Well, I've been thinking about this for a while and I think I want to
finally push ahead and just put the idea out there for those of you who
would be interested. I've seen the "Matrix Novel" thread, and
while this isn't a novel, it is something that runs along the same
lines.
My proposal is thus, to create a collection of short stories, each one
written by a different author, all centralizing on one theme and being
contained within one universe, but each story from the viewpoint of a
different person. I've just gotten finished reading two books
that function like this, and both of them are wonderful collections of
short stories. I think that same concept that both books utilized
could easily be applied to our adventures in the Matrix.
The theme I picked for this writing project is "recollection", as I
thought it would be easy to use and apply to each of the stories and
keep them tied together. The idea that I had was that each story
would feature a character remembering something about their past, but
making sure to add in small details, bit characters and things from
other people's stories. This way, once the entire collection is
complete, each story forms a web of events and occurences.
Perhaps an event won't be explained well from one character's
perspective, but you get a new take on it when another character talks
about it. That's what I would like to see created in this project.
However, I still want each piece to be able to stand alone, even if it
was removed from this short story project. This way, a person
could simply read a chapter and still enjoy what we have created.
If you would be interested in working in this project, make a post
here. If we get enough people, we'll have a meeting about it in the
Matrix, and move on with plans from there.
finally push ahead and just put the idea out there for those of you who
would be interested. I've seen the "Matrix Novel" thread, and
while this isn't a novel, it is something that runs along the same
lines.
My proposal is thus, to create a collection of short stories, each one
written by a different author, all centralizing on one theme and being
contained within one universe, but each story from the viewpoint of a
different person. I've just gotten finished reading two books
that function like this, and both of them are wonderful collections of
short stories. I think that same concept that both books utilized
could easily be applied to our adventures in the Matrix.
The theme I picked for this writing project is "recollection", as I
thought it would be easy to use and apply to each of the stories and
keep them tied together. The idea that I had was that each story
would feature a character remembering something about their past, but
making sure to add in small details, bit characters and things from
other people's stories. This way, once the entire collection is
complete, each story forms a web of events and occurences.
Perhaps an event won't be explained well from one character's
perspective, but you get a new take on it when another character talks
about it. That's what I would like to see created in this project.
However, I still want each piece to be able to stand alone, even if it
was removed from this short story project. This way, a person
could simply read a chapter and still enjoy what we have created.
If you would be interested in working in this project, make a post
here. If we get enough people, we'll have a meeting about it in the
Matrix, and move on with plans from there.
