But SCP-4051 wasn't constructed to serve as an interesting SCP entry. It was constructed to serve as an intense environment in which one character would meet another character. It was constructed to help reveal those characters, and have them, then, go somewhere. As it were
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These many-fold death logs are things which could in theory, and it's incredibly dangerous for someone as unsociable as me to say this, be crowdsourced
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(In this case the number SCP-4739 is unfortunately non-negotiable. It's the antagonist's surname converted to letters on a phone keypad)
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I would put together the SCP entry shell, leaving a bunch of redacted logs or "broken" links, then stick a contributor briefing in the comments and see what happens (probably chaos)
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So anyway, that's my current position on potential forthcoming 4xxx-series SCP entries. Those are some things which might or might not happen If you take a number I need before I fill it, that's fine, it saves me some work See you in the horrible pages
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Another reason it's difficult to tell a story using an SCP is that an SCP entry captures a single moment in time. It's not unlike trying to tell a story with a single photograph of a scene. It can be done, it's just easier with, you know, several photographs
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Your alternative is to construct a non-story SCP which is just a compelling, "instantaneous" entity/scenario. Which is hard all by itself and increasingly difficult due to competition. That bar is constantly ratcheting upwards. Much admiration to those who manage to clear it
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Constrained writing is good. To read, sometimes, sure. But mainly it's good for you the writer
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