't looked back) so making my own stories just seemed natural. For me, the part of writing that's the most fun is just spinning worlds up and seeing where they go - with these parameters and these kinds of things going on, what sort of societies develop? How would people relate to one another if (_insert ridiculous concept here_)? What would it do to a person to actually have to deal with the physical reality of this trope, or that crazy situation, or...? That stuff is great fun for me.
I won a writing award in sixth grade for a poem I'd written about the woods around my childhood home. Like, assembly, called up in front of the school, my parents were there without me knowing, it was a big to-do.
Aside from a few creative writing classed, most everything I wrote after that was game-oriented, actually - mostly D&D campaigns. My wife says I put on a good story, usually as horrifying as I can make it, so hopefully that was all worth the time.
I would often get snippets of ideas that I'd add to a big text file, but it was Idol that forced me to flesh ideas out and finish them as cohesive pieces.
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Lj Idol: Teams mini-season?
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Or do you think the veterans would drag their friends in to play with them if everyone *knew* going in that there was a team element?
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I think people would drag their friends in. I have a few writerly friends who would probably enjoy being in a team together. Also people would be more able to manage to stay in for longer I think, because support systems, and people checking in with each other etc.
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But my dad did. (Sigh) yeah... couldn't sit for a week, but then discovered flashlights.
I was always making up songs and rhymes and when I discovered the old typewriter in my closet it was over...
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Aside from a few creative writing classed, most everything I wrote after that was game-oriented, actually - mostly D&D campaigns. My wife says I put on a good story, usually as horrifying as I can make it, so hopefully that was all worth the time.
I would often get snippets of ideas that I'd add to a big text file, but it was Idol that forced me to flesh ideas out and finish them as cohesive pieces.
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I seem to recall that the English Department in high school gave whipchick their usual award, and completely made one up for me our senior year! :)
(or maybe they made them both up! Memory is a big wonky on that one)
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