Interactive story

topic posted Fri, February 15, 2008 - 6:49 AM by  Elusive Grace
I'm trying to gauge the interest level of an interactive story. I have some versatile characters that will fit into almost any situation, and I was thinking of having a sort of multiple choice setup where others can choose what happens next. Would anyone be interested?

If you want to read a little about the characters I'm planning to use, you can check out the story Trials of Naomi in the Dreamscape in my erotic writing livejournal: callousedsoui.livejournal.com/555.html
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Elusive Grace
SF Bay Area
  • Re: Interactive story

    Sun, March 2, 2008 - 10:58 PM
    Sure, i am interested. We used to write an interactive story every New Year's Eve. I like these characters.

    Have you read "Naked Came the Manatee" by Dave Barry and 12 other writers. It is a riot!
    • Re: Interactive story

      Mon, March 3, 2008 - 6:02 AM
      I meant more of a "choose your own adventure" style of interactive story, but a serial story sounds fun too! I'd have to introduce new characters for that, or maybe pull ones out of the character box that are less filled out. Naomi's been with me for a while, and like many of my characters, she tends to get cranky when I'm not writing her right. I shudder to think of what she'd do if I put her in a stranger's hands. :-) Bossy characters are the worst!

      How about a serial fairy tale? A naughty one, of course.

      I've added "Naked Came the Manatee" to my Amazon shopping cart. Can't wait to read it!
      • Re: Interactive story

        Mon, March 3, 2008 - 11:27 PM
        I certainly understand Naomi''s trepidation to be at the mercy of someone unfamiliar with her tastes and desires, much less with her limits and boundaries.

        It seems anything with multiple contributers requires new characters who can be freshly discovered.

        A choose your own adventure could get very complex; could threads be attached to threads previously unchosen? Boggling.
        • Re: Interactive story

          Tue, March 4, 2008 - 5:24 AM
          I think if we keep it to one of the choices each time it'll be more linear, though there is an appeal to trying the "true" choose your own adventure format. I think it might clutter up the tribe entries a bit too much, but I could probably do it in livejournal. "If you choose A, follow this link. If you choose B, follow this link." with each link leading to another journal entry.

          My current plan is to go with a linear storyline, if there's enough interest. People would vote for the next step in the story, and the result that has the most votes within a certain time frame, say, a week...would be the winner! It would be the American Idol version of "Let's Torture Naomi!" :-) I'd post here, and in my blog...and anywhere else that might want to play this kind of game, in order to get the most votes. (So far, you've been the only one to respond.) There are lots of options even just for the beginning, because Naomi comes in different "flavors", each identifiable not only by her behavior, but by the color and material of her nightgown, and the nightmare comes in different shapes and sizes as well (some of them are more campy villains than others :-). I have webpages for both, so those who are more into visuals would have something to go on.

          As for the other option, the serial story, I'm working on an intro, and should have something up this weekend sometime, if time permits. Of course, if someone else wanted to start us off, that'd be great, too.

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