I am pasting the e-mail I sent to Brad here; to save repeating myself...
To Brad kuhlenberg,
I Like your idea. I am stumped with creating a character though - how closely should it relate to my/ourselves?
Who would be the narrarator? you?
It sounds like you are thinking of making a full length book because you are talking about more then just central characters. that's ok, and I think the story will grow easily because we have alot of different ideas at hand and surely somebody can further the plot at any given time... If you were the narrartor then I think it would help it gell.
I think I'd have to see how the story is forming and how serious the charactors are etc, but that is a cop out!
I am not used to creating characters - my stories usually have only one, and I race that one through a surreal world. For me it would be easier if the event was established first - I don't know.
If somebody gets it started I'm sure I''ll be able to jump in.
Sincerely,
Phillip Schmidt.
P.S. I would be great if everyone on this board got involved - I think the more the merrier.
