The Phone Book
Begun: Alpha Year 4 (2006/2007)
Collection of Writing
Begun: Alpha Year 3 (2006/2007)
An anthology of writing – poetry or prose – on the subject of “music”.
Group Novel
Begun: Alpha Year 3 (2006/2007)
An attempt to write a complete novel between all 15 members.
Circular Book
Begun: Alpha Year 2 (2005/2006)
Each member contributes a single chapter based around a character, but including the character from the previous chapter so that the stories read in a circular fashion – it doesn’t matter where you start in the book, you can still read round to the beginning again.
Cliffhanger
Begun: Alpha Year 2 (2005/2006)
Each participating member writes a story which ends on a cliffhanger. The next member has to pick up on the cliffhanger and write the next chapter… which again ends with a cliffhanger. And so on.
Longitudinal Exercise #2
Begun: Alpha Year 2 (2005/2006)
Same principle as Longitudinal exercise #1
Longitudinal Exercise #1
Begun: Alpha Year 1 (2004/2005)
A passage of writing is alternately expanded and contracted by each writer – leading to a “Chinese whispers” effect in which the final passage of writing bears little resemblance to the original!