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EndOfThisWorld - Extraordinary events!!
Sure, they are unusual, but it often takes something relatively common to trigger them. Think about this for a moment...
Most of us have been in endless traffic jams, seemingly coming out of nowhere in an otherwise freely flowing road. The truth is, you don't need a large crash to trigger a jam. It can be something as small as a car getting too close to the one in front and having to brake.
Many of us also remember the Black Monday stock exchange crash of 1987, when the Dow Jones fell by 23% in a single day. Economists are still debating the cause of the market's collapse, as no major events or news have occurred prior to that day.
Kind of like the domino effect, it only takes a relatively small falling rock to create a potentially deadly landslide. On a brighter note, think about the last time an apparently unexceptional event turned out to be for you a source of great joy or inspiration. For Newton it took only an apple.
This type of behavior, that is the size of an outcome being disproportionate to the size of the input, seems to be rather common in how the world works. The goal of EndOfThisWorld is to create a novel that takes this idea and stretches it to the limit. A novel written interactively by you and the billion-strong community of the World Wide Web. A novel beginning with an account of events that took place on a Monday and ending with... the EndOfThisWorld
Of course, writing this type of story and telling it nicely requires a fair bit of imagination. This is where we're asking for your help. Even though there exist single individuals that could do a pretty good job in coming up with a story about the end of the world, one can only imagine the storytelling potential of a diverse community of authors bringing together their imagination in synergy.
Our idea of implementing this is quite simple: Lay down a set of transparent and democratic rules and the story will emerge naturally and spontaneously by the collaborative action of the community. To say the least, the community could be establishing an all-new approach to writing!
Cheers!
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