>>58581964There is nothing wrong with a story being short, I actually prefer a shorter story, as long as it gets to the heart of what it's trying to say. As long as it has a beginning, middle and end, it's a story and a welcome one at that.
>>58582422I feel like I could take some of the blame for that, since I was one of the anons that wrote the intro story, yet have done nothing to help facilitate the bringing together of other anons to collab with each other. I also don't know how I would do it.
When it comes to ideas, I have the opposite problem: too many ideas and not enough motivation or skill to bring them to life. I wanted to make the goal of the collab something that would help writers get to the real core of their characters; what do they truly fear?
I might as well share my ideas for my characters to give a sort of example and maybe help spark something for those that are struggling.
>Blossom's fear:The lingering trauma of the Apple Woods fire, her inability to get over the "what if?" fears of everything and everyone she knows being killed and destroyed by a great disaster beyond her control. Also, inspired by pic related, reckoning with the idea that she almost certainly knows by now that Team Misfits caused the fire but, like Tony, wants to avoid confronting a painful inevitability.>Shelby's fear:Abandonment/the breakup of her family. The idea that her parents might one day split up, meaning that she technically no longer has a mother and a sister. The fear that if that were to happen, Val and Blossom would stop treating her like family, because they aren't anymore.>Heidi's fear:An enhancing of the many fears she is already very open about. That she is not good at anything and doesn't deserve a spot on the team. Also the knowledge that the haunting at the guild is directly caused by her mistake, and the fear that everyone will hate her for it and she will be asked to leave the Guild forever. 