08-11-2022, 04:57 PM
Tales From the Sector
Stories are great. Stories are fun. I enjoy reading them a lot, especially the good ones. Luckily, DiscoveryGC has a thriving story-writing community, made up of wonderfully creative storytellers. We have long stories, short stories, collaborative stories. And many, many of them. But, to tell you the truth, I also find that a little daunting. Entering the Stories and Biographies subforum and seeing (at time of writing) 635 pages of written works, many with pages upon pages of posts, can be a little overwhelming. Where to start? How to know which ones are good, which ones might capture my interest and my imagination?
So, I had an idea. Not everyone can read or write long, in-depth stories - be it for lack of skill, time, what have you. But what just about anyone can do, is write a little snippet. A little creative what's-it that allows them to share their imagination with others and is easy to digest. No long-form epics. No multi-dozen-post efforts between half a dozen writers. Just short, sweet, single posts.
About what?
Anything. Within Discovery, of course. A short excerpt from a character's daily life? An academic entry about a stellar body? A report on a historical or, perhaps, future event? Sure, whatever you can come up with.
Now why, you might be asking yourself, would we need this? A few reasons, really. As stated above, many community members may not have the time to read or write longer stories. They might believe they lack the skill to capture an audience's interest.
Not just that, but there is just so much to explore. Ironically, the in-game world has been mapped and charted scores of times over, while its actual content - the systems, planets, cities, peoples, and factions - remain unfortunately uncharacterized. Dozens of worlds, none of which have any detail to them. Scores of groups that are little more than tags and repsheets. There is incredible potential for world-building in Discovery and so far, most of it has remained untapped.
And so, here we are. A compendium, an anthology of short stories from across the Sirius Sector. Open for anyone to contribute, for anyone to expand and explore. A place for you to submit single posts, all collected in one place for you to read and enjoy at your leisure, share with friends, and (perhaps a little deviously) use to advertise DiscoveryGC on the internet. But you didn't get that idea from me.
So, I had an idea. Not everyone can read or write long, in-depth stories - be it for lack of skill, time, what have you. But what just about anyone can do, is write a little snippet. A little creative what's-it that allows them to share their imagination with others and is easy to digest. No long-form epics. No multi-dozen-post efforts between half a dozen writers. Just short, sweet, single posts.
About what?
Anything. Within Discovery, of course. A short excerpt from a character's daily life? An academic entry about a stellar body? A report on a historical or, perhaps, future event? Sure, whatever you can come up with.
Now why, you might be asking yourself, would we need this? A few reasons, really. As stated above, many community members may not have the time to read or write longer stories. They might believe they lack the skill to capture an audience's interest.
Not just that, but there is just so much to explore. Ironically, the in-game world has been mapped and charted scores of times over, while its actual content - the systems, planets, cities, peoples, and factions - remain unfortunately uncharacterized. Dozens of worlds, none of which have any detail to them. Scores of groups that are little more than tags and repsheets. There is incredible potential for world-building in Discovery and so far, most of it has remained untapped.
And so, here we are. A compendium, an anthology of short stories from across the Sirius Sector. Open for anyone to contribute, for anyone to expand and explore. A place for you to submit single posts, all collected in one place for you to read and enjoy at your leisure, share with friends, and (perhaps a little deviously) use to advertise DiscoveryGC on the internet. But you didn't get that idea from me.