| 1 | Say your story is about an [[UrbanLegends Urban Legend]] come true... You came to the right place for help. Make your UrbanLegend come true by: |
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| 3 | 1. Sticking with the story - as the creator you must create limits and restrictions. Even a FictionalWorld has limits; you need to avoid a FantasyKitchenSink so not to confuse audiences. Mixing fantasy and science is good, but don't go overboard. Stay within the limits you set for your story. |
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| 5 | 2. Decide what the legend is. Perhaps it's a rumored website that kills those who use it, or something about going out at midnight and disappearing. What the legend is depends on setting, plot and story. If you want a believeable legend, be realistic but also incorperate the fantasy and mystery elements of most UrbanLegends. |
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| 7 | 3. Person, monster, god, demons? - Is the legend about an ordinary human, a monster or an object? |
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| 9 | 4. Whats This Button Do? - What's the legend have to do with the story? Do the characters meet/confront it, decide to help, defeat it? What impact does the legend have on the characters' life/lives? Does it effect society? Does it ChangeTheWorld? |
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| 11 | 5. AllMythsAreTrue - If a story has multiple urban legends are all of them true? |
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| 13 | !! Examples of Urban Legends come true |
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| 15 | * ''Anime/HellGirl'' - Go to Hell Link, submit the name of the person you hate and they'll be sent to Hell |
| 16 | * ''Literature/{{Durarara}}!!'' - The Headless Rider, The Dollars |
| 17 | * ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' - Nicaea, the website where you can see a persons death. |
| 18 | * ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'' - The Midnight Channel, look into a turned off TV at midnight on a rainy night and see your soul mate (yeah right). |
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