Thread:Majoras revenge!!!/@comment-796766-20120915164357

Right then, all refreshed now. ONTO THE RANT:

As you know, I am Nra 'Vadumee, admin, co-founder, major author, Resident Expert on Science and Technology, and creator of the Karnasaurs. As REST, it's my duty to make sure all authors follow the laws of realism and the Rule of Cool. Rule of Cool, you ask? A writing trope, you see. It simply dictates that you may sacrifice realism (or 'willing suspension of disbelief') in a direct proportion to the narrative gain or sheer awesomness of something (the cooler it is, the less realistic you must make it).

Krayfish, whom you have also met, is creator of the Dhragolon, and is our Resident Expert on Culture and Character Development; He'll be the one to help flesh out the history and background of both your civilization and characters.

SupcommMonroee is creator of the Eteno and Resident Expert on Warfare and Weaponary. From sidearms to dreadnoughts, he'll be there to help you build the fighting forces of your civilization.

Other users of note include Noble VI, our chat mod and advisor, IceBite, major author and creator of the Delson, along with being head admin of one of our associate wikis, Hellcat Squadran, Oblivion26, my oldest and most prestigious student, and Holbenilord, another representative from our other associate site, Multiverses.

Onto the standards and systems, then:

I'll start with standards and mix things up a bit. This site is an original narrative writing site, with a focus on professionalism. Translated from collegiate, it's a site where we produce quality stories and work set in a universe of our original creation, with a focus on exhibiting professional behavior and actions. Need you be on the AP Authors list? No. Do you need to act like you are? Yes. A secondary goal here is the education of new users in the art of writing. We will teach you in things such as theme, symbolism, and motiffs, how to use different tropes such as those listed on our TV Tropes page. In addition, expect almost all of your work to come under flak in the form of critical analysis from the admins, and try to get others to read it and speak their thoughts on it in a peer review. Take every ounce of advice given in the spirit it's given. Writing is a passion.

Now, the systems... auch...

The most important concept you need to understand is the pitch system. Before you can write anything here, you need to get us a detailed pitch with absolutely everything you plan to do here on it in a summary. A good pitch tells us everything. A bad pitch is saying 'I'm going to make an empire and probably have them do some stuff and fight a war and other cool things'. That tells us next to nothing. It should take a good five to ten minutes to write it out, if done right.

Next is the apprenticeship system and hierarchy, which is explained in detail here.

Enfin, we have the organization system. Each story is tied into story arcs, which are written typically by full authors independently or in tandem, or by apprentices co-writting with their mentors. However, the major authors, in addition to their independent work, co-write and co-produce the major story arcs, the arcs that this entire site was built for and is built around. Our current major arc is Dark Prophecy, which is approaching final completion. After we finish cleaning it, we're moving on to the second major arc, Chaos Crisis, which will see an increased scale and a much darker atmosphere.

We've just got the legal issue and the talent question now.

First, we need to know if you're over thirteen. Wikia standards dictates it.

Also, as I mentioned, writing is a passion, a passion not everyone shares. We have a much, much greater need for an art team or critic board than writers. If you or someone you know have artistic capacity in drawing or rendering, or even, perhaps, animation, pray do let me know and leave me a contact method so I can arrange something.

Now then, that's all of it. I look forward to working with you, and as we say here on Omniverse,

Happy editing! 