I like stories, but the "The Finish The Story Thread" doesn't seem like it would ever create a coherent story. So I propose a hopefully more of a chance of making a more complete story, despite posters trying to take it into so many directions.

Unless you're the new story opener, the last and first sentence of the story is already known. The story opener then decides how many
and what minimum and maximum amount of words can be used per post.
The next poster will copy/paste the story so far, otherwise the new poster will more likely read only the last post and disregard the rest of the story.

Writing suggestions/comments/questions for he next poster is also desirable as it might steer the next poster into your direction.


Here is my idealized example:

_sluimers_ writes:

Ortega passes the ball..

5 posts to go..

HE SCORES!!

min words: 5
max words: 20
num posts: 5

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Ubuntugeek84 writes:

Ortega passes the ball and Mariana passes the salt.

4 posts to go

HE SCORES!!

(Question: What kind of ball is that?)

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john674 writes:

Ortega passes the ball and Mariana passes the salt.
The Barbossa family was having a lovely dinner.

3 posts to go

HE SCORES!!

(Suggestion: description of the ball)

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Veriskovsky writes:

Ortega passes the ball and Mariana passes the salt.
The Barbossa family was having a lovely dinner.
But Ortega who passed the toy pokemon ball to his little sister,
wanted to play on his Xbox.

2 posts to go

HE SCORES!!

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Mangaf`n12 writes:

Ortega passes the ball and Mariana passes the salt.
The Barbossa family was having a lovely dinner.
But Ortega, who passed the toy pokemon ball to his little sister,
wanted to play on his Xbox.
He goes upstairs and turns on his video game station.

1 post to go

HE SCORES!!

(Comment: Guess what OS his Xbox is running.)

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Mangaf`n12 writes:

Ortega passes the ball and Mariana passes the salt.
The Barbossa family was having a lovely dinner.
But Ortega, who passed the toy pokemon ball to his little sister,
wanted to play on his Xbox.
He goes upstairs and turns on his video game station.
IT TURNS OUT HE'S RUNNING UBUNTU ON IT!!!

HE SCORES!!


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So that's what I have in mind.
I'll start.

min words: 20
max words: 40
num posts: 10

It was a lovely morning at San Diego Zoo.

10 posts to go..

Alas, the lions ate him up.

(Suggestion: description of just how lovely it was.)