Nyambura , a dynamo of good ideas and even better writing shared about this site called http://www.kwirkly.com/ where a bright spark was putting out a bright idea each day. Idea number 12 resonated pretty strongly with me and I figured it would be something cool to do.
So i'm doing it.
Nyambura thought we'd call it the 'Wote Ndani' story. I'm in agreement.
So here's a quick overview:
Start a crowd-source fictional story on Twitter edited & moderated by @Buggz79 where each Twitter user, after writing his/her part in 140 characters or less, mentions another person that continues the story. Each tweet is followed by a hashtag that allows the moderator to curate the whole story, which can later be downloaded free.
Ground Rules:
1. The hashtag is #WoteNdani
2. The story is in English. However, story characters can converse in any dialect they please
3. While the occasional expletive is fine, lets keep it PG13
4. Tagging: The person tagged to continue the story has 2 minutes in which to respond. If it takes longer than that, the moderator may reroute the story to another respondent
5. A person may be tagged multiple times. However, try to minimise this. Lets have as many people as possible participating.
*EDIT*
I've decided on a round robin approach. Basically, the story will flow in the order of the names below. This takes out the question about who's next in line and keeps the story fairly random!
*EDIT*
I've decided on a round robin approach. Basically, the story will flow in the order of the names below. This takes out the question about who's next in line and keeps the story fairly random!
Stuff I still haven't worked out:
1. How to determine that the story is complete. We could either do it time based or after a certain number of players.
2. How to ensure the maximum number of people who'd like to play get a shot. If we tag the wrong people, momentum will be lost with a whole lot of people asking "What's this about?"
The following people have expressed an interest in participating thus far:
@rimbui, @barongreen_back, @roomthinker, @njukey, @kevdanative, @karareiy, @benjaluta, @wiselar, @yaadinfo, @notmutant, @lucyambasi, @vancemuriu, @okundayor @ydee @bintim @twezlie @edgicovi @akenyangirl @cirukairu and @mercymurugi @Ahendaa @saitone @murimuriz @akellove @ ReneeMurrey @just_sham_it @njerithande @mediamk @gitts and @iamsospaceship @skayjnr @a_kabari @alyah_QQ @Nyakabs and @adeborayo
If anyone else expresses an interest, route them to @buggz79 and I'll add them to the list.
The tentative start time for this would be Friday 10.00 am till 12.00pm. I'd like to keep the story short.
And lets have some fun with it people!
Cheers!
Buggz.
PS: If you have any tips of pointers, please share them in the comments below.
