There aren't - but I've been thinking of starting up a new tale for a while now, and maybe others might also if there was a general surge of activity...
Would you be interested in writing a pennydreadful of your own, by any chance? ;)
Well, it doesn't *have* to be dreadful, but equally, if it is, it's well within the project's remit :)
There are few actual restrictions on content and style, and you can take a look at the old serials for some examples of the diverse things people came up with when the community started out. I think the only real rules were that: it should be a bona fide episodic serial, that each instalment should be between 1000 and 2000 words in length, and that each instalment should be ready for putting up on the same day each week if at all possible. But really, it was all very negotiable!
I still consider my Penny Dreadful "active", although I freely admit I have a somewhat lackadaisical view on how much work I should do for a writing project to remain active!
Well, weekly writing of 1000 - 2000 words is harder than it sounds. It's easier if you've won NaNoWriMo at some point, but still ambitious if you want quality you can be happy with.
I suspect that's what made it slow down so quickly - it's not that people don't have the time, it's that people don't have the time to do it properly. One of the intriguing things about Penny Dreadfuls was the high quality of the writing.
(Well, most of the time. There were occasional episodes which were thrown together, like verlaine's infamous "And now, Zombies!" episode...)
i know what you mean ~ i've done NaNo for the past couple of years and it's definitely not hard to crank out the 1700 words a day, but the quality certainly suffers immensely.
i think with prioritizing, it's not too difficult ~ problem is actually sticking to the priority. life has its way of getting your intentions all fouled up and turned around.
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Would you be interested in writing a pennydreadful of your own, by any chance? ;)
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is there specific criteria regarding content and style ~ and how dreadful ~ for example?
the victorian serial is one my favorite things and this seems an opportunity to take a whack at it.
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There are few actual restrictions on content and style, and you can take a look at the old serials for some examples of the diverse things people came up with when the community started out. I think the only real rules were that: it should be a bona fide episodic serial, that each instalment should be between 1000 and 2000 words in length, and that each instalment should be ready for putting up on the same day each week if at all possible. But really, it was all very negotiable!
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lemme think on it and see if i can come up with a cool premise.
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maybe a weekly update is too much to expect?
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I suspect that's what made it slow down so quickly - it's not that people don't have the time, it's that people don't have the time to do it properly. One of the intriguing things about Penny Dreadfuls was the high quality of the writing.
(Well, most of the time. There were occasional episodes which were thrown together, like verlaine's infamous "And now, Zombies!" episode...)
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i think with prioritizing, it's not too difficult ~ problem is actually sticking to the priority. life has its way of getting your intentions all fouled up and turned around.
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