Thread:Demomoer/@comment-796766-20120916165041

How happy I am to have passion in my writing, lest I would not have the energy to hand type yet another rant this morning. Obviously, you're intent on becoming an author here. Great. Now, there is a lot you need to know. This complimentary rant comes free of charge. Normally I require some question or error of logic, but cherish this, your first Nra-class rant.

Introductions, first and foremost. As you can tell, I'm Nra 'Vadumee, admin, co-founder, major author, creator of the Karnasaurs, and Resident Expert on Science and Technology. I will be the one assisting you in making any and all forms of technology or concepts of science as realistic as possible, or at least appropriately following the Rule of Cool.

Krayfish is creator of the Dhragolon and Resident Expert on Culture and Character Development. He'll be helping to flesh out your civilization's background and nature, along with the background and mindset of your characters.

SupcommMonroee, creator of the Eteno, is our Resident Expert on Warfare and Weaponary. He'll be the one helping you with everything from sidearms to dreadnoughts to small-unit tactics to military doctrine.

Other users of note include Noble VI, our chat mod and advisor; Oblivion26, my oldest student; IceBite, major author, creator of the Delson, and chief admin of one of our associate sites, Hellcat Squadran, and Holbenilord, representative of our other associate site, Multiverses.

Onto my favorite part; Standards.

We're an original narrative writing site with a focus on professionalism. This means that everything we do here is entirely our own work set within a universe of our creation. It also means we aim for a professional atmosphere. Do you need a Nobel Writing Prize? No. Do you need to act like you do? Absolutely. We will educate you in how to utilize tools such as theme, symbolism, motiffs, and different tropes as well as helping to improve your work by way of critical analysis and peer review. We will bombard you with flak and critique. It's all tough love.

Next, systems:

The most important system you need to know is the pitch system. In order to achieve numerous things, such as making sure you're here to write and not vent your imagination (there's a massive difference), we require you to give us a writing pitch. This pitch should contain a condensed explanation of everything you plan on doing here. Everything. A bad pitch would be something such as 'I'm just gonna make a civ and a guy and have them start a war and fight and other cool stuff'. A good pitch tells us what this civ is, it's culture, where it's located, how large it is, why it's going to war and with whom, who this character is, et cetera. Before you even so much as think to even make a new page, you need this pitch approved by the admins. Trust me, I'll be the one you need to impress the most.

Next up is the organization system. Stories are written by full authors either independently or in tandem with another author. These stories are then organized into story arcs, like books in a series. However, the major authors, in addition to their independent work, also co-produce the major story arcs. These are the arcs that this entire site was built for and is built around. Be ready to leave some way to link your work to the major arcs. Our current arc is Dark Prophecy, which is being cleaned and polished. After we're done with that, we'll begin the sequel arc, Chaos Crisis.

Ensuite, the apprenticeship and hierarchy system, which is detailed in depth here.

Enfinement, writing is a passion. A passion not all people share. We are in desperate need of people to fill slots in our nonexistant dedicated art team. If you or someone you know possess artistic talent, let me know. If needed, leave me a method of contact so I can arrange something with an individual you know. We're also in need of renderers and critics, with animators being a hope but on the backburner.

Legal issues: Are you 13 or older?

Question: What timezone are you in? We're an international site, we need to know when you'll be on.

Right then, rant complete. I look forward to working with you, and as we say here on Omniverse,

Happy editing! 