First order of business...Welcome to the Treaty of Ten Systems.
Looks like we're under way nicely. For now, we'll be doing free posting--everyone get their characters aboard the ship and settled, at which point we'll start this thing up for real with the launch of the ship. For now, feel free to interact with one another, introduce each other, etc. As always, I encourage you to talk with each other to improve your posts and make your dialog realistic for your respective characters.
For example, Brad and I worked on his post last night by running through dialog. He wrote a post that had a conversation between our characters, then PMed it to me for approval--after all, you should never post an interaction between characters unless you're sure you're able to write them believably.
I changed some dialog and some mannerisms to match my character, sent it back to Brad, and now we have a well thought out post that has both characters interaction believably, with the proper responses from each.
The point of this is...communicate with your fellow authors. If you have an instant messenger, I encourage you to post your name here, so we can all keep in touch easily. In my experience, the more communication there is in a storybook, the better it will be.
A note on quality of posts-- So far, we're doing quite well. Watch your spelling and your punctuation, keep it nice and tidy. Sooner or later, though, someone's going to make a post that's sub-par. The second you see something like that, PM me about it, and tell me *why* you think it's sub-par. Don't be shy, for all the issues will be addressed by me personally. So if you have a problem with any post, let me know. If it's a problem with *quality* of post, that is. If it's a problem with character interaction, I encourage you to take it to the author and see if you can compromise about it. If that doesn't work, come to me.
Questions, comments and concerns should be posted here or PMed to me.
Enjoy posting, guys!
--Hunter
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