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What are we using as the title?
Also, here is the history I have so far [for the first story]:
note: My character is female. Her father, King Atlas, had wanted a son to pass his name down to; having only her, he named her Atlas.
When Atlantis sank, the rest of the world thought it a tragedy, a natural disaster. The truth was that Atlantis was not a victim of nature, but an instigator. The Atlanteans had been researching a way to live beneath the water for years, figuring out how to take the entire island beneath the waves was the easy part; King Atlas was tired of other civilizations and wanted to disappear without a trace. The island sank, it was true, but beneath the water they were enclosed in a projected shield.
A shield projected by one of their very own, an Atlantean with telekinetic abilities, and at great expense. His name was __, and he held the shield around the city, so the Atlanteans could live in peace, for thousands of years. They farmed their own food, developed their own technologies, developed their culture into a functioning society to outlast the ages; all while __ held his shield, locked away in a tower, sacrificing a life of his own for the sake of his people.
Atlas was born to King Atlas, and was his only child. She never knew her mother and was not allowed to ask questions about her. She grew up in the underwater city, having never known land above the sea. On her fiftieth birthday, her father told her the stories of other cultures, in a world of air and land. The stories came freely, then, in all respects save the nature of her creation or her mother.
On the day of her hundredth birthday, she receives a note upon her door. It reads, "Raise Atlantis. Your father is dead, as I will soon be."
What do you want to do about the second story, @llmay?
The second story.... I'm very intrigued by the first one that I think I'll stick with it. That okay?
Perfectly fine with me :)
I think I'll start the first chapter. How's that little bio coming?
Are we still sending Atlas up into "our world"?
Yep! That's where she has to go to get the crew to raise Atlantis. That's okay! Take your time, I was just curious. :)
Age: 100.
Appearance: Atlas is 5'8" with long legs and a slender figure. She is incredibly pale; easily mistaken for an albino, only her eyes are not red, but a nearly transparent honey color. In certain light, one may see hues of yellow in her hair, but otherwise it remains a staunch, untainted white. She has faint tattoos upon her in various places, in an ink too pale to see against her white skin except for as a ghostly, electric blue illusion.
Personality: Atlas is typically introspective. She speaks only when she has something of purpose to say, and acts in the same manner. She is thoughtful and intelligent. Disciplined, well-mannered, centered. She keeps her emotions in check but not in a rigid way.
Bio:
Levi Sterling: Female: 24
Short Brown/Red Hair: Fair Skin: Green Eyes
5'10": Lean but Fit with Noticeable Muscles
Personality:
Very wise for her age: Smart: Is a typical leader but doesn't really like to take on that role
I'm thinking of having her either be the technician/technical person or the doctor.
I think it'd also be kind of cool if she had a twin brother in the army who holds a high rank or something like that.
Any other ideas?
Sounds perfect to me!
@llmay @Colm
now we have to figure out who Atlas finds/meets first and how.
The twin idea is good! Do you want to write the brother, too? (You did mean Levi, right?)
True! If you know of anyone that would be interested, feel free to pass it along :)
I would like to write the twin brother but not have him be involved in their "mission".
I kind like the idea of him trying to stop them along with the army. But the army doesn't know their true objective since they've been told something different, only the really high ranked people know.
(Also only write from his perspective every once in a while.)
The brother thing sounds fine to me!
I was actually just thinking of something similar to that! I was considering having Atlas get "kidnapped" or something, and pumped for information on the location of the city. Which made me think that behavior like that would make her want to search for another solution, so as not to hand over her city to the hands of people like that (the ones torturing her).
Ask Colm too if he can ask a few others.
I already posted the link on his page, so hopefully he will spread it on his own. I'll post it a few places.
300 words into the chapter! :)
However... If the crew comes along later then shouldn't Atlas be the one in the first few chapters? Or do you want us to write anyways?
You guys can write! I'll pretty much have Atlas all set up to meet someone by the end of the first chapter.
I am still hung up on who she is going to interact with first, but i'll figure that out.
Have any title suggestions?
okay! i will brainstorm on the title now that i've finished the chapter. posting that shortly.
We should just put "Undefined for now" or something like that till we come up with a really good title.