Muse Fusion - go!
We're standing by to write and draw furiously to your prompts, starting today at noon (now!), running through the weekend and closing on Tuesday morning (Alaska time). As a prompter or a creator, you may hop in for a few moments in this window of time, or throw yourself all-out at the Fusion for the full time!
Prompts: Let us know what you want to see! Do you want to know what a character's opinion on a subject is? Want to see a particular plant or animal in action? Maybe you'd like to hear a dialogue between two characters on a particular topic! A prompt can be specific, or general. One-word prompts are welcome, as are picture prompts, or links. Cross-over fanfiction can be requested, though not all participants may be interested in creating it. The only major restriction for prompts is that they should be appropriate to Torn World. You may treat it like a Q&A session - where you get your answers in fiction, artwork and poetry instead of just a boring answer. (Though you may get a straight answer, also, and you may get links to stories or articles that already address your question.)
Feel free to leave more than one prompt; we try to ensure that everyone gets one prompt answered, and that's easier if you leave us some choices.
Drafts: Please keep in mind that rough drafts created from our Muse Fusion will be going through a review process to maintain overall world continuity - any drafts shared with you during the Muse Fusion may be changed before being posted as canon contributions.
Chat: Also, you are welcome to join us in chat while we create, in this chat room, here. (Or, join the #tornworld channel via IRC on the starchat.net server) I will be dropping in throughout the weekend as I am able! Use the dropdown to make a noise if you join and no one says hello - sometimes we're busy creating in another window... (The chat relies on java and unfortunately does not work in Safari. Sounds are only available through the javachat option, not IRC.)
Incentives: This month, we're trying a few incentives to increase participation! I will be giving out the leftover ACEOs from our Anthology pre-order promotion. 10 cards will be randomly awarded to prompters, sponsors will receive an ACEO per sponsored piece, one will go to anyone who finishes work for the fusion (completed and submitted to the canon board by the following Friday), and one will be awarded to the most active member (wordcount will be a contributing factor, but comments at the muse fusion, prompts and other activity will also count!).
Ready? Set? Create!
Prompts
Bear fishing
Animal beads
Ceramic beads
Beach with purple sand
Rainbow rose
Tropical mountain
Title prompts:
"Why Yiirk Is Such a Pest"
"Chasing the River"
"Hearts as Broken as the World"
"A License to Fulfill"
"Barrier Griefs"
"Luji and the Beautiful Flower"
Text prompts:
* One member of a hunting party falls into a ravine, and the others must stage a rescue.
* The sky is filled with lowering Others; villagers huddle in their houses while rangers stand guard outside.
* Two snow-unicorn stallions get into a fight over a mare, and the ranger argue about how to break it up.
* Drill barnacles cause a ship to start sinking. Just as people are loading the lifeboats, a school of trapjaws arrive.
* A licensing office catches fire.
* At a coffeehouse party for unlicensed poetry, someone spikes the drinks with unlicenseable dreamers' liquor.
Re: Prompts
Re: Prompts
I imagine this might be a bead that Vlaran has. http://www.tornworld.net/members/cisdis
The original is available for $5.00
Re: Prompts
Prompts
A Wingback Marsh Deer (art, story or poem?): http://www.tornworld.net/settingpagevie
Do they ever let tourists visit the Pearly Towers? http://www.tornworld.net/settingpagevie
(alternately, I'd like to see one of the wedding rituals!)
Does being a priestess mean Kunabei misses out on teenage romance?
Draiden losing a bet on purpose...
Re: Prompts
I was thinking it would be fun to send Diren and family there, since she has small children and their family could easily get travel clearance. But how the heck would anyone GET there? I look on the map: there are towns marked, but no rails or roads anywhere nearby, and no seacoast access either.
Prompts
Snakes
The Tiniest Monster
Anomalies
An Unusual Use for Feathers
Cogs and Chains
Steam Powered
Spectacles
Summer By the Sea
Re: Prompts
http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.c
Prompts!
Question Titles:
Are all raindrops equal?
Why does it snow?
Why did it turn blue?
When will they be back?
Title Prompts:
The day the sky cried.
Forgotten fish.
A block of salt.
Cloudy faces.
I burnt the bottom.
Travel snacks.
Red glass, green glass.
Jewellery for beginners.
Broken support.
Snapped rein.
The most ornate saddle.
Bitter herbs.
The wrong stamp!
Silver thread.
Re: Prompts!
Poem
24 lines, Buy It Now = $5 or 5 Torn World credits
Poem
12 lines, Buy It Now = $5 or 5 Torn World credits
Edited at 2011-07-19 03:07 am (UTC)
I'm not sure this is how this is supposed to go...
Or more about the Rainbow Rainforest in general.
Poem
"Hide Away" is a poem written in rhymed, metered quatrains. It warns the people of the rainforest tribes to hide when outsiders draw near.
16 lines, Buy It Now = $5 or 5 Torn World credits
Re: I'm not sure this is how this is supposed to go...
I have a tip hat in my journal or over at www.wyld-dandelyon.com
Edited at 2011-07-17 10:14 am (UTC)
Interactions between licensed and unlicensed hunters/gatherers in the rainbow rainforest, or another protected/restricted "wilderness" area.
Cross-pollination.
Checking gear for unwelcome hitchhikers when traveling into/out of a delicate or dangerous area.
Weeding.
Building bridges.
Keeping one's hands busy.
Coming home from time away and discovering one no longer fits into the local patterns.
Finding a teacher for an esoteric topic or skill set.
Poem
35 lines, Buy It Now = $7.50 or 8 Torn World credits
Per request
Re: Per request
I'm still writing here, and about to start a new piece--have any prompts to add to the mix?
Edited at 2011-07-17 07:53 pm (UTC)
What happens if you get sick on a hunting trip in the wilderness?
How do you stay occupied at sea?
Would a domestic decide to seek out a life on a ship perhaps mending clothing or cooking?
However, where borders are closed, some special equipment to identify the borders so they don't sail into certain death would be very handy...I'll have to think on that.
People usually carry their collection of licenses in a pouch. The illustration of Denel and Jerumal for City of Lights Pt 1: Ithei shows their license pouches, for an idea of size.
Edited at 2011-07-19 02:03 am (UTC)