A potted history of this blog, and its reasons for being:
When I was just a small girl, we suffered from a fair few blackouts. We often had candles in saucepans, and we would sit in a circle, the four of us, and tell a story. Each had to add at least a line to the story, often with hilarious results.
Thinking that Memory Lane is a nice place to visit sometimes, I thought creating a virtual Round Robin among some of my friends a very good idea.
So to those invited to attend, please firstly and above all, enjoy yourselves. Secondly, try to stick to the rules. They are there for a reason!
The Rules:
1. Never ever refer to any other member of the blog by their actual name. Some of us go by screen names for a reason.
2. Never mention people known to you (or the rest of us) by their real names. Other people like their privacy too.
3. Be as creative as you like, but not rude (in other words, keep it clean please!).
4. If you don't like an addition made by someone else, live with it. Turn it to your advantage, or turn in a different direction to the one the writer of that addition may have been hoping it would go. If all else fails, make it humorous.
5. Once a month, come what may, a new story will begin. Even if the last one isn't finished. Old unfinished stories will be revisited from time to time, in an attempt to reach completion.
6. The whole reason for this blog is to HAVE FUN. Remember that. It's not a serious attempt at group writing. It's just a way to get our creative juices flowing, and also a place to go for a brief vacation from day to day life (and work).
7. Each month, a member of our little group will be asked to come up with an idea for the next story, and to start that story off.
8. You can write as little or as much as you like in each entry. So long as it both adds to the story, and leaves the next person in line with something to work with. So one word sentences are frowned upon, okay?
9. And just to make life a bit more fun (or difficult), each time you post, add to the bottom who you want to continue the story. The person nominated has to do their best to post. Also, each post addition must be by a different person each time, so that the story continues.
10. Enjoy, have fun, remember to laugh, don't take yourself (or anyone else) too seriously, and remain within the *suitable for all* readership (no 18+ stuff please).
When I was just a small girl, we suffered from a fair few blackouts. We often had candles in saucepans, and we would sit in a circle, the four of us, and tell a story. Each had to add at least a line to the story, often with hilarious results.
Thinking that Memory Lane is a nice place to visit sometimes, I thought creating a virtual Round Robin among some of my friends a very good idea.
So to those invited to attend, please firstly and above all, enjoy yourselves. Secondly, try to stick to the rules. They are there for a reason!
The Rules:
1. Never ever refer to any other member of the blog by their actual name. Some of us go by screen names for a reason.
2. Never mention people known to you (or the rest of us) by their real names. Other people like their privacy too.
3. Be as creative as you like, but not rude (in other words, keep it clean please!).
4. If you don't like an addition made by someone else, live with it. Turn it to your advantage, or turn in a different direction to the one the writer of that addition may have been hoping it would go. If all else fails, make it humorous.
5. Once a month, come what may, a new story will begin. Even if the last one isn't finished. Old unfinished stories will be revisited from time to time, in an attempt to reach completion.
6. The whole reason for this blog is to HAVE FUN. Remember that. It's not a serious attempt at group writing. It's just a way to get our creative juices flowing, and also a place to go for a brief vacation from day to day life (and work).
7. Each month, a member of our little group will be asked to come up with an idea for the next story, and to start that story off.
8. You can write as little or as much as you like in each entry. So long as it both adds to the story, and leaves the next person in line with something to work with. So one word sentences are frowned upon, okay?
9. And just to make life a bit more fun (or difficult), each time you post, add to the bottom who you want to continue the story. The person nominated has to do their best to post. Also, each post addition must be by a different person each time, so that the story continues.
10. Enjoy, have fun, remember to laugh, don't take yourself (or anyone else) too seriously, and remain within the *suitable for all* readership (no 18+ stuff please).
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