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| kuthiani | Tips on good writing. | 2 | Apr 3 2010, 5:14 PM EDT by Jackhorse | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 21 2008, 1:10 PM EDT
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Don't know if anyone will give the time to read this, but it's something I try to abide by.
1.) Your characters need flaws. It's so incredibly boring to read about characters that can "do anything they want to". 2.) Your characters need goals. All actions have a reaction. All reactions have a chance to make a new action. It's also incredibly boring to just have your character wait for something to happen. 3.) Don't waste time on useless titles. Ex: "I pulled out my double-barreled missle launching scoped scattershot/slug optional grenade launching cybo-arm brand .333 mega rifle and prepared for the invasion." (although it's ALRIGHT to show the importance of a certain item or weapon, nobody wants to read about how awesome it is. It makes your character more powerful than they need to be.)
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| chezmonkey | Problem | 5 | Feb 21 2010, 2:00 AM EST by IanKaplan | ||||
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Thread started: Jan 20 2010, 9:51 PM EST
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On my computer, it is all cut off at the edge, and there is no horizontal scroll bar. How can i read it now?
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| humanroach | story idea (page: 1 2 3 4 5 ... last page) | 124 | Jul 17 2009, 9:50 PM EDT by zombiehunter14 | ||||
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Thread started: May 14 2009, 10:54 PM EDT
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I have a great idea for the next community story. the problem is that im not a writer, but i do have a great plot, and i would like to submit it to you so you all can develope it. here's the plot:
a fanatical enviromental group who specializes in enviromental research of lots of things also secretly does viral research. they develop a zombie virus and plan to infect humanity to stop global pollution. they also have created a vaccine for the virus but its only effective to prevent infection. they have given it to selected members of their group to preserve themselves and a "higher human race" (they think). the only thing in their way is zombie survivor fanatics. they dont want us preserving humanity and civilization through the zombie outbreak. so they begin assassinating members of ZSDW. many of the members are killed and noone notices but when SKIPnCHURCH is killed it draws the attention of the rest of the survivors because SKIP made a last minute warning post. but SKIP doesnt go down without a KICKASS gun fight. now the members of ZSDW (John123 and 3DA leading the group) are investigating SKIP's misterious death and discover the evil plan, but not in enough time to stop it. now ZSDW has to deal with the ZED, evil tree hugger group, to steal their vaccine to vaccinate themselves and the rest of humanity before all hope is lost. what do you think?
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| womule2005 | community story | 1 | Feb 3 2009, 4:05 PM EST by IrishHitman | ||||
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Thread started: Feb 2 2009, 10:10 PM EST
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i like what you've done with this. i've read part of it and it sounds great. wish i had you talent. im just now starting a hobbie of writing stories. not good at it. when i get on a roll i come up with some good stuff, but usually i SUCK! kudos on the story. cant say how impressed i am.
P.S. could you give me some pointers on writing? I really want to do it and I've got some really amazing stories in my head, but i cant write.
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| Crashr | Um... what? | 0 | Dec 31 2008, 5:44 PM EST by Crashr | ||||
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Thread started: Dec 31 2008, 5:44 PM EST
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Richboy, this page is closed. You need to post this on the Community Story 4 page. If this is the date of the initial outbreak, then say so at the top. Also, if this is unrelated to the rest of the story, you need to make your own page. Don't post it here. Could you also use paragraph breaks and quotation marks? It's insanely hard to read in it's current format.
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| cj002 | Official community story thread. | 11 | Oct 20 2008, 8:16 PM EDT by cj002 | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 19 2008, 3:33 PM EDT
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Okay so this thread is for adressing overall problems with the story. Also any important information that will change the outcome of the story but is not evident in the text should be posted here.
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| Crashr | About the new pages | 3 | Oct 18 2008, 12:15 PM EDT by Crashr | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 18 2008, 10:46 AM EDT
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Now that we have some of the story on page 2, should we delete the moved parts on page 1? i just want to get conformation before i do this.
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| Nexus_Oblivion | Theres a new community story page | 2 | Oct 18 2008, 10:47 AM EDT by matt_will | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 18 2008, 2:30 AM EDT
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Okay I have copied all the stories from after xombiez first introduces his character Calvin(you can see the big writing indicating what I did).
It seemed like a good place to start the new page seeing as the characters from the writers meet with eachother for the first time. I still left everything as it was for now so no one wonders what just happened! I moved them into the page called "Community Story Part 2" which can be found in the community story page If your aware of this just post something here so I know everyone is aware of the change. And if you can post a link that leads to the part 2 page from this page that would be great.
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| cj002 | PLEASE READ ME!!!!! | 16 | Oct 17 2008, 11:07 PM EDT by cj002 | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 5 2008, 5:54 PM EDT
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Okay so in order to make my contribution I needed to know some things and scince none of you were taking action I made some executive decisions. Note; if someone has an issue with the following spaek up and I will make changes accordingly.
1. The story takes place in Bowman, TN 2. The school is Ridgefeild High 3. The initial chase of the hazmat van occures at 10:45 a.m. this time very well could conflict with other parts of the story so if it cuases a real problem please notify me. Also our number of characters is getting a little high and we dont want the story to get confusing so if you have ideas for a part but it dosnt really tie in until later feeel free to write most of it as a separate story then provied a link on this page.
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| Crashr | New Character | 1 | Oct 17 2008, 10:43 PM EDT by cj002 | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 15 2008, 8:11 PM EDT
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Hey guys, i just added a new character and added my own piece, and i was hoping to get some feedback. Maybe some stuff to do or not to do. Any suggestions would be helpful
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| xombiez | The life of the story | 3 | Oct 13 2008, 4:36 PM EDT by xombiez | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 13 2008, 12:48 AM EDT
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Alright, so for the last week or two, Nexus_Oblivion and i have been carrying the main lines of the story on our shoulders. Kuthiani and AgEnT_GrEEn have really good writing styles and i'd love to see some more of their work. So, if either of you would like to pitch in soon, that would be great. Nobody really wants to touch other peoples characters so much, and everyone likes the way the story is going. Nexus and I can only pump out so much at a time, and this story could use a little variation.
Now, on to some of the other people posting pieces. The side info and such is great, and it adds a nice reprieve from the main storyline, but i think maybe some things should be checked back at. Some of the story information may be conflicting with what we have going on here, so just read back and make sure your information is solid, Thanks.
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| AgEnT_GrEEn | A map along with other suggestions | 7 | Oct 11 2008, 10:25 AM EDT by matt_will | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 3 2008, 5:33 PM EDT
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I think a map of the town would be great...A lot of books have at least a map; It helps the reader with mental imaging....I think the map should be placed in a special gallery along with other art pertaining to the story as to me, it warrants some drawings or images for characters and other things based upon the author's descriptions of them.
Also, What's the name of the Town, or is is a Backwater town that nobody knows the name of? Maybe we should come up with a name for it or just call it Backwater or something. In addition, I think some times, e.g, 5:54pm should be placed throughout the story so people could know when the events occured since in reality people would have watches and would check the time upon occasion. Any other suggestions for the story should be placed here....By the way, it's coming along really well...Let's keep up the good work!! :)
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| kuthiani | Theories about the story... | 6 | Oct 4 2008, 3:54 PM EDT by kuthiani | ||||
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Thread started: Sep 24 2008, 9:13 PM EDT
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I have decided that I would like to hear your theories as to what you think is going on in the story...
-What's this business about a chemical spill? -Why does Keith have pictures of Jessica? -Who is Dean? -Where did the Jamaican man come from and why? Of course you can post theories on any of these but they are just examples. Post theories about anything =]
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| Nexus_Oblivion | Okay a really really crude floor plan of the school grounds | 3 | Oct 4 2008, 12:31 AM EDT by Nexus_Oblivion | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 4 2008, 12:24 AM EDT
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Okay here is a map/floorplan of the school for our community story, this is a supposedly detailed floorplan I made because Agent Green had me thinking about maps. Its not the greatest thing but it is a start. If you do have time I suggest that you either save this image and edit it or design a new school map/floorplan and post it here. Just remember to add things from other peoples stories so it coincides with their story. Such as the Vocational Building in kuthiani's story or the buildings xombiez used to get to the school (which I didnt). When we all agree on the final design of the school then we can use that. For now here is my 20minute design.
Note: I do not now how small a 1A school is (this was mentioned in kuthiani's story) so it may be too big.
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| Nexus_Oblivion | Any Criticism/things to improve for my story? | 8 | Oct 3 2008, 6:35 PM EDT by cj002 | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 1 2008, 7:43 AM EDT
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I figured I should do this because looking over my story, it isn’t exactly coherently constructed (it isn’t understandable and flowing properly). If theres anything any of you do not understand or that doesn’t make sense. Post it here or message me and I’ll see if I can fix it. I really enjoy writing these stories but I do know there are some problems, so post anything that I can do to improve my story.
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| xombiez | Sorry for that | 1 | Oct 3 2008, 12:08 AM EDT by Andering_J_REDDSON | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 2 2008, 9:11 PM EDT
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on my part, a very stupid mistake. i mistook "steve" and "Mr Andrews" for two different people. i remedied it, and some spelling errors. if anyone sees a problem with grammar or anything, i'd prefer it if you let me know instead of just fixing it, in case something either goes wrong or it's a mistake.
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| Mercob | Good story... | 1 | Sep 23 2008, 4:02 PM EDT by kuthiani | ||||
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Thread started: Sep 13 2008, 2:32 AM EDT
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heeps good story, i think Kuthiani and a few ppl have a knack for writing... just one thing which i have to agree with sabiture is keep the number of characters down unless they all meet up in the end which could be an advantage to the reader :)
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| ww3sabiture | there are to many people | 0 | Jul 5 2008, 6:22 PM EDT by ww3sabiture | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 5 2008, 6:22 PM EDT
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keepthe number of people down it will help you in the long run
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| Andering_J_REDDSON | Can't contribute... | 1 | Jun 29 2008, 10:07 PM EDT by ww3sabiture | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 23 2008, 12:39 AM EDT
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But I intend to FOLLOW the story as time p[ermits.;)
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| cjoatey | Awesome! | 0 | Jun 26 2008, 5:59 PM EDT by cjoatey | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 26 2008, 5:59 PM EDT
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This is awesome, i would contribute, but i would wreck this awesome storyline. keep it up!!!!!!!!1
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