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Once Upon A Time Journal Swap #3

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Once Upon A Time Journal Swap #3
Swap Coordinator:amandat0913 (contact)
Swap categories: Journals 
Number of people in swap:14
Location:Regional - USA
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.95
Last day to signup/drop:August 20, 2012
Date items must be sent by:September 4, 2012
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

This is the 3nd swap in a series of Once Upon A Time Journal Swaps.

IF YOU TOOK PLACE IN THE SECOND ROUND: You have received a journal with the beginnings of a story in it. Your job is now to add 4 or 5 pages to that story, and leave your partner an unfinished sentence to pick up at (i.e. "when all of a sudden....), and then send the journal off to your partner.

IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST ROUND: By all means, feel free to join in the fun!

How it's done: Use a new journal, blank book, composition book or something similar, 80 pages at least.

On the front cover, write what the journal is for and who you are, on the back page write your name and address and where to send the journal home when it is full.

Then, in the journal, write the beginning of a story starting with the words "Once upon a time". Keep in mind this is only the start of a story, not the whole thing. After writing 4 or 5 pages of the story, leave your swap partner a sentence fragment to pick up the storyline at ("....when all of a sudden"....).

Upon receiving your story/journal, your partner will read over your story and add 4 or 5 more pages to it, leaving their partner a sentence fragment to start the next part of the story at.

There will be many of these swaps hosted in order to eventually get these journals home to their originators, full of a big long story, pieced together by many creative folks like themselves.

Please, keep the story content to a PG-13 rating. This swap will be USA-only, due to postage and swap receipt/timing issues.

Rating minimum is 4.95; flakers will be culled before partners are assigned. Newbies with well-filled-out profiles are welcome, as long as their rating is high enough. and have completed a bare-bones minimum of 5 mail-based swaps.

If you have ANY questions, any at ALL, please PM me or comment below.

Thanks!

Discussion

tfwkew0804 07/26/2012 #

This sounds so fun maybe next time

Kims 07/26/2012 #

I'd join if you make an international one! :)

amandat0913 07/27/2012 #

Honestly, I'd love to make an international version......am just not sure on the timing, though. Seems like they should be about 2 months between each swap in order to allow for international mailing & things? What do you guys think?

AmyHarrison41689 07/28/2012 #

Just watching... working on getting my first 5 mail swaps! Quick Question... Do we need composition notebooks, or do spiral-bound work too?

amandat0913 07/28/2012 #

@AmyHarrison41689 - any notebook/journal will do, just so long as it's at least 80 pages. :)

Hollydays 08/ 3/2012 #

I'm so loving this swap. I wish there was a way for us to be able to share our journals when they are done my daughter wants to know how all these stories end. She proof reads for me.

amandat0913 08/ 7/2012 #

I'm thinking that once mine is done, maybe I'll take some time and type it in segments onto my blog or something......

Hollydays 08/16/2012 #

amanda0913 I was thinking about doing something like that I'll check out your blog and I'll be waiting :-)

Hollydays 08/16/2012 #

amanda0913 what's your blog address

Shannoncollar 08/19/2012 #

I'm a newbie joining this swap.... just wondering how long the story will be, before it comes back to the owner? Looking forward to starting.

Hollydays 08/19/2012 #

Shannoncollar depends on how many pages your journal was. If you are asking how long it will be before you get it back I don't think anyone can answer that I know for me I'm looking at maybe 15 to 20 rounds. This is a long term swap.

Shannoncollar 08/20/2012 #

Thanks Holly, that's what I was wondering.... since I'm just starting, I was hoping for a long story. :) Can't wait to get started.

Hollydays 08/20/2012 #

I hope you enjoy this swap it's one of my favorites.

PukeFacedFreak 08/20/2012 #

Does anyone have example photos of previous journals?

amandat0913 09/ 1/2012 #

Hi all!! Just wanted to let you know that I edited the swap to change the "send by" date to September 4th, instead of the 3rd, due to the holiday. :D

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