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Established: 2021-04-21

  • Long-term roleplay
  • Descriptive writing
A space for fans of descriptive, long form roleplays of all genres to meet and greet one another
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Idea Exchange

ErikAtlas

2021-04-24 05:24

I guess the best ideas of a story come from "what if" questions. I know the basis for BEDLAM came from the strange question "What if the Bedlam Demon was in an item that travels from story to story?" Notice, I never ever saw Chadwick tramping through, and wow if I micromanaged the story, he wouldn't have. We ended up with the Agent drama, the nearly ignored Anthro world, Ancient rivalries, and the horrible villain Gregory Payne DYING.

One thing leads to another in the better opening questions. I ran into a group on You Tube that does dome deep analyses on movies - specifically blockbusters. Wildly successful films and tragic stinkers - they go through and zero in why its a success or why its a bomb. Filmento

Avengers Endgame — How to Craft the Perfect Ending

Why Infinity War Worked and Justice League Failed

Transformers 5 — How a Filmmaker Destroyed a Franchise
They show some basic things like the contract you set up with your reader/viewer and how to make that pay off. Of course we have a complex beginning - I also have a contract with my player(s) and want them to enjoy or get off or both. AND have readers after get it, love it, read it.

The whole channel is amazing - helped me fine tune some things like answering the question on a character level "What does Atlas Want?" That might not be a simple thing to answer and after looking at it, I decided it BETTER be simple or no one will like it.

Good resource, funny, and actually saved me the time of watching some really bad movies to see why they ended up box office disasters.


AgentJamesMason

2021-04-28 10:08

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Excellent resources to take our writing to the next level! Thanks for sharing, Atlas!


AgentJamesMason

2021-04-23 10:19

Encourage folks to post their ideas/requests for their favorite long-forms here!