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Collaborative storymaking


Taking a little break from stuff I wrote in the past, this is something I wrote with my writing club just yesterday.

The premise is that everyone starts a story, then passes it along to the next person after 5 minutes, until it goes back around to the original person. This is the cool wacky formatted story that I started. Note that only the underlined text was written by me, and a \ symbol indicates a change in writer. Also the line spacing is weird, idk why.

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Enter all complaints below:

“I hate springtime, I think we should get rid of it” (Anonymous)

“Daylight saving time doesn’t make any sense” (Anonymous)

Note. Anonymous complaints have been disabled, to prevent spam.

“I dislike that the complaints board has removed anonymous complaints” (John Complaint)

Note. Using a false name will result in a permanent ban

\

“The staff are abusing their authority over the complaint board to manipulate public opinion” (George Roberts)

“I feel unsafe in the office. George was here yesterday and now he’s gone.” (Jessica Stallings)

Note. Don’t bring up missing staff or pay checks will be cut.

“You made the complaint board something to complain about, why are you silencing us?” (Kevin Barnes)

“We should be able to talk freely.” (Marcus Williamson) 

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A sudden glitch occurs across all device, when it returned to normal, many people were removed.

Note. George Roberts, Jessica Stallings, Kevin Barnes, and Marcus Williamson were removed due to a violation of community guidelines.

“Something is wrong why are all the previous messages black out.” (Chester Dram)

Note. Black out text is a result of a server bug don’t worry user 5007894 we’re trying our best to fix it

“They really are trying to silence us all” (James White))

“How long will it take to fix the server bug?” (Brian Williams))

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Note. Stop using the complaint board as a chatroom. This is for complaints, not questions or discussion. The board will be locked for 24 hours for better regulations to be set

 

 

Complaint board Version 2.0


“The punishments doled out to James White and Brian Williams were not harsh enough” (Steve Smith)
Note. Thank you for the complaint. Your feedback is appreciated
“I think the day 1 board should be removed, as not to give a negative opinion of the staff to new users” (Chester Dram)
Note. This will be carried out. Your feedback is appreciated.
“Help.” (Help Me)
Note. Invalid complaint has been removed.
“As there are no more valid complaints to be made, this complaints board is unnecessary.” (The Staff)
Note. This is true. Your feedback is appreciated.

 

Corporate horror wasn't my original intention, but I love where this was taken. Reminds me of some SCP Foundation writing.

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Usseewa

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Holy dystopian I love it!

Hmmm lies

Posted

This is all part of my recent obsession with telling stories through in-universe material. I might write something like this full-length some day

Usseewa

Posted

Just now, Hmmm lies said:

This is all part of my recent obsession with telling stories through in-universe material. I might write something like this full-length some day

OHAHHWNENDNDNMEKEKKW

sorry omg omg 

u just sent a burst of excitement through my brain

 

basically just cuz i love that idea

ive even done some!!!!!!!!

like email chains, transcriptions, and text messages!

Hmmm lies

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1 minute ago, Through The Living Girl said:

OHAHHWNENDNDNMEKEKKW

sorry omg omg 

u just sent a burst of excitement through my brain

 

basically just cuz i love that idea

ive even done some!!!!!!!!

like email chains, transcriptions, and text messages!

That's so real, it's quite fun I think

For some reason I really like "corporate" and "cold" documentation and stuff. Though adding human elements is just as fun sometimes.

In fact, I just had a cool idea... but i'll explore it more later

Usseewa

Posted

write it down so u don't forgor it

also u wanna see them? read my early entries in my blog (#shamelessplug)

like this

https://www.17thshard.com/blogs/entry/1309-20251231/

the first one. "A Chat Between Friends" is the text one.

 

also u inspired me with ur msg board corporate thingy.

 

i love this. by this i mean us writers on the shard inspiring each other :3 earlier, I inspired Verde and then he inspired me and now ur inspiring me and yah

 

actually my ones weren't that good lol

 

I'ma make a new one soon

and the Medium will be a forum.

hehhehehhee

Hmmm lies

Posted

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Girl said:

write it down so u don't forgor it

also u wanna see them? read my early entries in my blog (#shamelessplug)

like this

https://www.17thshard.com/blogs/entry/1309-20251231/

the first one. "A Chat Between Friends" is the text one.

 

also u inspired me with ur msg board corporate thingy.

 

i love this. by this i mean us writers on the shard inspiring each other :3 earlier, I inspired Verde and then he inspired me and now ur inspiring me and yah

 

Seems nice, although while I like writing short, I could never imagine writing that short lol.

Verdance

Posted

4 minutes ago, Through The Living Girl said:

write it down so u don't forgor it

also u wanna see them? read my early entries in my blog (#shamelessplug)

like this

https://www.17thshard.com/blogs/entry/1309-20251231/

the first one. "A Chat Between Friends" is the text one.

 

also u inspired me with ur msg board corporate thingy.

 

i love this. by this i mean us writers on the shard inspiring each other :3 earlier, I inspired Verde and then he inspired me and now ur inspiring me and yah

 

actually my ones weren't that good lol

 

I'ma make a new one soon

and the Medium will be a forum.

hehhehehhee

How did i inspire you?

——

wait this is fire actually. What if you and a friend drew like, a piece of paper with scribbled notes back and forth on it, would that work?

Usseewa

Posted

4 minutes ago, Hmmm lies said:

Seems nice, although while I like writing short, I could never imagine writing that short lol.

sigh...

yes, I write short. That's part of my thing. Because I just can't write long.

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Grass said:

How did i inspire you?

——

wait this is fire actually. What if you and a friend drew like, a piece of paper with scribbled notes back and forth on it, would that work?

You inspired me when I inspired you.

You know when someone does something and either you've been wanting to do it or you realize you do? Like... I inspired you to write something and you did and that inspired me to write in general? Or made me wanna write?

also wdym it's fire. The text one with Z and C? Or the forum idea? Or were you talking about Lies' one? Oh yah i think the latter

Verdance

Posted

Just now, Through The Living Girl said:

sigh...

yes, I write short. That's part of my thing. Because I just can't write long.

You inspired me when I inspired you.

You know when someone does something and either you've been wanting to do it or you realize you do? Like... I inspired you to write something and you did and that inspired me to write in general? Or made me wanna write?

also wdym it's fire. The text one with Z and C? Or the forum idea? Or were you talking about Lies' one? Oh yah i think the latter

High praise, i really appreciate that!

Usseewa

Posted

oh also i'd love to see more like this lol

"Corporate Horror"

Hmmm lies

Posted

6 minutes ago, Through The Living Girl said:

oh also i'd love to see more like this lol

"Corporate Horror"

Corporate horror is honestly one of the more disturbing genres of horror for me because it feels more "real", more "possible". In my piece, it was never supposed to be too realistic, just creepy, but yours is more relevant it feels like, which adds another layer of horror.

Anyway, sure, although my next project probably won't be, I'll probably make more of it eventually since it's so well received.

Usseewa

Posted (edited)

4 minutes ago, Hmmm lies said:

Corporate horror is honestly one of the more disturbing genres of horror for me because it feels more "real", more "possible". In my piece, it was never supposed to be too realistic, just creepy, but yours is more relevant it feels like, which adds another layer of horror.

Anyway, sure, although my next project probably won't be, I'll probably make more of it eventually since it's so well received.

yorp ("yep")

I had an idea for a Technological Horror called "Black Box" that was about ... stuff :3

 

unfortunately if my writing sucks then I can't do what I want lol

but that's part of why I write so short

Edited by Through The Living Girl
Hmmm lies

Posted

1 hour ago, Through The Living Girl said:

unfortunately if my writing sucks then I can't do what I want lol

but that's part of why I write so short

Being good at short-form stuff doesn't mean you're a bad writer. Being able to tell a story in so few words is actually difficult in my opinion. I'd say having issues with long-form writing is more of an endurance thing, it's difficult to keep writing good for so long.

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