Swapbook Freaky Friday Character Swap (Brought to you by Thursdays, Wrenmae’s Fridays) Credit to: Philomena for the idea, Jules for the encouragement and the name Synopsis: Swapbook is the process of writing for another character. With so many multi-faceted and interesting faces on the site, it’s only natural to MADLY FANTACIZE about being some of them. Now’s your chance. Swapbook is the game where you get to put on another face for a while and write a scene with the character. Given that this is a crazy bizarro alternate parallel dimension sorta thing, you can be pretty free-ranged with the situation you want to portray. The game only calls for a single post, but don’t let that discourage you. If the spirit takes you, write to your heart’s content. The little writer in all of us who likes to see our work appreciated probably would just dance in excitement. But, all games must have rules, so without further babbling... 1. You must have permission to write another character. This permission can be obtained (preferably) through their swapbook (if we make that sort of thing) There will be an application form (lil thing) to fill out for a request. PM the author of the character you'd like to request to write, or PM the author you wish to write for you with the application form. When filled out, make sure it's quoted above your post before you submit it. Remember, sometimes it's just as pleasing for an author to hear you want to write their character as it is that you want them to write yours. Share the love and accolades! This is about collaborative fun. 2. There are no points. No one ‘wins’ anything persay…but if you count love and admiration as prizes than there’s plenty of those to go around. We’re a roleplay community, a collaborative writing club. We grow off of our own constant immersion in eachother’s writing. Looking at the interpretation another has for your character might be valuable in the next step you want to take. 3. Obviously, as far as content goes, we want to make sure this stays in the Mizahar world. Likewise, as part of the challenge is to write within the mind of the other character, you are encouraged not to take them too far out of how you interpret them. The writer may disagree on how you portrayed them, but do so to the best of your interpretation. As writers we are not always aware of how we are presenting our characters. If you write a character one way and the writer intended another…well, that’s valuable information for the writer to grow off of. 4. Be awesome- If someone writes for your character, consider doing them the service of writing one back. Ask writers you like to give your character a try. It feels good to know someone appreciates your work and talent, so don’t be shy about asking people to write for you. 5. There will be an official thread for Swapbook. Those who sign up in the thread (With their swapbook link) will be the pool of those who can ask and be asked to be included in the Swapbook challenge. Don’t see a name there that you want to write? Go ask them if they’d be willing to throw their hat in the ring! 6. Have fun. No. Seriously. Or I’ll plague you. Sample application form. Name: (self explanatory) Swapper Name: (forum name or real name of the person you're requesting to write for) Permission to write: (The character requested) Subject Restrictions: (Anything the character author might not want to see you write about) Example: Name: Jules/Aidara Swapper Name: Collin/Wremae Permission to write: Aidara Restricted Subjects: sexual intercourse |
This is Philomena, Jules, and I's proposed new forum game. We can use this as the official thread, but we want you, the community, to weigh in. Want to see any rules changed? Have questions? Concerns? The more you respond, the better this game will be and the better it will fit the community.
The idea would be to make Swapbooks in the Scrapbook forum...but we're open to edits and other ideas.
So...
Have at it.
