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Okay, BORED NOW
Wonder how an LJ round-robin story would work? Let's see: if I post the beginning of a story here, anyone who felt the urge to continue it could post a comment, and anyone continuing that story would reply to that comments, and so on.
So ... why not? I think the only rules (so far) need to be:
1) Reply to the comment whose story you're continuing, so readers can read a story easily without searching around too much (I know, if it branches, it branches).
2) You can write as little or as much as you want, make it fanfic or original fic, silly or serious, contemporary, historic, fantasy, SF, prose, comic, poetry, whatever. Just to see what directions it can go. If it's teh_pr0n or graphic violence, warn and hide it with span tags so people can read at work or skip it if they're not into it, or whatever. (<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #000000;">your text goes here</span>)
3) ETA2: A question brought up here asks about claiming characters: yes or no? I rule no, just because it takes longer for the story to be written if you have to wait for the next person. So feel free to write any character anyone comes up with. If the person who created it doesn't like the way you're taking it, they are free to write their own responses - it's OK to have more than one branch to the story (I think seeing the different ways the story could go is interesting :D).
i.e.: John Doe writes segment A. Jane Doe writes segment B, branching from A. John doesn't like Jane's direction, so writes his own segment B. Richard Roe comes through, likes both of them, and writes two different segment Cs, one for each segment B. And so on.
Feel free to ask for clarifications, etc. in the comments.
This might turn out good, or might fall flat. We'll see. :D
That being said, let me start with something reasonably generic and vague that can go in a number of directions...
(ETA1: 3 responses at the moment, and I'm loving the different ways it's gone already. XD)
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There was, of course, a library, a proper library, with shelves packed tight with leather-bound books carefully lined up at the edge of the shelf. There was, of course, someone walking through the aisles, echo of footsteps muffled by the paper and leather, searching for the right book. The figure stopped, bent to examine one of the lower shelves, then pulled out a book and opened it, flipping hastily through the pages, then stopped at a page a little more than halfway through the book.
"Aha. This is it."
So ... why not? I think the only rules (so far) need to be:
1) Reply to the comment whose story you're continuing, so readers can read a story easily without searching around too much (I know, if it branches, it branches).
2) You can write as little or as much as you want, make it fanfic or original fic, silly or serious, contemporary, historic, fantasy, SF, prose, comic, poetry, whatever. Just to see what directions it can go. If it's teh_pr0n or graphic violence, warn and hide it with span tags so people can read at work or skip it if they're not into it, or whatever. (<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #000000;">your text goes here</span>)
3) ETA2: A question brought up here asks about claiming characters: yes or no? I rule no, just because it takes longer for the story to be written if you have to wait for the next person. So feel free to write any character anyone comes up with. If the person who created it doesn't like the way you're taking it, they are free to write their own responses - it's OK to have more than one branch to the story (I think seeing the different ways the story could go is interesting :D).
i.e.: John Doe writes segment A. Jane Doe writes segment B, branching from A. John doesn't like Jane's direction, so writes his own segment B. Richard Roe comes through, likes both of them, and writes two different segment Cs, one for each segment B. And so on.
Feel free to ask for clarifications, etc. in the comments.
This might turn out good, or might fall flat. We'll see. :D
That being said, let me start with something reasonably generic and vague that can go in a number of directions...
(ETA1: 3 responses at the moment, and I'm loving the different ways it's gone already. XD)
======================================================================
There was, of course, a library, a proper library, with shelves packed tight with leather-bound books carefully lined up at the edge of the shelf. There was, of course, someone walking through the aisles, echo of footsteps muffled by the paper and leather, searching for the right book. The figure stopped, bent to examine one of the lower shelves, then pulled out a book and opened it, flipping hastily through the pages, then stopped at a page a little more than halfway through the book.
"Aha. This is it."