Pass the Plot is the game of consequences on Twitter.

Consequences is the old parlour game where one person writes part of a story on a piece of paper, then folds the paper in such a way that only the last few words are visible, before passing it on to the next person who continues the story.

Pass the Plot differs from consequences in a few ways. Rather than having a linear plot, with each successive player carrying on from the former, Pass the Plot allows each plot point (or act) to have any number of continuations. The structure that emerges better resembles a tree, rather than a list.

Unlike consequences, Pass the Plot allows you to see everything that went before. And because it uses Twitter, everything is limited to 140 characters (minus @previous_player).

A couple of extra constraints are as follows:

• A maximum of 5 acts are allowed
• You may only continue a plot which you have not authored

To clarify the latter point: if you start a plot (authoring Act 1), any logged in user can continue your plot (authoring Act 2) except for yourself. However, you can continue by writing Act 3 in response to any of the second acts which followed your introduction. You would not be able to contribute to Act 4, but you would be entitled to conclude with Act 5.

As a guide line, the arc of a story should go something like this:

Act 1

Introduction

Act 2

Conflict

Act 3

Climax

Act 4

Reaction

Act 5

Resolution