Crossroads and Roundabouts!

Hey everyone!

As we promised, a new challenge for all of you to participate!

This first round of „Crossroads and Roundabouts“ is supposed to be a pilot project to see if we can start a semi-annual event of it.

Now here’s the deal for you:

We need 4 ambitious writers to start C&R. There are 4 stories to write together by all 4  of you. First there is a “Free Story”, freestyle, your own ideas, something you always wanted to write and let the world know about. The other fic for you is a starter, let’s say a longer quote, a situation for you and your lifer, you have to pick up and continue the storyline.

So: 2 of you start writing on the “Free Story”, the other 2 writers pick up the “Starter Story” (randomly chosen by the staff – You are categorised as A, B, C, and D to work the most statistical for the randomisation, a kind-of-cross-over-design we have planned for you ).

Now all 4 of you are challenged to write the beginning of your story. You are given 4 weeks and we expect you to write about 5-10 pages, more if you wish, then you send the stories in (neverland.fics@gmail.com) and we use the crossover-scheme to sign you up for the next story.

So writer A starts one of the free stories for example. After A has finished her part, it is sent in and we will give it to writer C to continue. Then it is given to writer B and in the end writer D finishes the story.

Writer B starts another free storry. After finishing the first par it is given to writer D, then writer A, then writer C to finish it.

A         B

C         D

now imagine the crossing over we desinged like a turned, a rotated Z

Writer C starts a starter story, it is given to writer A, then writer D, then writer B. Another Z in the cross.

Writer D starts writing the other starter story, it is given to writer B, then writer C, and in the end writer A finishes the story. 

As you can see: The new thing about it is, that each of the writers takes over each story once and has to complete one part of every story! (beginning, middle part one or two, end)

It is almost like those chain-letter-stories most of you might still remember from primary school.

In the end we should have four complete stories. We will script them and put them all online for you to read and enjoy the first fruits of Neverland's Crossroads and Roundabouts :)

So now, wrack your brains, send us an email and participate!! :)

We need you, your ideas and your creativity!!