So I've had the same couple story ideas stuck in my head for years now, like 6+ sadly. Problem is I just don't like writing, at least not in the traditional book sense as much as I've tried. I get too caught up in the minor details and overwhelmed by the massive scale of my own imagination, but the thing is I like the minor details and massive scale and falling down that rabbit hole of "why." That's what got me interested in all this in the first place. So while I still would like to one day write the works I've been bouncing around for years I have for a little while now thought up an alternative outlet that may better suit my particular strengths and interests. Possibly even resulting in something tangible and presentable to the public. That alternative is I guess what you'd classify as non-linear storytelling, or rather world building. OK really it's just wikia, but hopefully a good one.
I think it's safe to say we've all been down the Wikipedia/Wikia rabbit hole before. Even with books series I've never read or game series I've never played, or fully played, I've on more than a few occasions stumbled onto their various official or super fan wikias and been lost for hours going from one page to another. Following that hyperlink breadcrumb trail from one article to the next. So my basic idea is to write original work specifically to feed that impulse many of us have. And to eventually build off that with more meatier content should it prove successful.
The benefit of tossing the same couple of stories, and more importantly the shared setting they're all in, around your head for the better part of half a decade is you come up with a lot stuff. Much I've written down, much more I just have rolling around the noggin in an ever evolving and shifting soup. I have begun to craft the wiki using Tiddlywiki, but it's a lot of work. Hardest part is just committing to certain aspects and ideas so I can lay the foundation and build on it from there. All the wikis I know have the benefit of actual completed source material to copy from and have many contributors adding and filling out the various entries. Right now it's just me making shit up and trying to keep track of all the various threads. But I like it. I like the discovery of it all and coming up with all sorts of historical events, cultural and regional traditions and so on. I watch documentaries and listen to history podcasts and mind my just starts thinking how cool this or that is and what if it was like this and how would that affect that and where would it fit into my world.
Anyway, to get the actual point of this whole post. First I guess I'd just like to hear people's thoughts on the whole idea. Questions, suggestions, resources, examples if they exist. And secondly, possibly more importantly, if any writers on here would be interested in collaborating on such a project, and/or know of other places to seek out collaborators. I'm fine if this just remains some hobby of mine. Something I do to indulge myself, but I would certainly like for it become more. However unlikely that is and to do so I think that almost definitely means getting assistance.
I have a big imagination and am constantly trying to learn more to better fuel that, but that in and of itself is a rather slow and time consuming process, and I don't exactly fancy myself a master world builder like Tolkien or Pratchett. Not that even they, or anyone really, created their grand works in a short period. Creating an entire universe with a couple millennia of history, cultures, places, people and so forth isn't exactly a small task for one person. Especially if I don't want to take another half a decade to come up with just the ground floor for it all. Even then, just having someone to bounce ideas off of is incredibly helpful. And I know I work far far better when I'm not just answering to myself.
It's quite late and this post is already long enough so I won't try to summarize my actual setting, which is kind of glaring omission, but that would take a good amount of time and effort to encapsulate, so I'll wait till tomorrow and on any interest this generates to tackle that.
Editing is going to suck so hard.