[UA] Collaborative Novel

Twist0059 at aol.com Twist0059 at aol.com
Wed Dec 22 21:13:20 PST 1999


In a message dated 12/23/99 12:01:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, indra at scc.net 
writes:

> > 
>  > Also, I thought I'd throw this out: A good way to to it might be to have
>  > each chapter be told from the first person point of view, and each one 
> from
>  > a different perspective.  That way the inevitable jarring changes in tone
>  > are a feature, not a bug.
>  
>  I agree, Admiral.  Capital idea!
>  
>  We could even try to end our individual chapters at a point where the
>  arrival of a new character could easily change the course of the plot. 
>  This would provide an in-character explanation for the plot changes,
>  too.
>  
>  --Dan
>  --


Did anyone else here read that Shadowrun novel "Into The Shadows"?  That was 
the story of this powerplay at a corp being seen and experienced through all 
these different stories about shadowruns, and each story provided some light 
on the central mystery.

How about that for our novel?





-Twist

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