Following the (runaway) success of the haiku train (well done Caleb), I thought we could try to do something similar in the fiction section. It might turn into some kind of bizarre PG novel.
But how many words per person? 100 would be too many I think? Maybe 50 is also. 25?
Any thoughts.
Might be fun.
C
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Pseud and I have sort of taken it and run, we are now at shop entrance!
Character needs establishing quick smart me thinks!
Pseud and I were also discussing the fact that tangents are inevitable, how can we make this a worthy project and not a fly by night sort of affair?
Communication perhaps. That may well null the flow, but tangents can be awful things.
Character needs establishing quick smart me thinks!
Pseud and I were also discussing the fact that tangents are inevitable, how can we make this a worthy project and not a fly by night sort of affair?
Communication perhaps. That may well null the flow, but tangents can be awful things.
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Whilst I agree with Cam's comment:
"Try not to go down cul-de-sacs. Remember that others have to follow on from what you write."
There is a possibility of the Novel becoming predictable, there should be some room for improvisation? That's what makes it fun!
Although obviously going off on wild tangents will make it disjointed, and perhaps unreadable, therefore Pseud your last suggestion sounds like good one.
"Try not to go down cul-de-sacs. Remember that others have to follow on from what you write."
There is a possibility of the Novel becoming predictable, there should be some room for improvisation? That's what makes it fun!
Although obviously going off on wild tangents will make it disjointed, and perhaps unreadable, therefore Pseud your last suggestion sounds like good one.
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When I said 'new threads', I meant when we get 'simultaneous' replies, we could start off the last as a new 'parallel' post, instead of ignoring the first, as happens in the haiku.
If we discuss it, then spontaneity is lost and it could become too contrived.
I suppose it all depends on the anticipated outcome of the exercise - Is there one? Is it just to let things flow or to hold onto the reins. Would a fifty word piece lead to an inescapable cul-de-sac anyway?
Barrie
If we discuss it, then spontaneity is lost and it could become too contrived.
I suppose it all depends on the anticipated outcome of the exercise - Is there one? Is it just to let things flow or to hold onto the reins. Would a fifty word piece lead to an inescapable cul-de-sac anyway?
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You make a very good point Kris. Holding tightly to the reins may make the novel predictable/dull. However, going off piste may cause it to fragment and fall apart. Therefore, we need a balance of the 2. Both angles can be accommodated, I'm sure.
Kris - you can be in charge of the surreal.
Cam
PS I've moved this into Prose Discussion so others can see what's going on.
Kris - you can be in charge of the surreal.
Cam
PS I've moved this into Prose Discussion so others can see what's going on.
Not a stereotype as such, rather schooled in dastardly Nazi mind-control technique - I was hoping for a sort of latter day Dick Barton type of thing - with links to past events.
Are we going down the serious path, or tongue-in-cheek serious (like your cockney Micky Mouser)?
The Raven.
Are we going down the serious path, or tongue-in-cheek serious (like your cockney Micky Mouser)?
The Raven.