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Genre Savvy (Started and Still Accepting)

kayfortnight · 2013-05-02T12:09:23Z

This is my first storybook I've created, though I've joined a few, so feel free to point out any mistakes I make. You are one of several inmates in a Californian mental institute. But you aren't just any inmate. If you've ever spent too much time on TV tropes, you'll know where I'm going here. A genre savvy character is a character who's smart about the most common plots in his or her genre. Like a person in a horror story who's smart enough to stay away from the basement. Our characters for this storybook will be a twist on that. They'll be wrong genre savvy, as in they're genre savvy for a genre they aren't in. I'm thinking we'll pick a genre for each character,then structure our actual plot after a genre no character is savvy about. Also, one person can take a character that's crazy in the normal way, not in the they think they're in a book way, so we can compare their thoughts to the other crazies and actually understand what's going on. I'll make a dt when people join. So, who's in? Rules: All the usual YWS rules Keep the swearing to a minimum Please no explicit sexual encounters Please pick a genre you actually know something about or can figure out the most cliched plots in that genre. Don't pick the same genre as someone else. However, different subgenres, such as historical romance and paranormal romance, are okay. Go ahead with the violence. These are crazy people, after all, crazy and dangerous. Character template: Name Age(20-60) Appearance Personality History What Genre do they think they’re in? What role do they believe they play in their chosen genre? Characters -kayfortnight; Juanita; Epic Fantasy -kayfortnight;Mark, Doctor -MissCaroline; Dahlia, Paranormal Romance -RedBird; Hunter, post-apocalyptic sci-fi -Desticakes101; Jessica/Lilith, gothic horror/drama -Pencil2paper; Cassandra Black, urban fantasy -HighTop; Heather May, teen fantasy -SydneysDiary;Dustin Grey, Romance I'll add more slots if/when necessary

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Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:04 pm

Willard says... · Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:04 pm

Yeah I did. I remember doing it and submitting it

"Words say little to the mind compared to space thundering with images and crammed with sounds."

stranger, strangelove, drstrangelove, strange, willard

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Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:06 pm

Willard says... · Sun Sep 22, 2013 4:06 pm

Weird, apparently someone deleted it -_-

"Words say little to the mind compared to space thundering with images and crammed with sounds."

stranger, strangelove, drstrangelove, strange, willard

If it wasn't for poetry, I couldn't express myself.
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Genre Savvy (Started and Still Accepting)

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