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Calling all writers! - Labster - 12-14-2022 Writing for ManaChara First off, you'll need an account on the Drunkard's Walk Forums, so you can comment and contribute here. Originally, the rule was that every author is a self-insert (SI), managing an apartment complex of one to three fictional series' worth of characters. This has been somewhat relaxed, as we have several "NPC" managers, as well as other more complicated arrangements, as you'll read in the stories. Having live-in apartment managers still provides a good frame to your story, giving the audience a good newcomer character to latch onto, as well as giving excuses for your characters to interact. The managers know that their residents are fictional, and usually know who those characters are, but they don't have to know in advance if you want to have fun with that. In managing the building, Funtom Property Management provides the managers with enough salary and maintenance budget to ensure everyone is comfortable, as well as providing enough resources to keep tenants living above "poor college student" levels. (The agreement may change over time, pray they do not change it further.) As the multiverse gradually unravels, Lord Phantomhive is assisting the cause at the indulgence of the Daimakaicho, Mistress Hild. Given severity of the situation, Heaven and Hell are setting aside their differences to make sure we all get out of this in one piece - Hell is simply in charge of this part of the operation because professional graft tends to get things done much faster in our world. Therefore, we are not beholden to the Demonic cause, nor to the Heavenly one as we are actually working for both parties in mutual cooperation. The Goddess Relief Agency can handle the harder problems faced by our residents, but not all of the time -- which is where our characters come in to help. The general idea is that you can write in our setting with your favorite characters, perhaps somewhere between two to four casts. Enough to get interesting character interactions, but not so many that characters get forgotten. Many of these casts are currently from anime, but certainly not all of them. If a character is already in the setting, you probably won't get them at your apartment complex, but you can still write interactions with them, especially in collaborations. Of course, you'll want to read all of the introductory stories to get an idea of the universe. Outside of them, So You Just Arrived from a Parallel Universe is an in-universe take on the challenges displacees will face upon arriving in the Metacontinuity, which might give you an idea for some stories you'd like to tell. It also goes over a lot of the terminology we use, and general rules of the setting. It's written in-universe by Koyomi Mizuhara, who has a record of reading between the lines, so nothing in there she says is false (though the book cover was put together by the crew of Comic Party at the last minute, so it's a little less accurate). Along with the wiki, this story serves as a universe bible. Some rules can't be included in that, because it's from an in-universe perspective. A few important points:
Like all rules of writing, these can be ignored if the situation calls for it; so long as you and the other writers know you're breaking the rule and you have a good story to go with it. The general direction of the plot starts with the realistic needs of dimensional refugees and the culture shock encountered, and building new relationships with other displacees. Over time, enemies will emerge, primarily from other canons. Entire worlds and space empires will be folded into our universe. The celestials will fix the damage, restarting halted universes, but our characters will remain in the Metacontinuity as copies sharing the same soul. A climatic battle over the fate of the multiverse is in the far future. Technical information:
If you're ready for access to the wiki, either to write or preread, please request it over in the current wiki thread. RE: Calling all writers! - robkelk - 10-15-2023 We mentioned introductory stories but didn't say which stories those are. Here's a partial list: My Apartment Manager Is Not an Isekai Character is the big introduction story, in that it introduces the setting and many (but nowhere near all) of the more important characters. One might note that there are no self-insert characters in the first third of the story; the "displacees" and celestials carry the storytelling load. These three stories show the different approaches that the three most active writers take to writing stories here:
Other introductory stories include One Night After Death, A Little Slice of Heaven on the Gulf, Home in the Maritimes, and Life Off Mars. There will be more. |