Introductions

Commence the Got Plot project:

WHO ARE WE:

Six writers, all female, ages 16-19, living mostly in California except for A and B, who live in New York and Oregon, respectively.

I suppose, technically, A and B still live in the same small town in Northern California where the six of them grew up, but they're in college.

L is in college, too, but she's still in California.

P used to go to college in California, but she got kicked out/left and is currently awaiting her inevitable acceptance to Southern Oregon University. Which is really all the better for you, P, since your state school was 80% female, 90% Greek life, and has the highest sexual assault rate of any school in the nation.

Let's see, of those who remain, M is in her final semester of high school, and N is a Junior.

Also, A and M are sisters.

A and M have known L since they were toddlers.

B and P have been friends for (?) years. I think they met at church.

M and N met in middle school.

Everyone except L is a musician (are you a musician, L?)

Sometimes A directs plays which she forces B and M and P to perform in, and sometimes N is a stage manager, and sometimes L comes to see these plays.

A and L like to read manga, and N does too sometimes (don't deny it.)

And it makes A very happy that L's initial is L, guess who her favorite manga character is.

P is a cosplayer who joins fandoms for the sake of the costumes alone, and once she sewed a big dress.

M is a vlogger.

All except N watch Doctor Who (all in time).

M and P and B watch Stargate.

We all love Harry Potter.

So, that done...

WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE:

This project was a recent brainchild of P and A. Collaborating between the six of us, we will write a thing. A fictional thing. With plot and stuff.

The first few weeks will be spent on world-building and character development, and then all systems will go.

There will be no deadlines (or A will explode and B will get mad), but there will be some sort of rotating contribution roster which we will figure out later.

Unless we're going to alphabetize it, in which case it would go

A
B

L

M

N

P

We could even reverse-alphabetize it.

P

N

M

L

B

A

Or go by age.

A

P

L

B

M

N

Or by last name.

N

P

L

B

A

M

Anyway, now is not the time to decide this. Now is the time to throw out impulses. I'd like to begin with a photo that M sent me a couple of weeks ago, with the message "I found a character."

Well, guess what?

I found a character.

Who is he? What does he want? Why does he move like that? How does he move like that? Look at him. Look at him now. And now. Look at him all the time.

And GO!

Posted by A.