Are technical non-stories (settings) allowed to be posted?

[LordJoyde]

To summarize, I want to post a 'novel' based as a setting rather than inside of it. There would be no main characters or overarching plot, just a collection of random stories/exploratory fiction within the novel itself.

For my current example, I want to write about a post-apocalyptic world and document all the interesting societies that I and my friends cook up over time that may or may not form within such a worldly state while also commentating on the difficulties faced by, as well as the benefits of, such societies.

With reader feedback amounting as to why such a society would not work/would work or perhaps adding their own society to the mix of the novel. Basically, if you've ever had an idea that involved a post-apocalyptic world, this place would be your idea dumping site and more importantly, mine, lol.

My question is if such a 'story' would be allowed to be posted or would it be taken down since its not a legitimate novel?

 

[Lloyd]

No

 

[MissPaige36]

No

Bro how are you so quick at responding to these forums

 

[T.K._Paradox]

Ask @K5Rakitan she would know something along these lines.

 

[LordJoyde]

Bro how are you so quick at responding to these forums

Cause he has no life kekw

No

meh, that sucks balls

 

[Ilikewaterkusa]

Bro how are you so quick at responding to these forums

Think he has notifications on

 

[Ai-chan]

If it's close enough to a blog, that's a blog. This is a story site, for stories. So blogs are a no. For the miscellaneous stuff, world anvil is great.

 

[Lloyd]

Bro how are you so quick at responding to these forums

Bored at work.

 

[atgongumerki]

I don't think it is forbidden per se.

As I understand it, you want to write a book, where each chapter focuses on some part of your world, but without a real progression of events?

I mean there are poem-collections here, so I don't see a problem!

 

[BigHoodieBoy]

So like, would there be different main characters with different stories every chapter that help with the story of the world, or would it just be explaining a world? Cause if it’s the latter, I think not.

 

[owotrucked]

You could try making it like SCP entries. They do a non-story small context intro and a narrative section as recordings/conversation logs. You could freely use reccurent characters and build an overarching narrative just enough to turn it into a story.
Just dramatize the setting to make it at least a bit entertaining

 

[CupcakeNinja]

Bro how are you so quick at responding to these forums

He has no life, what do you expect?

To summarize, I want to post a 'novel' based as a setting rather than inside of it. There would be no main characters or overarching plot, just a collection of random stories/exploratory fiction within the novel itself.

For my current example, I want to write about a post-apocalyptic world and document all the interesting societies that I and my friends cook up over time that may or may not form within such a worldly state while also commentating on the difficulties faced by, as well as the benefits of, such societies.

With reader feedback amounting as to why such a society would not work/would work or perhaps adding their own society to the mix of the novel. Basically, if you've ever had an idea that involved a post-apocalyptic world, this place would be your idea dumping site and more importantly, mine, lol.

My question is if such a 'story' would be allowed to be posted or would it be taken down since its not a legitimate novel?

You can publish basically anything you want so long as it ain't straight kiddie porn.

 

[LordJoyde]

So like, would there be different main characters with different stories every chapter that help with the story of the world, or would it just be explaining a world? Cause if it’s the latter, I think not.

Rather than explaining the world outright, that'd be done in tidbits gained from the societies in this case.

Example: society formed when a powerful esper took over a bandit camp --> how it happened, when it happened, who are the leaders and why, their enemies, their difficulties.

You could try making it like SCP entries. They do a non-story small context intro and a narrative section as recordings/conversation logs. You could freely use reccurent characters and build an overarching narrative just enough to turn it into a story.
Just dramatize the setting to make it at least a bit entertaining

that was my intention

He has no life, what do you expect?

You can publish basically anything you want so long as it ain't straight kiddie porn.

not into that so no thanks either way lmfao

Though I do see some mentioning it through a slavery mechanic

 

[atgongumerki]

So like, would there be different main characters with different stories every chapter that help with the story of the world, or would it just be explaining a world? Cause if it’s the latter, I think not.

but there are such things, like I think it is called "kengal notes" which is also just worldbuilding stuff

 

[MajorKerina]

Honestly, if it were up to me so long as you said in the description that this is just like the depiction of a nonfiction work in a fictional world or the trappings of that at least then that would be perfectly fine. Kind of like the end section of the novel Dune. I’d consider it still a story but told in untraditional, nonnarrative way. I say go for it. Just explain what you’re doing upfront.

 

[Generic.Archdemon]

My question is if such a 'story' would be allowed to be posted or would it be taken down since its not a legitimate novel?

I think its fine, even if it in nonfictional formate, as long as it fictional its ok i think....

I forget the name but there was that author that wrote a series of books as a fictional monster biologist, a lot of the books were notes, autopsies, and interviews of fictional people.

Most would still place the book under dewey 823. Its rare and uncommon but yeah still fiction.

 

[K5Rakitan]

Ask @K5Rakitan she would know something along these lines.

If it's a collection of short stories, that's perfectly fine. After all, I have a collection of lewd poems :)

 

[Cipiteca396]

but there are such things, like I think it is called "kengal notes" which is also just worldbuilding stuff

Kigal-Note

The Ultimate Encyclopedia for the stuff you need to know about the world of Terra Sol! --- This is a collection of trivia about my other novel: A Reincarnated Demon's Life of Wonder. It is also a rewrite of the original 'The Kigal-Note' Like with the main story, a 'polished'...

www.scribblehub.com

My question is if such a 'story' would be allowed to be posted or would it be taken down since its not a legitimate novel?

It should be fine. At worst, you just have to outline a progression of events... Like history. Which is what you want anyways.

 

[Amok]

I'd want to read more such projects, basically a short tale compendium delving into the inner workings of a verse.
Go for it.

 

[LunaSoltaer]

I had similar rouble when writing what I considered to be the thesis statement of the shared universe of my creative works, selfishly named the Lunaverse. In specific, I wanted to write my "Hello, I'm new, I'm going to write for NaNoWriMo, I want to write Fantasy and/or SciFi, and just to be very very clear, the historical baggage belonging to the GSRM community Does Not Fucking Exist Here."

I was worried that I would be against the rules if I didn't create a story, so I made Musings Across Timespace, a oneshot featuring a transgirl named Q-Tau who got Isekaid from Earth TO this fictional universe, and is basically the only living person in scifi futuretech spaceship heaven who used said futuretech to give herself the only zero-drawback transition I will ever give a character, and pore over some logs collected by the research vessel describing the world in which Solstice, my current work-in-progress, takes place. Like, literally that oneshot is an excuse plot for me to set the level with my readers, because where else was I going to put it? A comment on my profile?

You could make like a fictional "encyclopedia", or make a story where an elderly historian realizes they're about to kick the bucket and so passes down the lore of your world to their apprentice in the hopes that the collected knowledge will be preserved, long into the future. Actually that'd be really cool and I might read that.

You could also do like a oneshot of a family going to like a movie theater featuring some sort of documentary, maybe serious, maybe more MST3K style, where the story-in-the-story has your world details and you have your characters reacting to it for funsies.

You could make a School Life where you have a soon-to-be-dropout having procrastinated their essay for fuck knows how long and they need to pull an all nighter STAT so they look up as much information on the subject of their essay (your world) as they can.

In short, if you're worried that your work needs a story to see approval, slap an excuse plot on it which serves as an excuse for your loredump to exist. All it has to do is technically be a story with characters doing things, and you're good.