Valar Guild's Guild-Wide Story
How-To
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Links below are for writers, spoilers otherwise.We'd be glad to have you volunteer.
Background
Synopsis
Main Plot
Sub-plots
Dramatis Personae
Setting: Places
Eonwe-(Valar)
started and coordinates this project. To contribute, email him.
This is the way it works:
Eonwe began the story and emails the next person to write
the next part. The list for the next person is random and contact will be
made by email from Eonwe, preference given to volunteers. (Volunteer now!)
Each person is given one week to send in his entry. That entry will be posted
to this web page by Varda
.
Contributions should be between 200 and 700 words in
length.
Contributors should not be afraid to stop in mid-sentence
:} In fact, it's a good idea if they do. It might help the next
contributor get a good start on the next part of the story.
Try to keep the story realistically within the bounds
of Tolkien's world. For example, don't have 3 Mortal Men ploughing
through an army of Balrogs, Elves riding on dragons, or a Dwarf Lord killing
Morgoth.
Notes on Story-writing:
The basic parts of a story are as follows: Introduction, Rising Action, Climax,
Falling Action, Resolution. (Most of you should know this, but just in case
I thought I’d mention it.) On occasion, there are slight deviations/ additions,
where there is a mini-climax, like at the end of the LotR, where we find
all is not well in the Shire, it is dealt with (Climax) and everything returns
to “normal” (final resolution). Let’s not have too many of those :}
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