List the plot events of each book in a nice, bulleted format. From there, we can decide which elements to remove to keep the story more on-track but without losing the important things.

Example: When Loor falls into the river on Denduron and we learn that she can't swim. Is that really important to the story? Would that scene take up 5 minutes that we don't need? We could just as easily give her a line somewhere else "Pendragon, I cannot swim." Takes 5 seconds and saves precious screen time. So we might decide that the scene should be cut out of the outline, thus saving a lot of time writing a script for a scene that isn't needed.

They'll probably end up looking like this:

Outline For Book X

• Event
• Event
• Event
• Event
• Event
• Event
• Event
• Event

For now, list every event or plot point that you come across. We'll need a list for all 10 books.
This project isn't as lengthy as the Cast Listing or Descriptive Notes assignments, so feel free to claim more than one.

This is the code for making a list:

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Now, we need the volunteers:

#1 MoD- Saint Kane

#2 LCoF- LaBerge's girl [DONE]

#3 NW- LaBerge's girl [DONE]

#4 RB- LaBerge's girl [DONE]

#5 BW- dimond017 [DONE]

#6 RoZ- LaBerge's girl [DONE]

#7 QG- LaBerge's girl [DONE]

#8 PoR- LaBerge's girl [DONE]

#9 RR- LaBerge's girl [DONE]

#10 SoH- LaBerge's girl [DONE]


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Claim your favorite book, or the most interesting.

I'll start off going for Quillan Games :D

I took that one for descriptive notes and cast characters, so I wouldn't mind plotting out events.

Quick question. How specific should the events be? Example, at the start of book 7, Bobby recaps what happened on Zadaa, so if I labelled that scene as EVENT 1, would that event include ALL that happened (Loor being killed, Bobby's fight with Saint Dane, Loor coming back, etc). Or should the events be seperated in more detail?

You can use "Recap" as the title of that scene and include it if you'd like.
"Arrival on Quillan" is probably another one, but that could actually be divided into "Flume", "Quig Attack", and "Arcade". Make them specific as needed, but only a couple words to title each scene if possible. Certainly no more than a full line (unless you elaborate in parenthesis).

Alrighty. Sounds good.

Outline for Book 7

• Recap
• Into the Flume
• Battle with Quigs
• The Arcade
• Dado Chase
• First Look at Rune
• Challenger Green and Challenger Yellow
• Kidnapped by Dados
• Taken to the Castle
• Veego and LaBerge
• Fourteen
• Courtney's Recovery
• Forge
• Plans for Orlando
• Mark Doesn't Call
• Hook
• Dinner with the Hosts
• Nevva Winter
• Tock
• Party
• The Traveler of Quillan (Bobby and Nevva in the Octagon)
• Bobby Joins the Party
• Off to Blok
• The Trustees
• The Tarz
• Speaking with Mr. Kayto
• The Revival
• The Plane Crash
• Mark Goes Missing
• Courtney's Called to the Flume
• Andy Mitchell's Secret
• Courtney's Detour into the Flume
• Nevva's Story
• Staggering Sights (Nevva showing Bobby the horrors of Quillan - dados/shoe makers/apartments)
• Challenger Blue
• The Underground Mall
• Escaping from the Mall
• Mr. Pop
• Elli Winter
• Changed Technology (robotic cat/computer...)
• Bobby Comes Home
• Back to the Castle
• Getting Ready (for Grand X/building the hype)
• The Truth Discovered (Veego and LaBerge are from Veelox)
• Round One of the Grand X
• Spinney-do
• The Clown Forest
• Round Four of the Grand X
• Tato Match
• A Victorious Triumph (Bobby addresses the people of Quillan)
• Betrayed
• Next stop - Third Earth

I don't mind doing up another. I wouldn't mind taking Pilgrims of Rayne :) (just finished re-reading that one)

I can take Black Water because I'll be doing it for the cast lists anyway. :)

And would it be better to list each with one word descriptions or as short a description as possible?

Actually, a little longer than the ones Laberge's girl just did. A little more description.
For example, "Dinner" doesn't bring back enough of a memory for me to remember what the events were in that scene ;)

So a few words to describe each scene, closer to a line if you have to get the point across.

The QG scenes were good in terms of clever and brief titles, but I guess I gave bad instructions :/
For example, "Where's Mark" might be "Mark goes missing" telling us what happens, not just what the audience perceives. I'll probably do Merchant of Death as an example when I get the chance.

Oh, alrighty. I get it. I can go back and change up a few things, not a problem. I'll add a few more details.

Alright, I finally found the post Helios made. I've been looking for it (can you believe our forum is big enough for me to lose things? ^.^).

Topic: Movie Numbers?

That was Helios summary of the important major events. Not quiteas detailed and broken up as we might like, but it's 10 major events. The things that really drive the story and get it where it needs to be.

I once had to edit the original Star Wars down to 15 minutes in a film class. It actually worked pretty well. I just had to cut out the stuff that didn't affect the storyline, which oftentimes meant removing good portions, if not all, of the action scenes, because they're part of what happens, but they don't change the story much. It's a lot of detail, when you can just say "lightsaber fight".

But you'll notice that Helios used partial sentences to describe what happens, so that's a good length. Descriptive, but short.

I see...not in a whole lot of detail, but simple and to the point.

I'll go through again and look for the events that really drive book 7.

Alright. Keep what you have, but summarize also.

Here's a shortened version, with the specific events broken done with simpler titles. Hope this looks a little better. I believe these would count as the "driving" events. Should I go ahead though and keep both versions, the detailed version and the shortened version?

• Bobby arrives on Quillan and fights off the quigs
• He observes the Arcade
• He gets his first look at the city of Rune
• He’s kidnapped by the Dados
• He arrives at the Castle and meets Veego and LaBerge
• Courtney comes home
• Courtney is shown FORGE
• Courtney recieves no call from Mark
• Bobby plays Hook and attends dinner with Veego and LaBerge
• Bobby plays Tock
• He's taken to Blok
• Bobby's kidnapped by the Revivers
• Courtney learns of the plane crash and goes to the flume
• Bobby meets Mr. Pop
• He competes in the Grand X and wins
• Mr. Pop is destroyed by Nevva's betrayal
• Bobby and Courtney flume to Third Earth

I think that looks good. Keep both though.
To the rest of you, the 2nd one is what we're after.

Here's what I've got done for PoR.

Outline for Book 8

• Bobby and Courtney arrive on Third Earth
• Patrick helps them find out more about Mark
• Bobby flumes to Ibara
• Courtney recieves a letter from Patrick
• Bobby's attacked by the quig bees
• Bobby meets the tribunal and Siry
• He's introduced to the Jakills
• Andy almost drowns Courtney and Dodger
• Courtney and Dodger board the Queen Mary
• The Jakills hijack a ship and sail to Rubity
• Twig is kidnapped and Loque is "killed"
• Bobby takes Siry to the Lifelight pyramid
• They read Aja's Journal #12
• They hurry back to Ibara
• Courtney finally finds Mark
• The Pilgrim ships are destroyed
• Bobby and Siry flume to Zadaa and Denduron
• Courtney almost shoots Mark
• Mark destroys Forge
• The battle for Ibara takes place
• Bobby destroys the flume on Ibara

Also, if no one else plans on doing Lost City of Faar, could I take that one?

Sure :)

Outline for Book 2

• Bobby and Uncle Press arrive on Cloral
• Bobby's saved by a shark quig and meets Vo Spader
• Spader brings Bobby and Press to Grallion
• Mark's forced into showing Mitchell Bobby's journels
• Magorran crashes with Grallion
• Spader finds his father dead
• Bobby takes Spader to Zadaa
• The group go to Panger City
• Press, Bobby and Spader journey to Faar
• Kalaloo tells them of Faar's history
• Andy Mitchell steals Bobby's journals
• Bobby talks with Abador
• The dome protecting Faar crumbles
• Bobby and Spader are taken to Saint Dane
• Bobby and Spader find Uncle Press
• Faar's mountain rises, joining with Cloral
• Uncle Press is shot and killed
• Abador and Press are given a funeral
• Andy Mitchell's plan backfires on him
• Bobby decides to take Spader with him

LaBerge's girl

You are really good at these. I'm so jealous. I cannot remember the basic facts for Black Water and trying to remember it in my head was almost impossible, so I'm rereading the book. I'll post below what I have so far and will hopefully get the rest of it up soon.

Black Water

• Recap: Sherwood house becoming a flume, Tom Dorney, putting clothes at flume, Saint Dane’s hair on fire, Bobby comes back, Gunny’s hand
• Andy Mitchell joining Sci-Clops
• The flume changes
• The quigs on Eelong are human
• Boon welcomes Bobby to Eelong
• Kasha saves a gar
• Leeandra
• Edict Forty-six
• Saint Dane talks of genocide
• Race to the flume
• Gunny’s hand
• Seegen’s missing
• Mark and Courtney go to the flume
• Seegen dies
• Mark and Courtney go to Cloral
• Meeting Spader
• New journal arrives
• Kasha, Boon, and Bobby go back to Leeandra

And that's only the first 100 or so pages. I feel like it's too much though. Any thoughts??

Thanks Dimond :D

Well, I just looked yours over and it looks pretty good! Nice start. Seems like you've picked out the key events.

As for it being too much...hmm...well, basically what I did was I went through each chapter, looked it over and asked myself, "What are the key events here that really drive this story?" I tried looking over the smaller stuff and tried looking at the few events that truly moved the story along.

As for what you've got so far, my only suggestion maybe would be trying to find a way at taking the events and shortening them. Example, when I went through LCoF, Spader brings Bobby and Press to Grallion is the big event here and smaller events would include: them going to Grolo's, Bobby and Press working on Grallion, etc. Basically, take the main event and that's what you have.

Hope that makes sense :lol:

Also, if no one else plans on doing Raven Rise, I've done up an outline.

Outline for Book 9

• Patrick and Alder find their homes have changed
• Mark gives his Nevva his ring
• Alder is taken prisoner
• Alexander's granted a miracle
• The rebuilding of Rayne begins
• Bobby joins the Tribunal
• Bobby hears Loque's story
• Naymeer gives his speech at Madison Garden
• Bobby rescues Alder
• Courtney and Mark meet Naymeer
• Bobby reunites with his acolytes
• Bobby and Alder escape Chief Hirsch
• Patrick Mac dies
• Bobby and Alder go after Naymeer
• 12 victims along with Mark and Courtney are thrown in the flume
• Bobby and Alder team up with Haig Gastigian
• The vote is announced at Yankee Stadium
• The Bronx Massacre takes place
• Bobby throws Naymeer out of the helicopter
• The flumes are destroyed
• Bobby reunites with Uncle Press and the Travelers

Not sure if anyone's claimed SoH yet, but I went ahead and did up and outline. Also, I can do NW if no one else is doing that one. But if someone really wants to do that one, that's cool too.

Outline for Book 10

• Helicopters launch on assault on Third Earth
• The Travelers are reunited with their loved ones
• Uncle Press tells Bobby about Solara
• Patrick and Bobby go to Third Earth
• They find Saint Dane in the Taj Mahal
• Bobby escapes with Mark Dimond
• Bobby joins up with Spader on Cloral
• They meet three exiles: Peter, Carolyn and Maggie
• Spader and Bobby join up with Loor on Zadaa
• They’re soon told the exiles on Zadaa are dead
• Bobby and Elli join Mark on Third Earth
• They discover the dado factory
• Elli tries getting through to her daughter, Nevva
• Bobby witnesses the execution of a Mark lookalike dado
• Nevva returns to her mother, but passes away
• Bobby heads to Eelong and finds Kasha
• Bobby finds Courtney and learns her story
• The klee army marches on Black Water
• Uncle Press and the Travelers create a flume
• The Travelers and exiles head for the Conclave
• Bobby and Saint Dane fight in the Taj Mahal
• The Ravinians overthrow Saint Dane and his spirit vanishes
• Bobby lives out the life he never had

Hey guys,

Sorry for the multiple postings, but I've got three more outlines done. I went through and did up outlines for NW, RoZ and RB. I wasn't sure if anyone else was going to do them, so I went through and did some outlines up myself :P

Outline for Book 3

• Bobby and Spader arrive on First Earth
• They meet gangsters Mr. Nasty and Mr. Nervous
• They’re introduced to First Earth’s Traveler, Gunny Van Dyke
• Gunny takes them to the Manhattan Tower Hotel
• Bobby and Spader meet Maximillian Rose
• Bobby and Spader take up jobs as bellhops
• Bobby learns of Ludwig Zell and a payment
• Bobby and Spader meet Jinx Olsen
• Bobby saves Rose at Jinx’s party
• Jinx takes Bobby and Spader on a plane ride
• Bobby and Spader meet Winn Farrow
• Spader and Bobby escape from the burning warehouse
• Gunny and Bobby flume to Third Earth
• Patrick Mac, Third Earth’s Traveler shows them the history of the Hindenburg
• Bobby and Gunny head to New Jersey to stop Spader
• Jinx lends them a ride to New Jersey
• Bobby stops Rose from dying in a car accident
• Gunny steps up and allows the Hindenburg to crash
• Bobby sends Spader back to Cloral
• Bobby returns home to visit Mark and Courtney
• Bobby and Gunny flume to Veelox

Outline for Book 6:

• Bobby arrives on Zadaa and joins up with Loor
• Bobby witnesses a game with a zhou beast
• Bobby meets Saangi, Loor’s acolyte
• Bobby and Loor speak with Bokka and Teek
• Saint Dane takes a beating on Bobby
• Pelle a Zinj invites Bobby to the Festival of Azhra
• Mark learns Courtney’s left to attend summer school
• Andy invites Mark for fries at Garden Poultry Deli
• Loor and Alder train Bobby at Mooraj
• Bokka’s killed in a fight with Tiggen guards
• Pelle a Zinj is murdered at the Festival
• Courtney develops a crush on Whitney Wilcox
• Andy asks Mark for a favour
• Saint Dane sends Courtney off the road
• Loor and Bobby arrive at Kidik City
• They meet up with Saint Dane
• Saint Dane attends dinner with the ruling elite
• Andy and Mark find Courtney and call 9-1-1.
• They escape Kidik City as it begins to flood
• Zadaa flourishes and thrives once again
• Saint Dane kills Loor at the flume and he and Bobby fight
• Bobby “wills” Loor back to life
• Bobby gets an invitation and flumes off to Quillan
• Andy saves Courtney from dying at the hospital

Outline for Book 4

• Mark and Courtney have a rough first day of high school
• Bobby and Gunny arrive on Veelox
• Gunny follows Saint Dane to Eelong
• Aja takes Bobby to the Lifelight pyramid
• Mark is asked to join Sci-Clops/Courtney’s moved to junior varsity
• Bobby enters Lifelight for the first time
• Mark and Courtney meet Tom Dorney
• Bobby meets Evangeline, Aja’s acolyte
• Bobby re-enters his jump with the Reality Bug
• A quig bear enters the jump and kills Alex
• Bobby goes to Zadaa to get Loor
• The police go with Mark and Courtney into the Sherwood house
• Mark and Courtney witnesses the creation of a flume
• Bobby and Loor find their way to the Glenville Saloon
• Bobby goes to rescue Gunny from the dam
• Bobby and Loor enter Zetlin’s fantasy and reach the Barbican
• Bobby is challenged to a game of Slickshot
• Bobby and Loor escape the Barbican with Zetlin
• Dr. Zetlin finally decides to shut down Lifelight
• Dr. Kree Sever announces to Veelox the return of Lifelight
• Mark and Courtney return to Dourney and become acolytes
• Saint Dane’s hair burns off at the flume