New Chain Story?

[penguindance]

 

[Chicklet]

first chapter

Do we want the first chapter to actually be the introduction? I mean, should the desciption of the party and the people in it be the first chapter, or should it only be a few paragraphs that each of the authors can cut and paste or rewrite into their chapters? I'm game each way.

As for the first erotic chapter, I am thinking it should be a rather "straight" one, an erotic coupling where Adam has boring (well not boring...just...plain) sex with maybe his wife. Another spin that someone could write in addition that that chapter would be where another man or woman goes home with Adam to help him pleasure his woman.

Other than the first descriptive chapter, if that happens to be what the first chapter turns out as, the order the stories falls in seems to be unimportant. Anyone disagree?

Chicklet

 

[penguindance]

 

[penguindance]

Re: first chapter

 

[Chicklet]

vanilla

when i say vanilla i mean the best tasting french vanilla you've ever had, baby!

 

[penguindance]

Re: vanilla

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Okay, here's PLS taking charge a bit, I have the need to organize, what can I say?

I just read through the entire thread, and here are the people who have committed to wanting to write.

Svenskaflicka -- interracial/gay guy (ROFL), group, nonhuman
...
Is there anyone else out there who would like to add their names to this list?

PLS, just what do you mean by that ROFL?

If anyone doubt my talent for writing gay sex, I have only one thing to say: In the Shower!!!

 

[JUDO]

Vanilla with a twist will always work.

Sex with his wife, but maybe she doesn't wanna or doesn't think he's capable or doesn't like his penis any more.

Then, quite by accident, he rises to the occasion.

The accident could be he has a back ache and takes his father-in-law's (who's visiting) viagra instead of Advil.

And of course, being threated by his dominating wife and feeling insecure, he usually sleeps on his stomach, which is, after the pills, quite impossible.

Difficult to ignore a stiff cock in a double bed.

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I like the alternate pathways. Maybe it is ground-hog day and he needs to please his wife before he can wake up at home.

Start with him passed out on the couch at the party. This is where he wakes up each time to the same scenario where he is aware of it being the same thing again, but trying to make it go different each time. As a result, a new adventure.

By the way, who is this guy? Is he rich? poor? middle class? well-dressed? jeans? biker? blue collar? ???


- Judo

 

[Svenskaflicka]

Confession

OK, I confess... the only reason why I like gay male sex is because it's twice the amount of gorgeous men to drool over, and no bootyliscious girl to be jealous of!

 

[Weird Harold]

Are we all straightened out now? I don't think we are going for anything sci-fi here, simply a series of stories for alternate ways the night could have gone.

The "alternate ways the night could have gone" makes it a "Sci-fi" or fantasy scenario. Not all Science Fiction and Fantasy needs to have rayguns and aliens or magic spells and elves -- or even a "science fiction" explanation for why the trip home keeps repeating.

Of course, that doesn't preclude any author from adding aliens or elves if they want to, but the basic stories will be "Last night in the big city" and include normal everday encounters.

For instance: The beginning would introduce our dear character, Adam, and tell the story of the party.

Do we even need to "tell the story of the party?" I like Judo's idea of him waking up on the couch as the party breaks up as the starting point for each episode. A one paragraph setup explaining that he'd had a long day and the party was boring so he nodded off somewhere -- couch, host's bedroom, chaiselounge on the patio, etc -- wuld be all that's needed. It doesn't really matter where or why he fell asleep at the party, just that he wakes up in time to go home.

Then we would start in with the first of the scenarios. From the time Adam decides it is time to leave the party, that would be the first chapter, written by one of our writers.
The next chapter would start over again at Adam leaving the party, and would be a different scenario for what happened.

Just a thought for a time frame -- he wakes up at the party at midnight March 31, and each episode ends at midnight April 1 -- the year isn't important, and using Groundhog day is a bit trite. April Fool's Day is a good day for weird things to happen to someone and enough explanation to justisfy the Sci-fi/fantasy premise.

I think Judo's suggestion that he needs to make something happen -- satisfy his wife or whatever -- is probbly going to limit the individual stories too much by requiring them to return to a specific scene as well as start with one.

Does that make sense?

Of course it does. Now get to thinking about which chapters you want to write, and let's get this thing pulled together.

One point: If anyone is up to it, there is nothing inthe chain story format that prevents someone from writing more than one chapter. In fact if this chain story is going to cover the complete "survivor challenge" range of stories -- one chapter for each category at Lit -- then you sould probably plan on each author taking more than one chapter.

Re: Lesbian -- Perhaps he's kidnapped by lesbians and tortured by being forced to watch what he can't have? (just a dumb idea to get the juices flowing. )

A suggested outline for the setup chapter:

Adam Milligan wakes up just as a boring party he was forced to attend is breaking up. His wife/ride has already left so he has to walk home.

He leaves the party, and walks into a foggy night to make his way home through nearly every section of town.

As he walks through the suburban neighborhood where the party was held, he sees peple in lighted windows, and/or teenagers in parked cars and wonders what it would be like to join in. (Each point where he wonders about joining in is a decision point for the following stories.)

His path takes him past a large Mall and several strip malls and small shopping centers -- some of which contain businesses that are still open -- a special all-night sale at the Big Mall maybe? -- presenting other possibilities for decision points -- does he stop to browse through the mall or stop into a business to warm up?

From the mall district, he has to pass through a seedier part of town where prostitutes, drug dealers, and other unsavory elements congregate in the late night darkness. Is he brave enough to rescue a damsel-in-distress? Does he succumb to the slaes pittch of a prostitute or drug dealer? How about that sleezy strip club, doesn't it look warm in there?

He walks on, passing through the business district. Perhaps he sees a light on in theoffice building where he works and stops in to find out why some sexy secretary is working late? Maybe there's some celebrity checking in to a posh hotel in that district and helping with a dropped bag leads to something more than an autograph.

Finally, just after dawn, he walks through the park to his own high-rise apartment building, one of several that line the park, and encounter neghbors and strangers he's lusted after starting their daily routines. Is his wife at home sleeping (does he even have a wife?) and is she alone?

The first story can them take off into his "real life" sexual adventures for the rest of the day -- a sweet reconciliation with a wife, waching the lady in the next building shower or sunbathe, or whatever "nilla" diversions Chicklet wants to provide him. (assuming she writes episode one.)

The first story ends at midnight with him wishing that his life was different and he wakes up as the party starts breaking up ....

The last story should probably end with him thinking his life isn't so bad after all.

 

[penguindance]

 

[penguindance]

 

[JUDO]

With the "he has to satisfy his wife", I was looking for a bookend for the tales. Sort of like what "Groundhog Day" had for it's ending - he finally gets it right.

If not that (and I'm certainly not married to it), how can we end the series without it seeming like we just stopped because we ran out of authors?


- Judo

 

[Weird Harold]

I hate to disagree, but no it's not. It's the same story told several different ways. There's nothing science fiction about that!

Not for any single episode, no. When all the episodes are combined into a single combined story, it becomes a "what if" scenario and "what if" is the basic premise of Science Fiction and Fantasy.

Posting each episode as an independent story would remove the "alternate reality" aspect of the combined story -- and thus the Sci-fi aspect -- because they wouldn't need to be linked together with some plot device.

It's really all semantics in that respect and you can think of it as an "occult" or "fantasy" if you dead set against Science fiction.

Judo,
I understand what you're saying about needing to "wrap up" the combined story neatly, but I was trying to steer things away from copying "Groundhog Day" too closely -- or any particular movie or book, for that matter.

Tying the resolution of the combined story to one place or person will result in a "looping" story line -- where each episode has to start and end in the same places. I think Chicklet had a "branching" storyline in mind when she proposed this -- each story starts in the same place but goes whereever the authors want from the chosen decision point.

The "I wish my life were different" endings I proposed in the outline above, would give everyone more freedom to branch out and omitting the wish would end the story. (that pre-supposes we can agree on what "category" will satisfy our hero so he doesn't wish his life was different.)

Of course, the story could always be left open-ended so it can be resumed at some point in the future by a new group of authors.

 

[penguindance]

 

[Don K Dyck]

Story Board

The "alternate ways the night could have gone" makes it a "Sci-fi" or fantasy scenario. Not all Science Fiction and Fantasy needs to have rayguns and aliens or magic spells and elves -- or even a "science fiction" explanation for why the trip home keeps repeating.

Of course, that doesn't preclude any author from adding aliens or elves if they want to, but the basic stories will be "Last night in the big city" and include normal everday encounters.




Do we even need to "tell the story of the party?" I like Judo's idea of him waking up on the couch as the party breaks up as the starting point for each episode. A one paragraph setup explaining that he'd had a long day and the party was boring so he nodded off somewhere -- couch, host's bedroom, chaiselounge on the patio, etc -- wuld be all that's needed. It doesn't really matter where or why he fell asleep at the party, just that he wakes up in time to go home.



Just a thought for a time frame -- he wakes up at the party at midnight March 31, and each episode ends at midnight April 1 -- the year isn't important, and using Groundhog day is a bit trite. April Fool's Day is a good day for weird things to happen to someone and enough explanation to justisfy the Sci-fi/fantasy premise.

I think Judo's suggestion that he needs to make something happen -- satisfy his wife or whatever -- is probbly going to limit the individual stories too much by requiring them to return to a specific scene as well as start with one.



One point: If anyone is up to it, there is nothing inthe chain story format that prevents someone from writing more than one chapter. In fact if this chain story is going to cover the complete "survivor challenge" range of stories -- one chapter for each category at Lit -- then you sould probably plan on each author taking more than one chapter.

Re: Lesbian -- Perhaps he's kidnapped by lesbians and tortured by being forced to watch what he can't have? (just a dumb idea to get the juices flowing. )

A suggested outline for the setup chapter:

Adam Milligan wakes up just as a boring party he was forced to attend is breaking up. His wife/ride has already left so he has to walk home.

He leaves the party, and walks into a foggy night to make his way home through nearly every section of town.

As he walks through the suburban neighborhood where the party was held, he sees peple in lighted windows, and/or teenagers in parked cars and wonders what it would be like to join in. (Each point where he wonders about joining in is a decision point for the following stories.)

His path takes him past a large Mall and several strip malls and small shopping centers -- some of which contain businesses that are still open -- a special all-night sale at the Big Mall maybe? -- presenting other possibilities for decision points -- does he stop to browse through the mall or stop into a business to warm up?

From the mall district, he has to pass through a seedier part of town where prostitutes, drug dealers, and other unsavory elements congregate in the late night darkness. Is he brave enough to rescue a damsel-in-distress? Does he succumb to the slaes pittch of a prostitute or drug dealer? How about that sleezy strip club, doesn't it look warm in there?

He walks on, passing through the business district. Perhaps he sees a light on in theoffice building where he works and stops in to find out why some sexy secretary is working late? Maybe there's some celebrity checking in to a posh hotel in that district and helping with a dropped bag leads to something more than an autograph.

Finally, just after dawn, he walks through the park to his own high-rise apartment building, one of several that line the park, and encounter neghbors and strangers he's lusted after starting their daily routines. Is his wife at home sleeping (does he even have a wife?) and is she alone?

The first story can them take off into his "real life" sexual adventures for the rest of the day -- a sweet reconciliation with a wife, waching the lady in the next building shower or sunbathe, or whatever "nilla" diversions Chicklet wants to provide him. (assuming she writes episode one.)

The first story ends at midnight with him wishing that his life was different and he wakes up as the party starts breaking up ....

The last story should probably end with him thinking his life isn't so bad after all.

Hi All, Gee Harold, I like this set up that you are developing . . . it gives structure AND individual freedom.

 

[penguindance]

 

[WillowPuss]

What is taken and what is left?

I am just a tad worried about letting the side down, so to speak.

 

[Chicklet]

taken?

Well, personally, I would not object if more than one person wanted to write a similar subject chapter, for instance, if two people wanted to write what happened if Adam had a nonconsent adventure. All I would have to say is don't make it with the same person as the other story.

So far I believe NonHuman, Gay Male, Nonconsent, BDSM, Erotic Couplings, Group Sex, Interracial and Lesbian have been called...so if you want to write one of those, go ahead, but it won't be the only one.

Chicklet (still working hard on ideas)

 

[Dj_Maximus]

What is taken and what is left?

I am just a tad worried about letting the side down, so to speak.

Here's a partial list so far...

Chicklet -- nonconsent and lesbian
Svenskaflicka -- interracial/gay guy (ROFL), group, nonhuman
DJ Max -- Celeb, Exhibition, Audio
Willow Puss -- BDSM
and PLS is gonna fill in where neccessary.

Hope that helps

 

[Couture]

How about this?

Adam is at a party. He goes up to a girl and tries to pick her up.

She says, "Sorry baby, but I'm in love." Kisses her friend.

Dejected from being shot down, Adam goes to the coat room, to find his coat and leave. He puts it on and stands in front of a large ornate mirror. He primps.

"God, I wish I could find someone like that who loves me."

The image in the mirror swirls and he sees a form. "Done," it says.

"What the hell?" Adam makes like a tree and leaves. He goes home and goes to bed. When he wakes back up, he's in front of the mirror, saying "God, I wish I could find someone who loves me."

"Done," the mirror says.

So starts his adventures until he finds someone who loves him.

 

[Chicklet]

couture i love the idea! i, however, am very bad at writing things like that...anyone else have an opinion?

chicklet

 

[Dj_Maximus]

What do you mean?

What do you mean writing like that?

The part that repeats?

I like the idea...sorta like the mirror is a picture into his future?
He is entranced by the mirror, and when he reaches his "destination" he finds himself in front of the mirror again?

Is that it?

 

[Chicklet]

...that way...

I feel like, in that situation, I would want the character to remember each reality. I would rather start out with a blank slate, with my character untainted by the other stories, and able to mold him in whatever form I wanted.

 

[Dj_Maximus]

I like the original plan myself....

With each scenario giving him a different option...one person creates an option of two possible decisions...then when he/she chooses to write one scenario, another author can write the other scenario...

Is that it?