A cooperative novel? (Writing game for any number of participants)

by Emilie van Damm
1st September 2016

The default setting in Q&As is "Recent". However, by clicking on "Popular", I came across this (the most popular thread ever on this forum, with 88 replies):

https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/question/view/192

It seems to have fizzled out some years ago, but I thought that I might revive the idea for a new generation of users on this forum.

NEW RULE: To prevent total hijacking, each entry may be a MAXIMUM of THREE (3) sentences!

Even when this thread disappears from the most recent page(s), please keep it in mind and return to it again and again. Let's see if we can write a novel-length work of beauty and originality! At least set a new record for thread length.

Obviously, styles will change. Genres may also do so. I will try my best to keep it from sliding into a Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter OR Twilight clone. (THAT's a gauntlet thrown down for some of you fanatics! This could be fun!)

p.s. If it's interesting, I'll ask others at La Gr@not@ if we can publish it. Prepare your CVs!!!

I'll begin:

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Aisha wiped the mud out of her eyes before plunging her head in the almost-freezing mountain stream.

"That Jon!" she muttered (filling her mouth with water, the rash girl), "He'll pay for this!"

Shaking her head caused myriad waterdrops to fly out from her long, red hair.

(to be continued...?)

Replies

"Did you think you could just leave me behind?"

"I knew you'd catch up," spluttered Jon. "There was no need for us both to slow down. We'd never get back to civilization before..."

"Let me dissspatch him for you," hissed a scrub python, slithering under her shoe and onto his neck."

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For clarification, aren't we in Europe. It might be important later for landmarks during the inevitable alien attack

Here goes

From her position stood in the tree, Aisha leapt beserker like to the ground and brought the fatal Austen shoe down on the head of the groggy Jon. However, a thorough soaking of zombie guts and a two kilometre jog had rendered the once feminine killing tool to impotent sound effect. 'Shcloppp' went the shoe.

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