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[dominicgaj]

Hello everybody,

I'm new to this group. I am from Australia and write children's stories in the adventure
gamebook genre (similar to Choose your own adventure books). I find that this is a genre that Christian authors haven't really attempted to tackle in the past. Is there anybody out there who is familiar with the genre and/or has even written something in the genre?

Regards

Jasan Barnett.

[whitehawke]

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[whitehawke]

I had thought of writing something along the lines of a "Choose your own adventure book" but haven't done it yet. It sounds interesting though.

[Keith Wallis]

Welcome to CW.
My kids loved the "choose your own" type adventures when they were young.

[Lookin^Up]

Another Aussie! Next thing we know, we'll be reading posts from kangaroos!

Welcome to CW. I hope you have a great time. I know you'll meet a lot of great people here.

[DrRita]

Welcome to CW Jasan. Sounds like writing that type of book would be a lot of fun.

[mel3]

Hi Jasan! Welcome to CW. I loved the 'choose your own' when I was small. I tried writing one at the age of nine,(does that count??) got confused and gave it up:o .
I was thinking of writing one myself with a Christian theme. Its true that it is a genre that isnt very common in the Christian literary circles which is a pity because they are such a great read. I still go through some of my old ones from when I was a kid!.
Best of luck with the writing.!thumbsup!

[mel3]

Another Aussie! Next thing we know, we'll be reading posts from kangaroos!

Welcome to CW. I hope you have a great time. I know you'll meet a lot of great people here.

Hey! Im a kangaroo!

oops... my secrets out:(

[David Meigs]

Welcome to the CW family!

[jacks girl]

I've never heard of chose your own, sounds like it might have been fun I missed out


join in were all family here

[melw]

welcome from a fellow Aussie, where in OZ are you from? I am on the westcoast, but orignally come from NSW

MEL

[dominicgaj]

Thanks to all for your various welcomes,

To Jack's Girl:
Choose your own Adventure books are those where you read a section and are then asked to make a choice. Based on your choice, the story then goes down a different path. This will happen multiple times in the one read until the story ends. You can read again, make different choices and have the story end differently.

Some stories (just to make things more interesting) include a dice element as well where you roll dice to take the story down a different path. My blog site includes more information about how this genre works if you are interested.

To Mel3:
I would have been about nine when I first wrote a CYOA book as well. It only had about 2 or 3 choices from memory. My latest attempt has a Christian theme. It is an anthropomorhic book (talking animals) with one human character. My book (and this is the challenging/exciting part for the reader) only has ONE ending where the reader is successful. Every other ending results in failure. This creates a real contest for the reader to see if they can 'beat' the book as you are competing against favourable dice rolls at various stages of the book as well.

If you would like to try and write one and need any tips to help you, by all means don't hesitate to ask, I've written about 15 myself (most as a teenager).

To DrRita and Whitehawke:
The 'fun' and 'Interesting' element in writing adventure gamebooks is very high, once you are used to dealing with keeping track of all the various paths the book can go down, I thoroughly enjoy working out what path I will take the story down next.

[dominicgaj]

Hi Mel,

I'm from Melbourne and have lived in Victoria all my life.

Jasan