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What Does Silence Mean?; Request for Input/Reactioins
Topic Started: Sep 8 2015, 03:04 PM (455 Views)
Maia
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Hey everyone, I'm here thanks to Flipp who kindly remembered me and my interest in the show, and let me know of her intentions in getting this back up. I also take the chance to apologize for disappearing completely, the end of the year was kind of crazy med school-wise and I wanted to make sure that I finished 2nd years once and for all so I let go of everything but that in the last for or five months of the year. I really miss the show and mostly our conversations about it; so it'll be lovely to get back to them.

My main issue as a writer is time, I don't have the time I used to have, besides even if I can read and understand English very well, writing it takes me even more time, so I don't think I can actually sit down and write. But I can help with things like plotting crimes (maybe even taking some local news and make them "futuristic") and I'd love to be the one of those to whom anyone can complain about what they're writing/not writing.

The idea of diving work sounds amazing; maybe we should start putting small deadlines? Like, spread the word until, for example January 15th, and gather everyone who's still interested and available to work/write/do art/etc. And after that take a week or so to do pulls/see who wants to do that. Maybe if we add some dates, we can make it more real, not a project that gets lost in time as you implied Flip.

(and just in case, anyone can contact me here/with tumblr's messages at lineadecuatro/ or email poramorafrida@gmail.com)
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Judas
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Hi everyone!

So freaking happy to see some movement on this board.

Flip, thanks a bunch for letting me know that the project is still alive (kinda).

Unfortunately I have zero writing/art skills, but I can totally serve as a soundboard.

I'm just really happy to see some intention on keeping this alive.
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MarilynH

Mys, just a public apology here for not having seen that you sent me a note 'way back in September. I've now answered and really hope you'll jump in with your ideas about synthetic souls and the InSyndicate/Anna/Kennexes dynamic.
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Janina
Guys I'm so happy you're still in !! *happy dance*

Maybe we can very simply do a rough and quick list of everyone's interest/favored contributions? I could make the start and try to sum up what we said so far, and the next person could just copy everything and add/change it, then the next person copies this updated version, and so on. So in the end we see what we got and what is still missing.

PLEASE add points to the list if you think there's something important missing or if you want to contribute something that isn't mentioned yet! This is just a draft list to get started, it doesn't mean this is complete! Also, if you would like to put down your name in a category that already has contributors, by all means, do it! Just because there's already one or two people assigned to one category, doesn't mean it's "taken"! We need all the support and participation we can possibly get :) (If you know anyone who could be interested in joining us, please drop them a note and guide them here.)


Plotting, outlining and/or writing
  • The Wall:

  • Nigel Vaughn:

  • InSyndicate & Anna:

  • Futuristic Crime Scenarios: Maia, Captainsandraclassof2029

  • John (background, storyline):

  • Dorian (background, storyline):

  • Sandra (background, storyline): Captainsandraclassof2029

  • Valerie (background, storyline): Captainsandraclassof2029, Flippingthevan

  • Richard (background, storyline): Flippingthevan

  • Rudy (background, storyline):

Other
  • Soundboard/feedback: Judas, Maia

  • Proofreading:

  • Accompanying illustrations/art:
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MarilynH

Could I suggest that folks who self identify for any of the characters/topics below present their ideas, themes for how the character/crime/topic ie other side of the Wall, would unfold over the course of eight to ten 'episodes', and hopefully would share these ideas by the end of January. Then we could see what is shaping up that could be woven into various 'episodes'. Could I also ask that the ideas be copied onto the draft suggested episode plan so that they all get captured in one place? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uK-Jgsn7ERh_m9OH4YArEdjKtiQoCJFZyI7K2VrYNR0/edit

Plotting, outlining and/or writing:

I like to write and would be willing to write whenever it would help.

The Wall: Marie had some great ideas for what's going on over there.

Nigel Vaughn: Marilyn (relationship between Maya and Nigel Vaughan in the draft plan)

InSyndicate & Anna: I think Maia has some ideas for these topics that include the Kennexes.

Futuristic Crime Scenarios: Maia, Captainsandraclassof2029, Marilyn (would like to see Maya in the second season)

John (background, storyline): Maia?

Dorian (background, storyline): Marilyn (he's the DRN prototype, the first of his kind; also there is some history in the old FOXTV notes ie Richard finding reference to vigilante Dorian that may have led to decommissioning; friendship evolves with Maya); Maia has ideas re: synthetic soul

Sandra (background, storyline): Captainsandraclassof2029

Valerie (background, storyline): Captainsandraclassof2029, Flippingthevan, Marilyn (ideas in draft story plan)

Richard (background, storyline): Flippingthevan

Rudy (background, storyline): Is Rudy hiding something re: Dorian's organic memories?

Other
Soundboard/feedback: Judas, Maia

Proofreading: Marilyn (individual eps and for overall continuity); Sivi has a great handle on season one so might also be able to help continuity

Accompanying illustrations/art:
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Jan 10 2016, 12:16 AM
Could I suggest that folks who self identify for any of the characters/topics below present their ideas, themes for how the character/crime/topic ie other side of the Wall, would unfold over the course of eight to ten 'episodes', and hopefully would share these ideas by the end of January. Then we could see what is shaping up that could be woven into various 'episodes'. Could I also ask that the ideas be copied onto the draft suggested episode plan so that they all get captured in one place? https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uK-Jgsn7ERh_m9OH4YArEdjKtiQoCJFZyI7K2VrYNR0/edit
It's a good idea to collect/discuss ideas and then try to shape the season arc and the string of single episodes!
Just a thought: Maybe it would be easier to present all ideas and discuss the draft plan in the thread Marilyn previously created for this purpose (instead of inside the document):
Season Plan Discussion

And then use the actual draft document for collecting/organizing just the aspects, ideas and rough chronology/sequences we agree on in the discussion thread. I personally find it more handy to have such a big discussion in a forum where we can go through posts by each person, and not be limited to small comments that will surely soon clutter the shared document if more people say something.

Also, I think it would be helpful to use ONLY the discussion thread for a while, and no longer the single threads for each character and single topics. Just so we have everything in one place and it's easier to re-read and skim through everything that we said, and it won't be scattered all over the board. (We could always go back to using the single topic areas/threads when we actually start with the writing of the episodes and go into much more detailed planning in smaller groups etc. Then we could use - for example - the Valerie thread for "Team Valerie" where they can organize themselves without interfering with the other teams, etc.) How does that sound, does that make sense to you guys?
Edited by flip, Jan 10 2016, 10:15 AM.
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MarilynH

Using the Season Plan Discussion thread makes sense and will be easier to read through the fleshed out ideas for each subject area (sorry, hadn't meant to use the other doc to the comment boxes but had meant to add all comments to the bottom of the doc, but it will work better, I think, as you suggest, remaining on this forum. Also, yes, to use a single thread so we can have everything together in one place for ease of review and discussion. Thanks, flip!
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Hi everyone, I've made a new "application" based on the original one plus the newly suggested topics, and I'd appreciate it if you all would take a moment to fill it out again, since the last records I have for participants are outdated at this point.

It's here: http://goo.gl/forms/h0ohuqeg6s
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DNA16
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Oh my gosh this all sounds SO amazing! I'm going to be graduating from university in May *happy dances* BUT that means I'm going to have extremely little time for writing. However, I've got an extensive background in grammar (was trained in it from grade 3 to grade 8) so I am totally up for editing. I'd like to write, too, but with all of the papers I'm going to be writing for school, until May is over, I probably won't have a lot of time for nitty-gritty writing and simply making outlines/tossing around ideas/editing.
I'm also a big fan of Maldonado, and I already know that captainsandraclassof2029 and I agree with a lot of things about Sandra. Even though we've never written anything together, I know we've written drabbles and things taking inspiration from each other's ideas, so I would love to collaborate with her on building Sandra's background and arch throughout the show. (plus she's super nice and I love her writing in general.)
I didn't write this in the survey, but I would love to tackle socio-economic issues in general in relation to crime of the week/world building. I don't know how much I can contribute, but I can try at least putting ideas out there. <3 One of the ideas that I've presented before and is still near and dear to my heart is how the very existence of Chromes affects society as a whole, especially in relation to classism, racism, and ablism.
I'm pretty exhausted so I'll need to head to bed, but hopefully I can get in some other ideas before I start school Jan 25th. :)
SO excited to see this project coming to life again! Thank you all for being so excited about it, too!
EDIT: I'm also totally down with helping write Maya and introducing other minor characters as well as consulting with anything having to do with children. My background is in child development (and my major is human development). AND I work at a preschool, so i've got a lot of real life and educational experience regarding children. :)
Edited by DNA16, Jan 19 2016, 08:56 AM.
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ahfancollab
Jan 11 2016, 03:13 AM
Hi everyone, I've made a new "application" based on the original one plus the newly suggested topics, and I'd appreciate it if you all would take a moment to fill it out again, since the last records I have for participants are outdated at this point.

It's here: http://goo.gl/forms/h0ohuqeg6s
Are there any results so far? Since we wanted to try and arrange "interest groups" and gather ideas until the end of January it would be good if we could see what we have so far in terms of participants and the themes everyone wants to cover.
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