The picnic vote: group chat template
A ready iMessage-look chat for the group chat chaos gallery, eight messages and about 21 seconds as a video. Open it, change the words and export it as a labelled, fictional mock-up.
Preview in the iMessage look
Picnic on Saturday?
If it does not rain.
It might rain.
Then Sunday?
I have a thing.
What thing?
A secret thing.
So Saturday, in the rain, with a secret thing.
The full script (8 messages)
The first four messages open on the Free plan; the rest need a paid plan.
The template: The picnic vote
Load The picnic vote and you get eight messages. Lia opens with "Picnic on Saturday?", Lia closes with "So Saturday, in the rain, with a secret thing.", and the read-through runs roughly 21 seconds.
Message 8 is the longest at 9 words ("So Saturday, in the rain, with a secret thing.") and message 4 is the shortest ("Then Sunday?"). Three lines ask a question, so the other person keeps answering.
Using it in the iMessage look
End with a decision made by accident, or with the quietest person finally speaking. No upgrade is needed to try iMessage. Extras in this look: typing dots, read marks and reactions; missing: an online status. Never aim the teasing at one person for the whole chat. Friendly teasing moves around the group. Timestamps appear centred above a group of messages, not on every line, which keeps the screen quiet and puts the focus on the words.
What the Free plan shows
On a Free account you see four messages of The picnic vote, ending at "Then Sunday?". To get to "So Saturday, in the rain, with a secret thing.", four messages later, upgrade to a paid plan.
Tips
- Pause on Tom's "I have a thing." before moving to the next bubble.
- Let the opening "Picnic on Saturday?" breathe so a late scroller still knows who is talking.
- Give each person one habit. A character who always asks a question and one who always sends a single emoji are easy to follow in a fast scene.
- Make the ending your own by editing "So Saturday, in the rain, with a secret thing."; add "fictional chat" to the caption.
- Try two new names in place of Lia and Tom, then read the story out loud once.
Questions
Can I use The picnic vote on the Free plan?
Yes for the look, with limits. The iMessage look is on the Free plan, and the editor loads the first four of the eight messages and two people. The rest needs a paid plan. Exports on Free carry a visible ChatsRat watermark.
How long is The picnic vote as a video?
About 21 seconds at a comfortable reading pace, counting eight messages with a short beat between them. Add a second or two for the ending card.
Is this group chat chat a real conversation?
No. It is an invented chat between Lia, Tom and Eve, made as a mock-up. ChatsRat is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by any messaging app, and look names describe a style only. Label what you publish as fiction.
Can I change the names and lines?
Yes. Open the template in the editor, replace any line or name and export your own version. Keep the characters invented, and keep the content free of real people and anything sexual.
This is fiction. The people in this template are invented. ChatsRat makes mock-ups and fictional conversations for creators, designers and teachers. Do not use it to pass off a made-up conversation as a real one, to impersonate a real person, or as proof of anything. See the Acceptable Use policy.
About the watermark. Exports on the Free plan carry a visible ChatsRat watermark, and every export carries an invisible mark that the verify page can read. Plans list what changes on paid plans.
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