I can't wait to see what the hell an anti-personnel de-locater is. LOL
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Its wide open for you to add to it ...you cant do worse than me....and Mac and Whynot are there to fix anything we mess up...lol
I am also waiting for Dr Evil to show up and see what he has to add
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Nice! I'm glad Mutt decided to repost his part. I have to agree with Mac about your writing skills. The best part is, that the more you write, the 'better' you get. I can't say I'm a brilliant writer but I've read enough (or more than enough by some opinions) to know what parts I like and how they're written. The rest is just shuffling names, places, items, and spinning it all to fit with your idea. If you can see the pictures in your mind, it's just a matter of speaking about them. You can go back and edit or tweak the phrases to better convey your message but don't take away so much that it reads like a technical write-up. You have to leave some part of yourself in there or the character becomes a talking head.
To everyone else that's thinking about writing but they're afraid they're going to 'mess things up'. You can't mess it up, only make it more interesting! I had a friend who made a different movie for every birthday since he was 12 (camcorder was his present). They would take 3 bowls and everyone would submit a popular: Good guy, bad guy, problem. They'd then mix it all up, pick one from each bowl, take 15 minutes of brainstorming to rough it out beginning to end and then shoot! My personal favorite was Indiana Jones and the Soap Flakes in the 8th Dimension... Indy's washing machine was broken and he had to do a load of laundry but some strange Jamaican's kept trying to prevent him from going to the laundromat and trying to steal his box of detergent. Purpose of that ramble? That you can make just about any combination of ideas work! Granted a film made by a group of 15 year old kids wasn't going to sweep the Oscar's but it sure was entertaining to watch when I was in my 20's!!! So long as you keep it in the realm of zombies and survival, I'm pretty sure we can incorporate it, if not expand on it. Sure Frodo could have just rode the giant eagles straight to the volcano, but it wouldn't have been quite as interesting then would it?
So POST it, the magic is in the editing anyways
To everyone else that's thinking about writing but they're afraid they're going to 'mess things up'. You can't mess it up, only make it more interesting! I had a friend who made a different movie for every birthday since he was 12 (camcorder was his present). They would take 3 bowls and everyone would submit a popular: Good guy, bad guy, problem. They'd then mix it all up, pick one from each bowl, take 15 minutes of brainstorming to rough it out beginning to end and then shoot! My personal favorite was Indiana Jones and the Soap Flakes in the 8th Dimension... Indy's washing machine was broken and he had to do a load of laundry but some strange Jamaican's kept trying to prevent him from going to the laundromat and trying to steal his box of detergent. Purpose of that ramble? That you can make just about any combination of ideas work! Granted a film made by a group of 15 year old kids wasn't going to sweep the Oscar's but it sure was entertaining to watch when I was in my 20's!!! So long as you keep it in the realm of zombies and survival, I'm pretty sure we can incorporate it, if not expand on it. Sure Frodo could have just rode the giant eagles straight to the volcano, but it wouldn't have been quite as interesting then would it?
So POST it, the magic is in the editing anyways
Nice! I'm glad Mutt decided to repost his part. I have to agree with Mac about your writing skills. The best part is, that the more you write, the 'better' you get. I can't say I'm a brilliant writer but I've read enough (or more than enough by some opinions) to know what parts I like and how they're written. The rest is just shuffling names, places, items, and spinning it all to fit with your idea. If you can see the pictures in your mind, it's just a matter of speaking about them. You can go back and edit or tweak the phrases to better convey your message but don't take away so much that it reads like a technical write-up. You have to leave some part of yourself in there or the character becomes a talking head.
To everyone else that's thinking about writing but they're afraid they're going to 'mess things up'. You can't mess it up, only make it more interesting! I had a friend who made a different movie for every birthday since he was 12 (camcorder was his present). They would take 3 bowls and everyone would submit a popular: Good guy, bad guy, problem. They'd then mix it all up, pick one from each bowl, take 15 minutes of brainstorming to rough it out beginning to end and then shoot! My personal favorite was Indiana Jones and the Soap Flakes in the 8th Dimension... Indy's washing machine was broken and he had to do a load of laundry but some strange Jamaican's kept trying to prevent him from going to the laundromat and trying to steal his box of detergent. Purpose of that ramble? That you can make just about any combination of ideas work! Granted a film made by a group of 15 year old kids wasn't going to sweep the Oscar's but it sure was entertaining to watch when I was in my 20's!!! So long as you keep it in the realm of zombies and survival, I'm pretty sure we can incorporate it, if not expand on it. Sure Frodo could have just rode the giant eagles straight to the volcano, but it wouldn't have been quite as interesting then would it?
So POST it, the magic is in the editing anyways
Exactly correct. Anyone can participate. Come on in and join the zombie fun.
Ok- i think i have a contribution....the girl's point of view. give me a couple of minutes to get it caught up.
Nah...no monkey wrench...it was really good. I never thought the bike would be hers...nice touch!
Thanks- I hope technovaper joins in too- i bet she'll have some great ideas.
Hey, there characters are gonna vape aren't they?
Hey, there characters are gonna vape aren't they?
Not even close to a monkey wrench or as we like to call them 'creative opportunities'. You gave her a name, helped set up some potential interaction between her and Hiro (no one has written who exactly was riding where when they arrive ), and laid more foundation towards what her ultimate purpose is. And it wasn't really all that hard was it? You just put yourself in her shoes and wrote how you thought she'd react to the situation she was in! That's the greatest part of a collaberative story, you get to feed off other peoples stories which helps fill in blanks in your own and sometimes drives the story in directions you might not have thought of exploring. I'd call it a success!
), and laid more foundation towards what her ultimate purpose is. And it wasn't really all that hard was it? You just put yourself in her shoes and wrote how you thought she'd react to the situation she was in! That's the greatest part of a collaberative story, you get to feed off other peoples stories which helps fill in blanks in your own and sometimes drives the story in directions you might not have thought of exploring. I'd call it a success!If someone writes it into the story line there will be vaping...I was kicking around the idea of the southern town being in close to VA and the survivor exploring a mall and coming across one of Mac's kiosk's, but I never could get it to sound right when I wrote it out. I havent killed the idea yet, but trying to get the wording right.
I am trying to leave it alone for a little while to see if any of the others want to write a paragraph or 2.
I know we have plenty of members here.
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More mouths to feed and more 'man power' available means they could potentially take on a mall raid. Plus nothing says they had to be looking for vaping gear in the first place. If we want to get warm and fuzzy, they can come to the epiphany that vaping is better than cig's, but nothing says it has to be their first choice in the beginning...
D'OH! I just re-read Mac's post and he put her on the back of the bike. I guess they haven't had that conversation... yet.
D'OH! I just re-read Mac's post and he put her on the back of the bike. I guess they haven't had that conversation... yet.
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I just figured the vaping was a done deal and at least one of them already knew about it.
(and yep- stealing the story lines from someone else and twisting them is ever so much easier than writing from scratch hehehe)
(and yep- stealing the story lines from someone else and twisting them is ever so much easier than writing from scratch hehehe)
Yeah, but she was on the back 150 miles earlier...I dont think I made her on the back when they met the survivor
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Yeah- she jumped on the back. She hasn't told him it was her bike and may not tell him. I thought Hiro was still driving when they met the unnamed scientist with the cool weapon.
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I gathered she was still on the back from her being startled by the abrupt stop at the opening of your segment CES. I try to read from the beginning so I don't miss anything like that and have to work it in later and claim it was 'fore-shadowing'. I'm going to try and work in some introductions and get them started towards the medical center and possibly a mall along the way.
Yeah - it took awhile to write, because i kept reading back to try and make sure what i was writing was consistent. Looking forward to your next bit.
I'm loving the story so far ! I was thinking that one of our heros will have a MOD that s/he's made from an old spark plug or something (for his Mutt fire & ice e-juice...not for the other stuff I've heard you can use spark plugs for...). I may not be able to add to the story until the weekend, so I'll keep reading...and also - we may need a continuity plan to keep track of the back stories & mythology as it gets created!
(sorry...the project manager in me LEAPED out for a second there...)
(sorry...the project manager in me LEAPED out for a second there...)
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