Community Project Time!
Hey guys, so @freshouttaparsnips and I had this idea for a community project. Wouldn’t it be cool to have a set of stories based around a common premise and written by different authors? Like an anthology! Think “Sin City”, “Babel”, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”, or the “V/H/S” series. They do not have to be related to one another, however, like the stories in some of these movies. You do not have to coordinate with anyone. All you have to do is follow a few simple rules and let your creativity run wild.
The common theme among these stories is sickness/injury. It can be literal or metaphorical. You have your choice of genre, characters, pairing (if you choose to include a romantic pairing), and the like. A second common theme is the titles. I ask that you name your oneshot with the title of a nursery rhyme. It doesn't necessarily have to do with that nursery rhyme in a logical sense, but for example, a person could call their story Three Blind Mice and write about a character temporarily losing their sight via illness or injury.
Here are the rules I would ask that you follow:
1. Please keep your story rated at a T or below. If you’re confused about what might be allowed, consider if your content would be able to be shown in a PG-13 movie. This means no graphic sex or violence. Keep it minimal or keep it offscreen.
2. You can be as wide or as narrow as you wish to be in your interpretation of the subject. All I ask is that, in one way or another, your story has something to do with an illness or injury.
3. Your title must be a nursery rhyme title. It does not have to be in English. For English titles, however, I can recommend this site (www.nurseryrhymes.org) for name suggestions.
4. You have complete control over characters, pairings, genre, etc. As you might expect, however, please keep it Undertale related. If you would like to use your OC’s, that’s wonderful, but please also include at least one recognizable character from the game or one of the many AUs.
5. Please keep your story to a oneshot with at least 500 words and up to 5,000 words.
6. Post your story to your AO3 and add to the collection “Nursery Rhyme Community Project”. Myself and Freshie will be moderating! If you don’t have an AO3, that’s okay! You can post here to Tumblr! Please tag your story with “AWOO Nursery Rhyme Project” so I can find it. You can also send me a link to your story through Tumblr’s chat function.
7. Freshie and I will be creating a masterlist as stories accumulate. Please remember that your story cannot be added if we can’t find it. If you have any problems adding your story to the collection on AO3 or linking one of us, please let us know!