You know the stories that talk about someone falling back through time? Either a modern day girl named Kagome falls down a well and finds herself in a feudal era Japan plagued by magic and evil. Or there's a semi-modern girl who falls back even further in time and wants to find a way forward? I'm a little sick of them, to be honest and it got me thinking about time and how interesting it would be if someone fell forward rather than backward. I would like us to both double, I want this out of the way before we go any further. I also want three to four paragraphs per character so you should be giving me anywhere from six to eight paragraphs. When we're doubling, it shouldn't be hard to give two characters attention but I've seen people "double" when they're really half-assing one role and it's pathetic. And annoying.
So if you're capable and dedicated, please keep reading.
So this idea can go in a few directions and I've listed out the general ideas below, whichever you are interested in, is the one we flesh out together. I don't like throwing plots or roles at people and hope they like it. I'd rather make something with my partner so we're both happy and equally contributing to the story. A happy writer is a lot easier to talk to than one who is sour and soft spoken.
1. Set in modern day, two people fall forward into the future which can be sci-fi or cyberpunk or whatever.
2. Set in a historical era of our choice (I'm keen on American Civil War, the 1970s, 1990s, or possibly set in Japan or the UK) and our characters fall forward into our modern day. The historical era can either be tweaked with fantasy and magic, or not.
2.5 A slight different from the second thought in that it's not historic but actually pure fantasy from Earth but in an odd time between say dinosaurs and whatever else. Or it could be another planet or ambiguous.
3. Set in the slight future, our characters fall forward into a mix of fantasy and post-apoc, while I'm not a fan of post-apoc because either it's taken TOO seriously by crazy buffs or not seriously enough and people forget about the slice-of-life art of survival.
I'm personally drawn to 1 the most but that's just me. Any suggestions welcomed. I also don't care if someone plays the time travelers or the ones who meet them in whatever future but it might be better if we played one of each so no one is hogging the plot points. Again, another pet peeve of mine is when partners make their character the center of the story, make them whine about things and need constant attention and reassurance. I've been subjected to it more often than I'd care to admit...
So if you're capable and dedicated, please keep reading.
So this idea can go in a few directions and I've listed out the general ideas below, whichever you are interested in, is the one we flesh out together. I don't like throwing plots or roles at people and hope they like it. I'd rather make something with my partner so we're both happy and equally contributing to the story. A happy writer is a lot easier to talk to than one who is sour and soft spoken.
1. Set in modern day, two people fall forward into the future which can be sci-fi or cyberpunk or whatever.
2. Set in a historical era of our choice (I'm keen on American Civil War, the 1970s, 1990s, or possibly set in Japan or the UK) and our characters fall forward into our modern day. The historical era can either be tweaked with fantasy and magic, or not.
2.5 A slight different from the second thought in that it's not historic but actually pure fantasy from Earth but in an odd time between say dinosaurs and whatever else. Or it could be another planet or ambiguous.
3. Set in the slight future, our characters fall forward into a mix of fantasy and post-apoc, while I'm not a fan of post-apoc because either it's taken TOO seriously by crazy buffs or not seriously enough and people forget about the slice-of-life art of survival.
I'm personally drawn to 1 the most but that's just me. Any suggestions welcomed. I also don't care if someone plays the time travelers or the ones who meet them in whatever future but it might be better if we played one of each so no one is hogging the plot points. Again, another pet peeve of mine is when partners make their character the center of the story, make them whine about things and need constant attention and reassurance. I've been subjected to it more often than I'd care to admit...