Composed by "the Inquisitor,"
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2005
Greetings and Salutations.
Welcome all new members who have become interested in writing and therefore stumbled onto this forum of young writers, a society that began by Nate so short a time ago in November of 2004, but it seems that the time from its beginning to now has been years. And with all forums, the Members are what keep it alive, as well as the wonderful Moderators and the newly assigned Junior Administrators.
The purpose this topic is for all new members to help them jumpstart their way into the forum. This is a quick and easy guide that you may briefly skim over just to know who and what things are around here. Quick profiles will be reviewed of the regulars here at the Young Writer’s Society as well as a brief explanation of what they write and possibly a short list of titles and their descriptions that have been popular. So with that, enjoy this forum and we hope that you will stay and one day be added to this list.
Contents
POST ONE
- Contents
- The Young Writer’s Society
- Rules
- Miscellaneous Information
- Members
- Forum Links
- Thorough Look at the Literary Forum
- Thorough Look at the Lounge, etc.
Created in November of 2004, The Young Writers Society was developed as a website for young writers since other such websites were stagnating and quickly becoming obsolete. That is, young writers' websites were being neglected by their administrators and were facing a dearth of talent and new writing. Indeed, some websites had simply become places to chat while others simply disappeared.
The Young Writers Society strives to fix this problem by providing a clean and easy-to-use user interface, giving members the option of different styles for the website, and by having a forum where new work is added instantaneously. The Young Writers Society will also avoid the problem plaguing other similiar websites by having an active and responsive administrator as well as a large moderator base.
Today, The Young Writers Society has a wide variety of forums for any type of creative work from Art to Scripts and has a very active membership base.
We hope that you stay and become active, to critique others' works and learn of language and literature. With the addition of that, we cannot wait to read your very own work so we may help you polish it into a New York Times, a National, or even an Internation best-seller. Enjoy your stay .
The Young Writers Society is a large website that has become so large, the idea of spliting it in two became a necessity. So, as you may see, there are seven tabs at the top of the screen (there are only six if you are not registered or not logged in). The seven tabs are Home; Literary Forums; The Lounge, etc.; Usergroups; Profile*; Private Messanges*; and Log Out*.
* The asterisk symbolize the tabs that are for members that are logged in. Those that are not registered or logged out replace those tabs with Register and Log In.
Home: The Home page is the location where important news is posted as the main body of the page. Underneath is important information that all members need to know and each has accessability to comments. Along the left hand column of the Home Page begins with your own information* with the options to the current poll right below. At the very bottom, members may view who is currently viewing the site. Along the left column the Board Navigation makes it quite easy for you to move about the website. Below that are the recent topics that have been posted upon, and finishing the right hand column are the board affiliates which are websites that wish to be advertised by fellow members.
* The asterisk symbolizes that those who are not registered or not logged in replace the area where members view their own information with a option to log in.
Literary Forums: The Literary Forums are a place where one may post their works of writing; be it poems or fictional stories. They may critique other members' pieces as well as look upon the art of drawers and participate in storybooks. Scripts and lyrics are also included, and if you do think you are looking for something in another category, you may find it in the Other forum. Board Navigation is, again, on your left with the posting of a Random Member beneath it, with information about the people online.
The Lounge, etc.: This is the place where you can find information about the forum, where there is polls and topics members posted about themselves. If you have read a book recently, you can review it; there are contests available to open or participate in; writing activities are enjoyable activites to increase your skill with literature; and writing tips can help you in getting out of a writer's block. The Lounge is a popular place to relax and chat; Debates and Serious Descussions are conversed over; Entertainment and Recent News of current events and Randomness are included as well. The Tavern is our very last of the forums where you can roleplay with fellow members and enjoy a nice mug of... juice... by a warm fire and a dart board by the window with a stuffed bunny crucified to it with darts. Gruesome.
Usergroups: The Usergroups forum advertises usergroups as well as the location where you can sign up to be in a usergroup.
Profile: The Profile is where you can edit your information for others to see what you are like, what your interests are, and if you use any instant messanger.
Private Messages: The Private Messange Inbox is yours alone so you can privately communicate to other members that you feel are not necessary on the forums or in a post. The Inbox keeps mail you recieve from others while the Sentbox is where your mail you sent to others is kept. The Outbox is where the mail you send out will stay until the person it is directed to opens up their inbox. And the Savebox is where you may save important letters that you wish to keep.
Rules
As with any forum, there has to be some rules:
- If you think your story/poem is inappropiate for some audiences, then leave a note indicating as such at the top of your story/poem.
- Keep all comments clean! For stories and poems, one may use vulgar language, but this is not the case with comments. All inappropiate comments will be edited.
- Members are asked to withold on submitting work until they post two reviews. After one has done, a member can submit as much work as he/she may like, although it is requested that one keeps the ratio of reviews to work to at least 2 to 1.
- The society's official language is English, but new forums for other languages can be made if requested.
- Members should seek to improve other's writing skills.
- The administration reserves the right to delete posts and restrict access.
- Any concerns or questions should be e-mailed to Nate at webmaster@youngwriterssociety.com
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