Collab Fic Project

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This idea has been thrown around a bit for awhile now in chat, and so since there seemed to be ponies interested in joining in on it I figured I should post a thread for this fic here. The idea is that it's going to be a large collaborative project; telling essentially a single story, but in a frame setting. It takes the idea behind the "Canterbury Tales" and pony-izes it, (which if you're not sure what the Canterbury Tales are, I'll explain a little bit later in the post.)
I'd like to find out which ponies would be interested in assisting this monumental task of recreating such a magnificent piece of literature in pony form, even if it's only in the smallest form. The story will require quite a number of OC's, not just ponies but maybe even baby dragons or possibly griffins or diamond dogs or any other types of creatures that could be properly worked in. We'll need writers as well, along with anyone who wants to help by editing or proof reading even.

Ponies participating (Will be updated regularly):

CandlelightProse
Wildfire
Sweet Lemonade
Raggle Fraggle

Now for some additional information about the source of this idea. The Canterbury Tales was a collection of stories that were told in a framestory setting, where a character would tell a story within the story. It takes place back in the 1300's when a group of pilgrims are traveling together on a long journey and decide to have a contest. They would all tell stories to pass the time, and whoever had the best story would be treated to a large feast payed by the others at the end of the trip. Each had a chance to tell 2 stories each, and this made for a long piece of literature since there was more than 20 pilgrims, along with a bartender that went with them as a judge. It was never completed unfortunately.
The pilgrims were traveling to Canterbury to pay their respects at a famous shrine built in a cathedral, had decided to go together so it was safer and cost effective, along with being funner. A distinct characteristic for the piece that made it so great was the descriptiveness of all the different characters. Each one had many special things about them that made them unique, and I'd like to capture that again with this particular fic.

So if there is any questions, comments, any discussion about the idea or anything else you'd like to share feel free to post it here! Make sure to PM me also if you're interested in participating! Everypony is more than welcome to help out, and I hope you all will consider it! :>

[dragoonofdeath]

working on several OC's, i'll post what i've got done in this thread. For now, heres the 'gist' of what i'm doing.

1 Diamond Dog, male.

1 young dragon, female, slightly older then Spike

2 unicorns, 1 male, 1 female

family of 3: Unicorn father, Earth Pony mother, Pegasi filly

1 Griffon, male, old aged. (to old to fly)

We need to settle on a starting point, whether canon or fanon. Somewhere far away enough for everypony (and nonpony) to share their tales.

[closetd0rk]

This sounds very interesting!

I already know of one character that I'd like to write... Captain Barnacle should really have his story told. <3 Maybe I'll come up with a few others.

I do have a question. Is this taking place in modern Equestria times? Just curious.

[ragglefraggle]

Sounds awesome. You can count me in for proofreading right away (used to do that professionally), and I'll see if I can contribute in any other way.

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Jun 6, 2011 6:51:47 GMT -5 @closetd0rk said:

This sounds very interesting!

I already know of one character that I'd like to write... Captain Barnacle should really have his story told. <3 Maybe I'll come up with a few others.

I do have a question. Is this taking place in modern Equestria times? Just curious.

Yep Lemonade! It's all going to be worked into being modern time, I'd love to see Captain Barnacle in the story! XD

[dragoonofdeath]

KK, quick update, working on a large number of OC's is new to me so im doing it in bits and pieces as I pull the characters together.

1 Diamond Dog, male. -finished except bio

1 young dragon, female, slightly older then Spike - nothin

2 unicorns, 1 male, 1 female - Both in same boat as D-Dog

family of 3: Unicorn father, Earth Pony mother, Pegasi filly - N/A

1 Griffon, male, old aged. (to old to fly) -N/a

1 griffon, female, young (Grand-daughter of the ancient griffon)- complete

Theres a few other WIP OC's, But I dont want to end up making the entire cast for this tale.