Hmm. I may be able to take September with a Flesh Out Your World Fest, which could optionally run for 2 months to get people ready for NaNoWriMo.
I'm thinking about trying a "4 stories, 4 themes, 4 prompts each" schema. So:
Fest-goers would decide whether they wanted creative choice or creative constraint. Then they'd generate 4 cards, and try to write one story or prompt response based on each of those cards – 4 stories in total.
One card would use the worldbuilding list, one would use the culturebuilding list, one would use a cast/groupbuilding list, and one would use a character-building list.
For fest-goers who wanted creative choices, they'd generate a 4x4 list. For those who wanted constraint, they'd generate a 2x2 postage stamp. Regardless of which way they chose, their goal would be to write a prompt response that illustrated 4 prompts at once: a bingo on the 4x4, or a blackout on the 2x2.
It'd only be 4 fills overall (unless people wanted to do repeats), but it'd stretch the mental muscles involving building relations between these elements and finding their intersections. And it'd help people get a feel for their world on multiple levels.
Ideas!
I'm thinking about trying a "4 stories, 4 themes, 4 prompts each" schema. So:
Fest-goers would decide whether they wanted creative choice or creative constraint. Then they'd generate 4 cards, and try to write one story or prompt response based on each of those cards – 4 stories in total.
One card would use the worldbuilding list, one would use the culturebuilding list, one would use a cast/groupbuilding list, and one would use a character-building list.
For fest-goers who wanted creative choices, they'd generate a 4x4 list. For those who wanted constraint, they'd generate a 2x2 postage stamp. Regardless of which way they chose, their goal would be to write a prompt response that illustrated 4 prompts at once: a bingo on the 4x4, or a blackout on the 2x2.
It'd only be 4 fills overall (unless people wanted to do repeats), but it'd stretch the mental muscles involving building relations between these elements and finding their intersections. And it'd help people get a feel for their world on multiple levels.