Modern Fantasy Readers and Writers discussion

Suggested rules for bar scene posted tomorrow. Please email me any thoughts you have.

I am not a big fan of rules when it comes to working with characters in this type of an open format. My experience, however, is that we have to have some basic ones.

Every other day, starting today, I will post an incident that happens in the bar. After two days people should leave constructive feedback for each other. (The other board I did this on was a bit easier as you could reply to just part of a post-but we will see how it works).

The first person to post has the most freedom, as they get to spend a couple paragraphs using the incident to develop their character.

Each next post should work on developing their character, but if the previous post had an action they have to build off of that action-so it becomes kind of a serial posting.

For example:
The situation could be:
"A drunkard stumbles in from the street. His clothes are dirty and shredded showing sweat stains around the neck and armpits. What's left of his white hair is ratted and standing on end. The man is mumbling incoherently.

The bum stops in the center of the bar, his eyes roll back in his head and the mumbling takes on a rhythmic quality. "Aghmenon, terrenon, aghmenon, suldmaine, aghmenon, terrenon, aghmenon, suldmaine!"

Heat errupts throughout the bar as the man's body becomes flame, clothes and hair consumed as the fire pours over his skin."

My post could be:
Mikhail leans back in his chair and watches as the Efreet walks to the bar and orders. It has been years since he last saw one of the guardians of Ra, this was an opportunity he could not miss out on.
Mikhail checked his wards, double checking his fire ward.
The bar tender stood back from the Efreet, but served the fire beings order without a second thought. It would be good to note that the "Rusted Blade" was a tavern where you could make those special contacts you might not find elsewhere.
Mikhail approached the Efreet, when the flaming head turned and said, "Mikhail, you are not welcome in these parts. Return to your realm and do not attempt to contact us again." Mikhail checked his fire ward again, to be sur.

Darius grasped the empty mug of ale in before him, afterall there might be a drop or two of nourishment left in it. He never knew the next time someone would take pitty on him and buy him a mead. After being banished for 11 years he was in no position to have the Phoenix Guard find him breaking that banishment.

Or something along those lines. . .

The only rules I think we should utilize are:
Keep it to under 3000 characters (you can always do some work on your own)
No killing each other
No all-powerful powers (this isn't a D&D game you're trying to win)
Feedback must be constructive-while not necessarily all of it positive, it must seek to provide assistance

I am to assume that each new entry will be a shift to the POV of the character each author is writing about?

MAD

Yep, each new entry can be in whichever PoV the writer wants to put it in.

Jason wrote: "I am not a big fan of rules when it comes to working with characters in this type of an open format. My experience, however, is that we have to have some basic ones.

Every other day, starting t..."

Just seeing how this works for replying to each others work.

Jason wrote: "Jason wrote: "I am not a big fan of rules when it comes to working with characters in this type of an open format. My experience, however, is that we have to have some basic ones.

Every other d..."

So it posts it at the bottom, that is a bummer.