Yeh, getting away from the chapter/episode format is an EXCELLENT idea. Even if you state up-front that canon side stories are encouraged outside the chapters, people tend to not want to do that in case something happens in the episodes that would affect what they'd write outside of them. It's part of what killed CC, in my opinion, and it nearly killed Gesma.
The Kingdom format works because it's like "here's the time frame we're looking at, here's the major metaplot points, KNOCK YOURSELVES OUT <3". It lets people create at their own pace instead of feeling constrained to a perceived linear format. Way more flexible.
And YAY FOR METAPLOT! <333 I think I can speak for everyone in the game when I say we LOVE the world you've created -- and we'd love for you to crack open your cranium and spill the rest of your ideas and plans on the screen for us. <333
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on 2010-09-14 06:42 pm (UTC)The Kingdom format works because it's like "here's the time frame we're looking at, here's the major metaplot points, KNOCK YOURSELVES OUT <3". It lets people create at their own pace instead of feeling constrained to a perceived linear format. Way more flexible.
And YAY FOR METAPLOT! <333 I think I can speak for everyone in the game when I say we LOVE the world you've created -- and we'd love for you to crack open your cranium and spill the rest of your ideas and plans on the screen for us. <333