Move off in another direction, or devise a way for the offended character to experience some justice. This is a story and people do wonderful and frightening things to one another every day. If you are so inclined, use humour, irony, and sarcasm to keep the mood of the story playful. We ll run the story from February 14th to March 9th to give it some time to develop. You will be evaluated on the quality of your writing, and your ability to advance the narrative in engaging, interesting ways.
Timing is important.
Listen to the other players. Based on an old parlor game, it was played by several people, each of whom would write a phrase on a sheet of paper, fold the paper to conceal part of it, and pass it on to the next player for his contribution. The game was adapted to the possibilities of drawing, and even collage, by assigning a section of a body to each player, though the Surrealist principle of metaphoric displacement led to images that only vaguely resembled the human form. One, by three hands, begins with a spider, which gives way to a man's torso the feet of which are formed by two jugs. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York 1968.