11-21-2003, 04:40 PM
I had an idea back before everything hit, and I think that if a number of us (five or so) got together as a team, we could make a series that could outshine our individual talents. The problem is, most larger collaborative fanfiction efforts I've seen either break down or have horrible quality, and sometimes both. So I would be looking at a fairly exclusive group for the core, of "high quality" authors, reaped from results of the *proper* contests.
My idea is to essentially create a full season of Digimon in pure fanfiction, possibly with some help from willing artists to draw the Characters and Digimon. In the planning stage, we could all come to agree on a plot, characters, Digimon, and plot twists that might even be involved. I think that if we spent a whole month or two doing that and developing plots for a few Chapters, we could easily pull off a good series over a year or so.
But, as I mentioned above, most such efforts either die out (lack of interest within the group), or have horrible quality. Since I've already addressed the "quality" point (exclusive group of high-scorers in the Contests), we still need the "commitment" portion, by having each author involved agree to be committed to their role in the project for at least "X" chapters, being however many we decide is a reasonable "Season" length.
Before I worry about inviting anyone to the group, I will gladly commit myself to such a project for a whole year, or roughly 50 chapters between the whole team, if this gets moving. I am wondering who else would be willing, or crazy enough, to commit themselves to a project like this, and for how long. If we can get five or six people with committment, quality may slide to become a non-concern (because of author quality), or to not mattering (because we would have a committed team).
Keep in mind: This is just an attempt to test the waters for such a project, I am not saying that I have anything in particular planned.
~ KA; Nate Hunter
My idea is to essentially create a full season of Digimon in pure fanfiction, possibly with some help from willing artists to draw the Characters and Digimon. In the planning stage, we could all come to agree on a plot, characters, Digimon, and plot twists that might even be involved. I think that if we spent a whole month or two doing that and developing plots for a few Chapters, we could easily pull off a good series over a year or so.
But, as I mentioned above, most such efforts either die out (lack of interest within the group), or have horrible quality. Since I've already addressed the "quality" point (exclusive group of high-scorers in the Contests), we still need the "commitment" portion, by having each author involved agree to be committed to their role in the project for at least "X" chapters, being however many we decide is a reasonable "Season" length.
Before I worry about inviting anyone to the group, I will gladly commit myself to such a project for a whole year, or roughly 50 chapters between the whole team, if this gets moving. I am wondering who else would be willing, or crazy enough, to commit themselves to a project like this, and for how long. If we can get five or six people with committment, quality may slide to become a non-concern (because of author quality), or to not mattering (because we would have a committed team).
Keep in mind: This is just an attempt to test the waters for such a project, I am not saying that I have anything in particular planned.
~ KA; Nate Hunter