%%USERNAME%%    %%ACCWORDS%% %%ONOFF%% |
 |  A hub for the "Book of Masks" universe. |
|
The Interactives "The Book of Masks"  : A high school student discovers a grimoire that can make magical disguises."The Wandering Stars" : Sequel to "The Book of Masks.""Student Bodies" : A high school student is turned into a blue goo that can possess people.For non-WdC Members "The Book of Masks: Archives" : Dodges the "Servers Busy" barrier!"The Book of Masks (Abridged)" : Introductory storylines for new readers.Community "BoM/TWS Message Forum" : Community for readers of the interactives."BoM/TWS/SB Wiki" : Notes and documentation for authors. Spoilers!Current Polls 3/8: "BoM Poll: "Making a Makeover"" [Closes Monday, March 10, at 12:00 ET]3/9: "BoM Poll: The Continuing Story ..." [Closes Tuesday, March 11, at 12:00 ET]3/9: "BoM Poll: "The Fake Book"" [Closes Tuesday, March 11, at 12:00 ET]The Latest 3/8: Interactive: "Making a Makeover" 3/8: Public: "Making a Makeover"
|
| The poll for "Making a Makeover" will be open for another 24 hours, but I'm already thinking ahead. I've decided I'm going to run this storyline for only 5 to 7 chapters in total (we are 3 chapters in), will come back to it later. But what come after that? Let's do a poll! So in "BoM Poll: The Continuing Story ..." I'm asking the readership to pick one of four semi-recent storylines to continue. Two of these, "Making Mickey" and "Taking One for Team Kendra," would pick up where the chapter concluded. With the other two, there would be further polls to see which particular path would get continued.The idea is to have a storyline picked when the current one runs out. Longer term is the choice that gets picked in "BoM Poll: "The Fake Book"" . That poll starts at the beginning of the story, and will run out when we reach a choice that has not been written.And in this poll I will be posting the entire chapter, along with the choices, in order to mimic the experience of reading the interactive and making a choice. I want to make the experience for the community as close as possible to the actual feeling of reading the interactive (almost as though for the first time, I hope!) and making choices blind. |
| Poll closed. For most of the 48 hours the Plot Plinko poll was up, "Stick with these guys" held a large lead, but during the last 12 hours "Go home" surged to edge ahead of it. But even this last-minute come-from-behind move wasn't enough. "Go home" and "Stick with these guys" both fell before a massive GP vote for the Warehouse, so that the final results were: Warehouse: 40.3% Go home: 31.5% Stick with these guys: 28.2% This is mixed news for me, because "Stick with these guys" was the choice I had written, and had written out to 6 chapters. So now I have to write a different branch than the one I'd been planning. Luckily, that GP vote for the Warehouse came in early enough and was big enough that I was able to prepare, so you do get a chapter for today: Interactive: "Making a Makeover" Public: "Making a Makeover" And there is a new poll to go with it: "BoM Poll: "Making a Makeover"" As with the last one, it will be open for 48 hours. [Closes Monday, March 10, at 12:00 ET].I choose to look on the bright side. Though my plans were instantly derailed, I do have half a dozen chapters now in the backlog, which I can roll out at some other point. But for now, I have to scramble to find some way of continuing the story. |
| I was thinking anyway of turning this branch into a "Plot Plinko" game anyway, even before Nostrum mentioned that possibility in the Commentary thread. The new characters are only barely introduced in "Fröhliche Momente mit unbekannten Menschen" , but maybe enough to make a poll meaningful, so there's one up now: [Poll completed and deleted] That poll will run for two days, so there will not be a chapter tomorrow and maybe not the next day, even though there is one written. (I won't tell you which.) This is also a poll where GPs can be voted, so read the rules carefully. |
| * Interactive: "Nine's a Crowd" * Public: "Nine's a Crowd" I said last time that I wanted to write something that starts near the beginning of the story, with new characters. Today's chapter is a stab at doing just that. Confession: I really have no idea where this is going. I have no idea how long it will be before masks start being made. In fact, I have a backlog of only two chapters after this one, and I cannot even guarantee that this branch will last longer than those two chapters. This is going to be the most public, high-wire act I've done in a very long time. I'm even giving readers a chance to critique it in real time: "Commentary: "Nine's a Crowd"" Anyway, where are we? So, our protagonist, Will Prescott, bought a crazy-looking book at the used bookstore, but he didn't much like the look of it, so he buried it in his room and has gone about his life. Feeling restless, though, he has gone out this Saturday afternoon with his two best friends in search of adventure at the local mini-golf course. (Will's horizons are pretty cramped, let's admit right up front.) He has tried flirting with the ticket-seller, and has bumped into some girls from the local private academy. What will he do with these opportunities? |
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
