Round Robin guidelines Winterfest Online 2008 January 12 - 20

A round robin story is a type of collaborative storytelling in which a number of authors take turns writing chapters of an ongoing story.

• We're planning two round robin stories, one Classic and one Third Season.
• We need a minimum of 5 volunteers for each story.
• The length of the chapters will be based on the number of volunteers and the time available when we start - usually only a few pages. 
• We can be flexible about whose turn is when, but once it's your turn, we need you to get back to us ASAP. In past years, we've given people about a week to write their chapters.
• Good grammar, spelling, and punctuation are expected. (We will edit, so don't worry too much.)
• Characters must be in character, unless they have a darn good reason not to be.
• The round robin is not the place to work out your 3S issues (or any other kind). ;-)
• If you've never written anything before in your life, the round robin might not be the best place to start.
• We don't expect so overwhelmingly many volunteers that not everyone will get a chance to write, but in the event that should happen we'll take people in the order in which we receive their email saying they'd like to participate.
• Also there are rules which should go without saying, so we mostly won't. (But an example would be: Don't kill off any existing characters.)
• Keep in mind that Winterfest is a party, so a story on the lighter side would be appreciated.