How do you come up with storylines?

Our players come up with our storylines.  We normally have about 6 or 8 being tossed around at any given time.  We have an email list, and players toss ideas around and the group works them out.

Here is a recent example:

An idea was tossed out:  “What if someone from the Mirror Universe crossed over and wanted to steal some technology for the Rebellion?”

Then other ideas came from that:

“It could be Harry Kim’s counterpart.”  (Because he was already an active character at that point.)

Then: “He could attack Shara (Harry Kim’s girlfriend) and steal something from Sickbay.  She won’t expect it, thinking he is Harry Kim.”

“Then he could steal the Doctor’s mobile emitter.”

And so on.

That is how plots develop, and it is fun to see them take on a life of their own.

But we know that there are many fans who have either written great Voyager fanfic or simply wished a certain episode ended differently.  (Be honest – who didn’t want Janeway and Chakotay to at least kiss on New Earth?  Am I right?)

Or maybe you just have an idea and want to see how we would play it out.

If you have an idea for a storyline, let us know.  We would love to hear it!

And, who knows – we may even bring it to life on Twitter.  Live. 

Just leave a comment or email me at kathrynj4@gmail.com