I decided to try experiments with my writing. I tried different things from poetry to co-operative writing. However, getting together with others and agreeing on a set story course was too close to the way I normally write to feel different (damn split personalities ^_^), and poetry comes to me only occasionally when my muse decides I need a bop on the head to clear out the clutter. There is a big difference when writing in a round robin forum. In a co-written story you haggle things out, brainstorm together, agree on a course, and then write your tale, but I wanted to see if a different strategy would work. People adding to the story in a round robin had no clue where it would finally lead and no control about what came next other than to write it. I decided to give it a chance. I have seen round robin stories attempted and more often than not they lose momentum because no one has been inspired. The way I set it up there was no set plot to follow. I was hoping this would keep the muses on active duty.
I started it on the Paperpusher's Message Board fan fiction forum as well as the Daria Punks. I got spectacular, and spectacularly different, results. The ppmb posts slowly became three different tales, while the DP one became a psychedelic crossover mad fevered dream. They were wonderful, each in their own way. I plan on posting them all eventually but decided to start with the ones from the ppmb.
This was my challenge: My warped little brain has devised a plan. I challenge those among you who take quill to paper to the following: Take this scene and run with it. Each new poster adding to the tale until it has grown too large and homicidal for us to control properly. It is of course to be a Dariaverse sort of tale but characters, Mary Sues, crossovers, and bizarro-land plots are entirely up to each poster. If someone has responded, take up where they left off. Try and follow the basic rules of grammar and spelling for the plain fact that it annoys the hell out of most people to see a story written that is a walking talking grammar don't. I beg of you though, please no damn complaining when someone mixes up to too two, or spells a couple words wrong. At least they have taken the time to try and that is all I care about at this point.
This story is in need of more writers. If you feel inspired by this and want to take up and write some to it you can find an ongoing copy at the ppmb - http://paperpusher.simplenet.com/bforum.mv in the fan fiction forum. You can also simply e-mail me at thea_zara@yahoo.com or look for it at www.xanga.com/shadowself