If a Meme Told Me to Jump off a Bridge, I Probably Would

[revena]

If you comment...

1. I'll respond with something random I like about you.
2. I'll tell you what song/movie/television show/book reminds me of you.
3. I'll name something we should do together.
4. I'll say something that only makes sense to you and me (or just me).
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you.
6. I'll leave you a quote that is somehow appropriate to you. (or maybe an icon or something, I dunno!)
7. I'll ask you something that I've always wondered about you. (or recently wondered. I've known some of you long enough that I've already asked the always wondered questions.)
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on your journal so you can do the same for other people.

Comments

[cavalaxis]

::still reeling from parthenogenic lizard aliens::

Shared world fantasy is one thing. World building something else entirely.

I think we should start one.

[revena.livejournal.com]

Well, but you have to build the world before you can write in it (not necessarily, I guess... You can certainly write and build simultaneously. But anyway!), so they're tangentially related, I'd say.

The lizards are called Gulgulga. And they're telepaths. And they live in "mated" pairs, and write love poetry to each other. I'm rather fond of them. (and also crazy, yes)

I so don't need any new projects, but I'd be game!

[cavalaxis]

Well, but you have to build the world before you can write in it (not necessarily, I guess... You can certainly write and build simultaneously. But anyway!), so they're tangentially related, I'd say.

World building relies on writing, it just doesn't necessarily have plot. A community wouldn't have to be restricted to one world (although we could certainly encourage interested parties to start and share "sister" communities of collaborative writing). I'm talking about giving prime examples of good world building (Dune, for instance) where the world is a character in and of itself. Of helping writers find that character and develop it.

The lizards are called Gulgulga. And they're telepaths. And they live in "mated" pairs, and write love poetry to each other. I'm rather fond of them. (and also crazy, yes)

Awww, love poetry writing lizards! ::edging away slightly:: (jk)

And if we started a world building community, we could do weekly posts to start discussion and then let writers ask questions about WB. We (you and I) could trade off weeks and we could pimp it all the writerly type communities on lj! It'd be awesome!

[revena.livejournal.com]

World building relies on writing, it just doesn't necessarily have plot.

Right. I was just saying that in order to create a sharedverse, you have to build a world, at some point. ;-)

I'm talking about giving prime examples of good world building (Dune, for instance) where the world is a character in and of itself. Of helping writers find that character and develop it.

So, help me understand what you mean here... What you want is a community for the discussion of world building, and possibly for sharing examples and/or running prompts/challenges/workshops? Something like that? With possibly "sister communities" that would be devoted to specific world building and sharedverse type projects?

[cavalaxis]

What you want is a community for the discussion of world building, and possibly for sharing examples and/or running prompts/challenges/workshops?

Yes. That.

With possibly "sister communities" that would be devoted to specific world building and sharedverse type projects?

Yes, if they spring up.

Maybe just a world building tutorial. There seem to be enough communities around the ongoing world-building process. So perhaps a series of posts outlining the process and things to take into consideration. I know everyone's process is different, but we could give some kind of structure to it. Kinda like the_lj_reboot.

[revena.livejournal.com]

In my very brief skim of the comms you link me, it looks more like they're designed for members to share ongoing projects with one another, rather than for a tutorial/prompt/challenge type format. So there might actually be some use in creating another community, if it would have a different focus.

Anyway, I'd be interested in helping out with whatever you decide to do... I don't think I'm a particular expert on world building or anything, but I have done it several times now, both on my own and collaboratively, so I've got a sense of what works and what doesn't, during the process, and a few different angles of approach that one can take...

[cavalaxis]

::ponders::

I so don't need another project right now. Let's backburner this and if it comes up again, maybe we can reconsider.

But it'd be really really cool, wouldn't it?

[revena.livejournal.com]

Yes, it would. But there's no harm in waiting a little bit.

[cavalaxis]

Okay there was this one... and this one... worldweaving has some awesome links. Wow, there's more than I would have thought out there...

Maybe a world-building tutorial...