Shared worlds are a ton of fun! I honestly didn't expect as much poetry as Torn World inspired - and what I did expect was mood or character pieces, not actual story-telling. I'm glad I was wrong!
It was a bit intimidating for me, on the canon board, because I didn't have a lot of experience with the format, but I found that it was a natural fit, and a lot of the same criteria applies as to prose. (Primarily - watch for grammar that conflicts internally, make sure events all fit chronologically and check for proper use of setting elements.) It's even inspired me to fits of poetry as a writer. >.>
Related, one of our contests running now is to write a poem based on an existing story - it can show the events of the story from a new POV, or build off it tangentially, or show events caused by the story... anything that spins things onward. http://www.tornworld.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1104 (New members always welcome!)
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Date: 2012-10-23 12:43 am (UTC)It was a bit intimidating for me, on the canon board, because I didn't have a lot of experience with the format, but I found that it was a natural fit, and a lot of the same criteria applies as to prose. (Primarily - watch for grammar that conflicts internally, make sure events all fit chronologically and check for proper use of setting elements.) It's even inspired me to fits of poetry as a writer. >.>
Related, one of our contests running now is to write a poem based on an existing story - it can show the events of the story from a new POV, or build off it tangentially, or show events caused by the story... anything that spins things onward. http://www.tornworld.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1104 (New members always welcome!)