An Idea, but admittedly not a great one · 8:51am Feb 8th, 2014
“That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.” Ray Bradbury
So, what is this idea that I have? What amazing thing has laid the first glimpses of a waiting, and wonderful, form in my brain? Well... The idea I came up with is a simple one, but one that could be fun. I say it could be fun because depending on how it is done and accomplished is what will make it fun. Basically the idea spawned from something a group of web 'toons' sites did back in 2000. Basically, they created a story and each site which took part made a chapter for it.
It was a mess, but a fun mess to watch.
That said, this would end up being a sort of Round Robin story. Lots of fun, and each author would post a chapter - Along with it's chapter number and title - on their page. So, what could we write about? There are dozens of stories over the mane six. Don't get me wrong I like all six of them, but I feel that we could really explore some of the background characters. Maybe the connection between the stories might not be much more than an interaction between the focal characters in each chapter (One toward the end of the preceding chapter, and the other at or toward the beginning of the next chapter).
I wouldn't mind to do this, not in the slightest, and I may go ahead and bang out a beginning chapter for this. If no one wants to join in it can be a stand alone, but if anyone wants to try it out, then we can see where it will lead us.
Rules -
Okay, I'm not a stickler for any kind of rules. You want a human in the story, go for it. All I ask is that you give that small connection between the chapters. Something that helps give them the connection it needs. While I am suggesting mainly background characters if someone wants to write a chapter over one of the mane six, go for it. But give the connection to the previous chapter.
Okay, let's do this and have some fun doing it!
