Writer list and specific chapter volunteers

[coalitiongirl]

Below, our very lovely, very talented writers! The ones who have also agreed to beta (without condition- almost everyone offered) will have a *** beside their entry. You can contact them within reason (e.g. do not expect someone to beta for you two hours before a final deadline!) and betas, please let me know if you're overwhelmed and I'll remove your asterisks. You can also use your own beta, but it might be easier to have someone who is familiar with the fic already.

I've organized you by a general beginning, middle, end of fic, depending on what you volunteered for, but I also need specific signups for the first writer and the last- or second, or second-to-last, or any other more specific choices. First come, first serve in comments for each one. Once this closes on May 2, I'll also organize you all in a final order, so please comment below if you have any needs.

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Scheduling and Technical Details

[coalitiongirl]

We're in! Signups are over, and we've got twenty-two, count 'em, twenty-two talented writers who have volunteered to lend their talents to a collaborative story, y'all. This means that we'll each likely only write one chapter of the fic so it doesn't become some kind of bloated monster, and coincidentally it'll be just as many chapters as each season is episodes.

I'm super excited and I hope you are too! Honestly, my main goal in this is that we have a supportive and fun group for writing, and the actual fic is secondary to it (though, of course, it's still a major priority).

I'd like to go through some of the more technical aspects of the round-robin first (there is a followup post here about plot and story):

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Plot, Plot, Plot

[coalitiongirl]

 So we now have our writers and you've looked through all the technical details, and now it's time to talk plot! We've got seven days to suggest and discuss any ideas you have in the comments, and here are two things to keep in mind:

• Each chapter should ideally be a story in itself. We're each getting one opportunity to write and so we want a plot that allows for each writer to play within the 'verse without being caught up in transitional chapters or the like!
• At the same time, we also want to have one coherent ongoing plot that allows for development so it doesn't read like a series of short stories.

So this can work in several ways.

• We could rewrite a season. We have exactly as many writers as there are episodes, and we could each tackle one. (I'm wary of this option simply because there's the OUATVS and because I don't know about the rest of you, but I find episode rewrites kind of dull, especially when we have many stronger writers than the OUAT ones?)
• We can settle on a theme with stronger individual chapter plots and a weaker overall plot. I suggested tropes before- it could be something like "some kind of magical trickster has come to town and keeps casting wacky spells," and then we go from there. (I've seen people do that way back when SQW did magical mishaps.) In that, the story would be very much about individual chapters and character/relationship development, but it's tricky because the latter sometimes gets lost in the process.
• We can settle on one standard plot that we like and write to it- this is generally easy and straightforward, though you do need a more intricately organized outline from the start so you don't run out of plot along the way. 

Please drop your suggestions in the comments and discuss them! Reply to each other and talk about what you want to write and what you think might work for a story like this. This post closes on May 2, and we'll poll for your favorite option of the ones suggested from May 3-5.

Oh, and I don't think we'll do a totally alternate universe this time around because many people aren't used to writing out of the 'verse. Anything that takes place within the OUAT universe, even if it's a complete deviation from canon, is fair game.