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Here is the thread for discussing the BYOB book which we will write. The following posters have agreed to be writers: Finished Their Chapters: The List of Heroes Splatmaster Arkanomen FredFlonston Ahundredbux social vegan joke_explainer City of Glompton Food Court Bailiff manifisto albany academy misty mountaintop Android Blues Nathilus Picked a Chapter Got an extension my wheelhouse List of Posters Whose Soul misty now owns until the end of time (Satan get at me if you wanna talk half-price souls) Piso Mojado Luvcow Mr Willsauce Takane i flunked out Absolute Lithops Doghouse super mario batali Here are the chapters of the book. Each writer should sign up for a chapter. First come, first serve. FAQ 1. How long does the chapter have to be? As long as you want. There is no maximum or minimum. Just write it until it feels done. 2. Some of these chapters seem connected, what the heck? Feel free to look at the chapter titles to get some sense of the story, you don't need to coordinate too hard. The basic format of the book will resemble the Arabian Nights, with a framing story that surrounds a series of independent, but connected tales. The framing story is chapters 1-5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18-20, 23, 24 26-28. That's way more than in the Arabian Nights, because we are better than them. 3. Some of these chapters don't seem connected, what the heck? Don't worry about it. Those are the "tales" which are not directly connected to the narrative. They are 6, 8, 9, 12, 15, 17, 21, 22, 25 4. I would like to tell a tale which is not in any of the chapters. That's fine, go ahead and do that  5. Some of the chapters are bolded? Don't pick those chapters yet. 6. How long do I have to do this? I don't know. I guess we'll figure that out by talking it out here. 7. This isn't going to work. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. - Voltaire. 8. Zybourne Clock. Yes. Zybourne Clock. 9. What is this thread for? What is this thread for? Well let me tell you what it's NOT for. It's NOT for posting what you've written. Email that to me instead byobmisty@hotmail.com This thread is for talking about writing the story, talking about broad outlines, coordinating, uncoordinating, kibbutzing, and just general bookchat, inspiration, support, friendliness, and other good stuff like that. 10. I have other questions Ask away! Chapters 1. How Two Empires Divided the World Between Them - joke_explainer 2. Frog’s Complaint, and How the Two Emperors Judged It Differently - manifisto 3. Frog Destroys the Moon Palace Doghouse 4. The Arguments of the Owls - Nathilus 5. Miriam, Daughter of the Owls -Ahundredbux 6. Why Trees Stop Growing at a Certain Point - Splatmaster 7. Edith, the Girl Who Was Born With Her Heart in Her Hand - social vegan 8. The Very Dirty Princess - City of Glompton 9. The Cook and the Alligator’s Banquet - my wheelhouse 10. Miriam Meets Edith, Who Will Become Her Best Friend - misty mountaintop 11. What Happened to the Moon Refugees - Takane 12. The Crab and the Thornbush - i flunked out 13. Frog, at Home, with His Horrible Children - Android Blues 14. How Frog was Seduced by the Devil - Arkanomen 15. The Dream of the Wise Old Snake - FredFlonston 16. The Trials of Miriam - Absolute Lithops 17. The Three Geese, and What Became of Them albany academy 18. The Treasures of the Moon People - Mr Willsauce 19. A Mighty Battle Between Owls and Demons 20. The Death of Edith, Which Really Wasn’t That Bad 21. The Tale of the Elephant and the Small Cake - Luvcow 22. The Cat and the Octopus and Which is More Truthful -food court bailiff 23. Frog Meets a Wise Snake and Repents of His Evil 24. Frog Among the Flowers 25. The Tale of the Humble Peacock - super mario batali 26. Miriam Fights Frog, But Declines to Kill Him 27. Miriam Defeats the Devil 28. The Happy End of the Two Empires misty mountaintop fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Nov 10, 2016 |
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awesome this will be great!
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Oct 11, 2016 21:42
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City of Glompton posted:awesome this will be great!  picking a chapter is gonna take some thought, they all look good
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Oct 11, 2016 21:54
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22. The Cat and the Octopus and Which is More Truthful is the tale i was born to tell |
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Oct 11, 2016 21:55
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I will take 1. How Two Empires Divided the World Between Them! Thank you!
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Oct 11, 2016 22:06
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I would like to write 13. Frog, at Home, with His Horrible Children |
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Oct 11, 2016 22:07
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we doing third person limited? |
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Oct 11, 2016 22:15
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joke_explainer posted:we doing third person limited? Good question! In the frame chapters how's about third person, as omniscient as you feel like being. For the tales chapters, anything goes. |
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Oct 11, 2016 22:20
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I would like 8. The Very Dirty Princess
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Oct 11, 2016 22:31
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I'm going to hang back and observe everyone's tactics before choosing mine
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Oct 11, 2016 22:38
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I'd like 6. Why Trees Stop Growing at a Certain Point please https://i.imgur.com/QKTkerO.mp4 |
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Oct 11, 2016 23:25
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I'm pretty sure misty meant that one for me, city of glompton. But that's okay. I want 18. The Treasures of the Moon People
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Oct 11, 2016 23:28
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I'd like 7. Edith, the Girl Who Was Born With Her Heart in Her Hand ty mm |
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Oct 11, 2016 23:43
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OP updated with current chapter assignments. Not because there's a deadline but just because these things tend to die on the vine, feel free to get started, post about your troubles, ask questions about different species of octopus, or whatever.
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Luvcow posted:I'm going to hang back and observe everyone's tactics before choosing mine A cunning plan. ---------------- |
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Oct 12, 2016 02:12
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what's the best octopus?
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Oct 12, 2016 02:13
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what happened to the moon refugees please
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Oct 12, 2016 02:17
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MrWillsauce posted:what's the best octopus? The Blue-Ringed or Cyanea Octopuses are pretty cool. ---------------- |
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Takane posted:what happened to the moon refugees please You got it. OP updated. I can't wait to find out what happened to the moon refugees. ---------------- |
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Oct 12, 2016 02:21
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I have been thinking about the very dirty princess and why she is so dirty, and i've decided it is because she lives in a forest after being sent there for safekeeping.
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Oct 12, 2016 02:25
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It must be a very dirty forest.
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Oct 12, 2016 02:42
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forests are basically made of dirt in various states (dirt, almost dirt, tiny dirt, big dirt, pre-dirt, etc) so yeah
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Oct 12, 2016 02:51
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A tree is basically dirt. I know what you mean.
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City of Glompton posted:forests are basically made of dirt in various states (dirt, almost dirt, tiny dirt, big dirt, pre-dirt, etc) so yeah this is wisdom and I am glad I found BYOB to learn from it |
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Oct 12, 2016 03:06
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Im really glad because my previous source of wisdom was the gruff robot man that sells u guns in destiny "say what you like about the cabal....they know guns" "too much flash....sitting duck" v wise but hard to apply day to day |
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Oct 12, 2016 03:11
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I'm glad you are learning wisdom applicable to everyday situations, and also glad you are posting in byob
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City of Glompton posted:I have been thinking about the very dirty princess and why she is so dirty, and i've decided it is because she lives in a forest after being sent there for safekeeping. arboreal people are good people
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Oct 12, 2016 03:53
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I am going to pickThe Tale of the Elephant and the Small Cake though i'm fascinated by Frog and love all the chapter titles Android Blues posted:13. Frog, at Home, with His Horrible Children this is my favorite title
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Oct 12, 2016 03:56
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how many graphs are we allowed to include in the text for expository reasons (show don't tell) |
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I am excited and mm crushed it with those titles |
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Oct 12, 2016 04:23
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well I am somewhat tempted to take a crack at 2. Frog’s Complaint, and How the Two Emperors Judged It Differently but I also feel like it's a key part of the framing story and almost think it would be better for mm to do it my initial thought is that frog's complaint is that the stars in the night sky are reflected in his pond but they disappear whenever he tries to approach them, he wants to fly into the sky, dart among the stars and discover what they are, maybe find out whatever delicious insects are hiding up there maybe the problem is that the stars belong to the Empire of the Celestial Realm (which includes the sun and moon, owls and all other birds, clouds, mountaintops, etc), while frog is a citizen of the Empire of the Earthly Realm - so the emperors have very different views of Frog's problem thoughts on this? I'll keep thinking about it and may come up with something else, and it's virtually certain that someone else will have a better idea if someone (again like mm) will do a better job of the early framing stuff, I'm also fine with 14. How Frog was Seduced by the Devil
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I don't really want to talk about my story until it's written, because it's easy for me to talk stuff up and then never get around to actually doing it. But on the other hand my moon story will probably clash with the other moon stories and be weird... I'm just gonna get started and roll with it. I dunno.
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Oct 12, 2016 05:21
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Manifisto posted:well I am somewhat tempted to take a crack at this sounds really good
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so far the two empires are connected by atmosphere as a tidally locked, geostationary moon in the sky, and frog the guy in charge of the trebuchets that ship goods up to the moon and receive packages from the moon (there's another system for shipping people in place, run by the owls at the moon palace). the gravitational constant in this universe is 0.2G and objects can be much more dense than they would by in this universe (newtonian universe, speed of light is infinite). the moon is covered in mushrooms for some reason and they release spores during the summer week every four weeks that act like smog. everything is very low technology, but the super unusual orbital configuration means people can almost freakin jump to the other planet if they're close enough. if this sucks I'll rewrite it, misty will be the arbiter. got like 4 pages down but currently loving around with spreadsheets to work out the exact math and seasons and stuff... |
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Oct 12, 2016 05:37
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Manifisto posted:well I am somewhat tempted to take a crack at this sounds like it works really well with where I started. I was thinking the divide would be the breakdown of trade, and/or the start of hostilities, where each city is basically plastered on the sky like a super-close moon, so like... how do you attack? anyone is building something dangerous, they will throw rocks up or down at each other, and the moon only has a slight advantage (and probably better aerial capabilities what w/ the owls...) |
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Oct 12, 2016 05:38
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12. The Crab and the Thornbush
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Oct 12, 2016 05:39
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I said I wanted to participate in the last thread 
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Oct 12, 2016 06:15
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all of these ideas sound weird and fantastic and i love them so far |
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RazzleDazzleHour posted:I said I wanted to participate in the last thread I am really bad at organizing things! Of course you're in, pick a chapter! |
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joke_explainer posted:how many graphs are we allowed to include in the text for expository reasons (show don't tell) I'm so excited by the possibility of graphs. Let's say... Four. ish. |
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