Liani/Sandbox Two

Why a Circle?

(Why not a Triangle, or a Square, or even a icosidodecahedron?) (Too Pointy, Too Rigid, Too Vulcan)

Writing in a circle allows us the chance to explore different styles and ideas than we would under normal circumstances. The circle provides a means to keep the writer from falling into the rut of using the same tropes, the same path for each story. It challenges them to solve puzzles like “How the hell am I supposed to use that in this story?”- as the writer figures it out their mind expands and they are able to approach their writing with a new tool or method.

A circle isn’t just about challenging though- it’s also about fellowship and support. Writing the story is a solitary experience but the end product is meant to be a shared meal. When you write with a group- each intent on the same theme and devices- you see how each person approached the problem, it gives you an appreciation of how clever and nimble the human mind can be- and just as solving the problem yourself enables you to be more clever in your approach to writing- seeing it through anothers grants you a bit of their cleverness.

Finally, affirmation. A circle doesn’t necessarily stand around to critique your writing, judge your word choice- or your questionable use of punctuation. They sit with you and affirm the positive they see, and encourage your creativity so that you become stronger. I’m not arguing for a critiqueless system- but I think that each writer will find those they trust to judge their work soundly- and can go to them when they’re looking for how they can improve on a technical level.

Ship Based or Personal Initiative:

So, I originally posed this idea to Raj as a ship based sort of circle. We’d create a name for our own ship circle page and then go from there writing stories and so on, more or less as described above and below. And with luck other ships would be something like “OMG- totes sweetness!” at least on an emotional level and join in, and then we’d have the Garuda Circle, and the SB118 circle and so on. And that is still one way to go about it- but it could also mean one ship has two writers, one has three ,one has one.. and so on- which would make for lonely circles- so option two then is we just make it one big circle. Anyone who is interested says “Hi- I’d like to join, ay?” and we add their name to the great big list of other names and they join in. And then we get huge long pages of stories to read and compare, and it’d be amazing!

The Point of Devices

I’ve created a table of Devices, there are more out there to be sure, and list I started with got cut by a small chunk. I didn’t see any value in forcing someone to write ‘ad hominem’ attacks in a story, for example. The devices that remain range from everyday items to the truly archaic. I chose to include them along with themes since being forced to include them in a story makes them a lot like puzzle pieces that you have to work your mind around. The table is pretty self explanatory roll this, then that, then this again and see what ya get.

The Format:

Either monthly or bi-weekly, the person in charge rolls up the theme and then the devices and creates a page for it, taking a moment to give an overview of everything- then people would write and submit their stories either to a google group for the project or in a forum section we might make for it. Then, in the order they’re given, each story is posted onto the wiki page. After everything is turned in, the list is formatted into an ebook and linked somewhere- and we restart the process.

The Mystical Library of Atlantis
USS Atlantis
The Circle's Archive Theme/Date Fleet Circles Garuda Circle SB118 OPS Circle Appolo-A Circle

	starbase118.net Explore With Us

• Create a header using the circles title: The Mystical Library of Atlantis (I think that's what was wanted)
• Define the circles goals and break down the main ponts
• Generate table for Devices and Themes
• Create Sidebar featuring ships logo and links to wiki pages containing the Theme/Device and Month/Year (Love & Hate/Haiku/May15) or similar
• Place recruiting link in a good spot

If someone is looking at this page and wants to review lists- you'll want to hit the edit button. Please don't change anything though w/o asking first. Thanks.

• I'm thinking you'd roll a d6 to determine the number of required devices to see used in the theme. Roll a 3 on d6 and end up with (Alliteration/Anti-Hero/Fable)

A possible way to link definitions to the devices one tabled- Accumulation

Roll 1d6 to determine the number of Devices used.

1d8-1	1d4/1d6	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	1	Accumulation	Adynaton	Allegory	Alliteration	Allusion	Ambiguity
1	2	Anachronism	Anacoluthon	Anadiplosis	Analogy	Anecdote	Antagonist
1	3	Antanaclasis	Anthropomorphism	Anti-Hero	Antimetabole	Antiphrasis	Antistrophe
1	4	Antithesis	Aphorism	Aphorismus	Aporia	Aposiopesis	Apostrophe
2	1	Archetype	Argument	Assonance	Asyndeton	Ballad	Bathos
2	2	Bildungsroman	Caricature	Catachresis	Catharsis	Characterization	Chiasmus
2	3	Circumlocution	Cliffhanger	Climax	Colloquialism	Comparison	Conceit
2	4	Conflict	Connotation	Couplet	Denotation	D.E.M.	Dialect
3	1	Diction	Doppelganger	D.Entendre	Ellipsis	Epigraph	Epilogue
3	2	Epiphany	Epiphora	Epithet	Epizeuxis	Eristic	Ethos
3	3	Euphemism	Euphony	Evidence	Exemplum	Exposition	E.Metaphor
3	4	Fable	Fallacy	F-Forward	Flashback	Foil	Foreshadowing
4	1	Free-Verse	Haiku	Half-Rhyme	Hamartia	Homograph	Homophone
4	2	Hubris	Hyperbaton	Hyperbole	Hypophora	Hypotaxis	Idiom
4	3	Imagery	Induction	Inference	Innuendo	Irony	Jargon
4	4	Juxtaposition	Kinesthesia	Litotes	Logos	Malapropism	Meiosis
5	1	Metalepsis	Metaphor	Metonymy	Mood	Motif	Narrative
5	2	Nemesis	Non-Sequitur	Onomatopoeia	Oxymoron	Paradox	Paralipsis
5	3	Paraprosdokian	Parody	Paronomasia	Parrhesia	Pastiche	P-Fallacy
5	4	Pathos	Periphrasis	Persona	Personification	Plot	Poetic-Justice
6	1	Point of View	Polysyndeton	Portmanteau	Prologue	Prose	Prosthesis
6	2	Protagonist	Pun	Red Herring	R.A.Absurdum	Rhyme	Rhythm
6	3	Sarcasm	Satire	S.F.P	Sesquipedalian	Sibilance	Simile
6	4	Slang	Snark	Solecism	Soliloquy	Sonnet	Stanza
7	1	S of C	Superlative	Syllogism	Symbolism	Syncope	Synecdoche
7	2	Synesis	Synesthesia	Syntax	Tmesis	Tone	Tragedy
7	3	Tragicomedy	Tragic Flaw	Transition	Understatement	Utopia	Verisimilitude
7	4	Verse	Zeugma	Zoomorphism	Rhetoric	Palindrome	Pentameter

Roll 1d100 for Theme

#	Theme	#	Theme
1	Beauty of Simplicity	2	Capitalism – effect on the individual
3	Change of power - necessity	4	Change versus tradition
5	Chaos and order	6	Character – destruction, building up
7	Circle of life	8	Coming of age
9	Communication – verbal and nonverbal	10	Companionship as salvation
11	Convention and rebellion	12	Dangers of ignorance
13	Darkness and light	14	Death – inevitable or tragedy
15	Desire to escape	16	Destruction of beauty
17	Disillusionment and dreams	18	Displacement
19	Empowerment	20	Emptiness of attaining a false dream
21	Everlasting love	22	Evils of racism
23	Facing darkness	24	Facing reality
25	Fading beauty	26	Faith versus doubt
27	Family – blessing or curse	28	Fate and freewill
29	Fear of failure	30	Female roles
31	Fulfillment	32	Good versus bad
33	Greed as downfall	34	Growing up – pain or pleasure
35	Hazards of passing judgment	36	Heartbreak of betrayal
37	Heroism – real and perceived	38	Hierarchy in nature
39	Identity crisis	40	Illusion of power
41	Immortality	42	Individual versus society
43	Inner versus outer strength	44	Injustice
45	Isolation	46	Isolationism - hazards
47	Knowledge versus ignorance	48	Loneliness as destructive force
49	Losing hope	50	Loss of innocence
51	Lost honor	52	Lost love
53	Love and sacrifice	54	Man against nature
55	Manipulation	56	Materialism as downfall
57	Motherhood	58	Names – power and significance
59	Nationalism – complications	60	Nature as beauty
61	Necessity of work	62	Oppression of women
63	Optimism – power or folly	64	Overcoming – fear, weakness, vice
65	Patriotism – positive side or complications	66	Power and corruption
67	Power of silence	68	Power of tradition
69	Power of wealth	70	Power of words
71	Pride and downfall	72	Progress – real or illusion
73	Quest for discovery	74	Quest for power
75	Rebirth	76	Reunion
77	Role of men	78	Role of Religion – virtue or hypocrisy
79	Role of women	80	Self – inner and outer
81	Self-awareness	82	Self-preservation
83	Self-reliance	84	Social mobility
85	Technology in society – good or bad	86	Temporary nature of physical beauty
87	Temptation and destruction	88	Totalitarianism
89	Vanity as downfall	90	Vulnerability of the meek
91	Vulnerability of the strong	92	War – glory, necessity, pain, tragedy
93	Will to survive	94	Wisdom of experience
95	Working class struggles	96	Youth and beauty
97	Monster of the Week	98	Genre Crossover
99	Horror	100	B-Movie

Theme and Device(s)

A brief description of this months theme and devices, and potential links to authors and examples.

Number and Title, 1. There is a Monkey in the Warp Core

Image	Name	Description
Liani	Liani h'Rendria lyr'Theel'zhiin	Authors Picture First, Authors Name 2nd, and the third box will contain roughly 300 character reaction to the theme/device by the author

((The Author's story))

:: coded for inserting into a wiki

Affirmations for Authors Name Here

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Image	Name	Description
Liani	Liani h'Rendria lyr'Theel'zhiin	Pictured of the person Affirming, Full IC name of person affirming, Affirmation at 300 characters or so.

Number and Title, 2. The Caged Tribble Purrs

Image	Name	Description
Liani	Liani h'Rendria lyr'Theel'zhiin	Authors Picture First, Authors Name 2nd, and the third box will contain roughly 300 character reaction to the theme/device by the author

((Rinse and repeat for all authors))