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forkingfic2019-02-15 10:26 pm
oldtoadwoman) wrote in forkingfic2019-02-15 10:26 pm
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let's fork!
I feel like these posts should be members only (with perhaps the longest fork being a public post if people so desire?), but for now I'm making this one public so it can serve as an example.
Remember, don't contradict a fork. If you don't like something, start a new fork. You can write in more than one thread. You can write more than once in the same thread, but you cannot write directly onto your own last comment. Remember the goal is to PLAY WITH WORDS and not get uptight about getting the ending you want or having a polished final product.
All comments must be fic! If for any reason you need to make a comment that's not part of the story, mark it in brackets or something so it's obviously not part of the story. Like maybe: [Hi. In my last comment, I typed "lose" but I meant "loose".] But generally try to avoid any non-fic replies or it will get really confusing.
Comment over on the brainstorming post about what you like and dislike about this process so we can decide the rules for the next one.
If the story never forks, we have not failed. If the story forks multiple times and we have seventeen contradictory stories, we have not failed. Accept that this is a hot mess before we even start!
I'm making up this first one without input just because I feel it's easier to just do it rather than keep trying to explain what I mean.
Remember, don't contradict a fork. If you don't like something, start a new fork. You can write in more than one thread. You can write more than once in the same thread, but you cannot write directly onto your own last comment. Remember the goal is to PLAY WITH WORDS and not get uptight about getting the ending you want or having a polished final product.
All comments must be fic! If for any reason you need to make a comment that's not part of the story, mark it in brackets or something so it's obviously not part of the story. Like maybe: [Hi. In my last comment, I typed "lose" but I meant "loose".] But generally try to avoid any non-fic replies or it will get really confusing.
Comment over on the brainstorming post about what you like and dislike about this process so we can decide the rules for the next one.
If the story never forks, we have not failed. If the story forks multiple times and we have seventeen contradictory stories, we have not failed. Accept that this is a hot mess before we even start!
I'm making up this first one without input just because I feel it's easier to just do it rather than keep trying to explain what I mean.
the first experimental ficI'm going to call an end to this one Sunday night (Feb 24th, USA) unless people are still actively posting (or sooner if people aren't actively posting).(All rules are bendy.) [EDIT: first bendy-rule adjusted, no end dates needed.]
imaginary bonus points for working these into the story:
apricot, ice, chartreuse,grandmother✔"Coffee!" she demands without so much as a please or thank you.
She doesn't wait to hear the price and shoves a handful of coins across the counter. One of the coins is a U.S. nickel. Two are British shillings, oddly shiny given their age. He doesn't recognize the other coins she's handed him, but at least one of them appears to be solid gold.
EDIT: I just realized we don't have a title. Maybe this time we'll come up with a title at the end?
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