(Please check Author Guidance before adding!)

It was Joel's birthday.

All day he'd been wearing the kind of smile you normally only see in photographs. So happy was he, in fact,  that he decided to leave the comfort of his cardboard box to venture through the city on his special day.

And what a glorious day it was! A warm and gentle sun greeted Joel as he emerged from the alley. After an appreciative pause, he struck off purposefully towards the park.

"Always something to see in the park", thought Joel, bristling with a sense that this was the day things would change.

Today he was truly alive... and the people he passed as he crossed Main Street couldn't help but be touched by his joy.

RATE THIS CHAPTER!

Click to View Author Guidance

Right. The idea is to add one more character per chapter while at the same time featuring or referencing all previous characters!

Might be a bit slow at first but once we reach chapter six or seven, things should start to get interesting - and if it gets added to a lot it could become reeeeeally tricky/fun to add to!

With regard to style and genre, anything goes. Poetry is fine, changing protagonists and tone is fine, so long as all the previous characters are featured in some capacity each time.

It would also be nice to follow on character's personalities and characteristics as much as possible although obviously it's your call if another side is revealed to a previous character in your chapter!

Hopefully that's clear enough and this should be fun!

Now go add!!


Ok, folks - as suggested by Midnight, I shall endeavour to keep an up to date list of characters here in the Guidance for your reference when adding. As touched upon, some characters seem to have dual identities - it is up to your discretion which you choose to reference but only one of the two need be named in any one chapter I think since they refer to the same person/bird/wizard/thingymajig.

In the case of Nancy and Foaminator, I'd say they are both featured characters now rather than either/or but to make it easier for all of us it's probably best to be really clear in new chapters who the new character is (and to try and only add one ; ) )

Hope you're having as much fun as I am!


CHARACTERS SO FAR:

Joel, a happy hobo
Joanne, an eleven year-old heroine
Soar/Prince Ralph Van Devere, a seagull... ?
Beanpole Kentucky, an 84 year-old rascal
Nancy, a caring, chatty coffee-mistress
Foaminator 2.0, a sad coffee machine
Seba/Ruby-eyed Wizard, a posessed pick-pocket

updated Sep 16 by Parkovic