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Celebrity + Story = Perez Hilton?

We’ve looked at the game of Story before, but now we’re taking it to a new level:

Character Story

Version 1: All the Same Character

Before each chapter, the audience suggests a character or style (movie, book, etc). Each chapter, all the players tell the story in the way that suggestion would narrate this story.  How would Stephen King tell a story differently than Seventeen magazine? How would a pirate tell a story different than Sherlock Holmes?  It’s a balance between style specifics and story plot line, with about 65-70% leaning in the direction of style specifics.

Version 2: Different Characters All

Each player gets a different character or style as a suggestion and then tells their portion of the story in that style.  When you pick up in the middle of a sentence, the last half of the sentence should be a style specific for you.

EXAMPLE: STEPHEN KING to SEVENTEEN

• “It was a dark and stormy night…”
• “…and the weather was totally frizzing Janey’s hair. She put it up into the cutest bob using…”
• “a rusty fork and her own lower intestines. Suddenly, she heard a terrible scream from the next room…”
• “Robert Pattinson had just arrived, and his adoring tween public was there.  Janey rushed to meet him…”
• “…only to discover he’d actually been bitten by a vampire. His teeth sank into her neck, and she…”
• “…swore she was totally going to Twitter this later, lol!”

DISCUSSION POSSIBILITIES (comment on this post): What styles are easiest/hardest for you? What references do you wish you could make? Where do you go to find more info about celebrities, publications, styles etc?