> > I remembered doing something like DotA in year 12 Maths class. A friend of mine wrote "My Dog smells. It just keeps farting" on a piece of paper and handed it to me. What followed was an incredible journey for Martin's dog (authored by many) that ended up being called "The continuing Saga of Martin's dog"
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> > I was thinking that we could write a start to something like that and each author could name the one to write next .
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> > Tell me what you think.
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> > P.S Please don't kill people too many times, we found it very difficult to ressurect people in new and interesting ways after a few times. Sam and Dave could vouch for the difficulty of not repeating yourself.
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> The idea's been thought of. Check out Space Force Academy, RinkHorror, and a couple of other threads that never really got off the ground on this forum. But if you want to start a new story, go ahead. We agreed it's better to keep it to a paragraph or more at a time, though.
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> Brunnen-"and NO dream sequences!"G

I think most everyone who's read DotA has probably been inspired to *attempt* their own version, I know I have. One major element that was not included in the forum threads is simply the conflict of one writer/character vs. the other. At the end of each chapter, I could easily visualize Sam or Dave sitting back in their chair, folding their arms, grinning to themselves, and saying "Let's see you write your way out of this one." Then the thrill of reading how cleverly the other changed things around to their own favor (save for the dream sequence -it's a cop out).
In order to truly immitate it, I think that this element must be incorporated. Perhaps, simply by introducing your own character(s) and their quest/motivation/goal(s) to the other writer(s) before beginning. I would love to participate in something such as this with anyone else.

Tra "I forget which one of them wrote the dream sequence, but, in retrospect, they'd probably agree." nio