So what am I so excited about that I'll be introducing on Monday? A quasi-Choose-Your-Own-Adventure tale that will allow you to decide the fate of the story's protagonist, a secret agent named Thomas Asby. I will describe the process with a quick timeline of events:
Monday 3/9: Part 1 of "Thomas Asby and the Minimal Mastermind" is published on the 901 Blog and Grill at 12:00 AM on Monday. Meaning that one minute after 11:59 PM on Sunday, the story goes up. The story will end with two choices as to what Asby could do next, and these choices will appear in the poll on the right side of the page.
Monday 3/9 - Wednesday 3/11: Voting is open and you vote for the path you want Asby to take. Whichever choice has the most votes by Wednesday at 11:59 PM (so 3 full days of voting) will be the consensus path that Asby will embark on.
Thursday 3/12 - Sunday 3/15: I will pen the next chapter in the Asby story based on your, the reader's, choice. I will not determine what will happen only after the voting ends, but have already laid out the complete web of plot and different possibilities for the entire run of the story. If your choices are leading to Asby's failure, or death, I will not waver and will stick to the plot.
Monday 3/16: Part 2 of "Thomas Asby and the Minimal Mastermind" is posted on the 901 Blog and Grill, and the cycle repeats itself.
Quick Facts:
- The three possibilities for the final story outcome are SUCCESS (4 endings), FAILURE (3 endings), and DEATH (4 endings).
- The shortest that this story can be is 4 parts long, with the end of the story taking place in that 4th part, while the longest story is 9 parts long. The longest story may not necessarily be a successful one, and the shortest may not necessarily be death or failure.
- Unless feedback is 100 percent negative, I will be doing more CYOA stories in the future. If Asby dies in this volume though, he's dead and will not come back. The story will take place in the same world and relate in some manner to the first volume, but will feature a different protagonist.
- Whether one choice is "better" than the other could be random or derived from clues in the story, meaning that sometimes you will be able to make an educated guess and sometimes you won't. I have the outcomes planned out, so a choice will definitely result in a certain event, but that choice will never be easy to make. I want you to find the clues yourself when they are present so I will not lay out the pros and cons of each choice when I present it to you.
Well I believe that's the long and short of it, but if you have any questions please post them in the comments of this post and I will answer them. The story should be funny and exciting, but don't let the lighthearted nature convince you that Asby cannot die. It would not be a real Choose-Your-Own-Adventure without that possibility.
Until next time,
The 901 Blogger
P.S. After the story finishes I will scan the the web for the story, so you can see what would have happened if a certain path had been taken.
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