Wow. There has been a lot of interest in this plan, way more than we could have hoped for. Thank you to everyone who helped to spread the last post, as well as the people who sent in concerns and queries about how it’s going to work. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to properly address everybody’s messages, but we hope this post will answer a lot of questions people have.
Soon, there will be an online sign-up form for potential creators, which will be linked to on this blog. We will use this to work out people’s styles and strengths, to ensure we have a good mix of writing styles and genres. We will need writers to write the ‘episodes’, but since there is such a wide range of talent in this fandom, we thought it might be nice for fan artists to be able to get involved as well. For each story that is written, for instance, a fan artist could be assigned to draw a picture about that story, which would work as a teaser for the next episode in the week leading up to it being published. It’ll be a heck of a lot easier than hiring the actors and shooting a trailer, for one thing, and for another it would be a good way to get writers and artists to collaborate in a way they wouldn’t usually. One person can of course sign up as both an artist and a writer – this will make more sense when you see the form.
The plan is that there will be 22 episodes in this season, like the first one. These would probably be scheduled on the same dates as the first season, exactly two years later. As well as being cool, this means that there will be plenty of time to write the stories, so don’ worry about that. Ideally there will be 22 writers, one for each episode, but that’s unlikely to happen because real life is never perfect. As such, if fewer than 22 writers apply, we may need some people to write more than one episode if they are willing and able. Only people who indicate on the form that they can do more than one will be asked to do this, though, don’t worry. If more than 22 writers apply, then we will unfortunately have to whittle them down using a lottery – we will literally be picking names out of a hat (and providing pictures if necessary). Everyone who applies will have a fair chance at getting into the season.
Collaborations between two or more writers on one story are welcome, as long as they can be completed within a reasonable time period. There will obviously be some of collaboration between the writers of the episodes, to decide things like season story arcs, overarching plots/themes, and any regular or recurring characters we decide to introduce over the course of the season. We are trying to stay true to the magic of the original Forever, the one that we all fell in love with, which will mean introducing some rules. This won’t be anything too restricting, just some guidelines – i.e. no crossovers, AUs, non-canon pairings, etc. Try to make your stories about things that could actually happen in the Foreververse, as that’s what we’re trying to add to, in our own way.
If anyone has any questions, comments, suggestions about this plan, or something we forgot to mention here, feel free to shoot us an ask and we’ll respond as soon as possible. The online form should be posted within the next few days, and things should make more sense then. Until then, adios, and thanks for all your support so far!