Thread:Soulslayer317/@comment-796766-20120912202005

Right then, another rant to type.

I am Nra 'Vadumee, as you can see. Admin, co-founder, Resident Expert on Science and Tech, major author, and creator of the Karnasaur Meritocratic Federation. Allow me to be the first to formally welcome you. While there is much for me to say, I prefer to get introductions out of the way first.

Krayfish shares my titles but serves as Resident Expert on Culture and Development. He'll be helping you build your civilization's cultural factors, and also made the Dhragolon Federal Monarchy.

SupcommMonroee is Resident Expert on Warfare and Weaponary and writer of the Eteno Imperial Triumvirate. He'll be the one helping you make your military from sidearms to dreadnoughts.

Our last major author is IceBite, creator of the Delson and chief admin on one of our associate sites, Hellcat Squadran.

Other users of interest include Noble VI, our chat mod and a vizier to the admins; Oblivion26, my oldest student, and Holbenilord, chief admin from our other associate, Multiverses.

Onto the beef of the matter.

We'll start with our systems, starting with the all important pitch system, To get your writer's liscence here, as I call it, you need to give an admin a detailed pitch on your plans here. What are you making and why? What kind of stories are you writing? Tell us everything. No pitch is too short. Once you get a green light from two admins, you're good to make a few pages so we can get a diagnostic of your style.

Which leads us to apprenticeship and hierarchy. Once we get a taste of your writing style, you'll be assigned a major author mentor who will teach you the finer points of writing. The hierarchy is detailed more throroughly here.

Next is the story organization. Stories, which can be independent or tandem, are typically 'chapters' in story arcs. Authors produce stories and arcs independently and sometimes with another author. However, the major authors, in addition to side projects, come together to produce the major story arcs, the arcs the entire wiki is built for and around. Our current arc is Dark Prophecy, which is facing completion. When we're done with it, we're starting Chaos Crisis, the sequel.

Now my personal favorite: Standards.

We are an original narrative writing wiki. This means we create high quality narrative work in an original universe of our creation. Professionalism is massive here. Do you need to write like a professional? No. Do you need to behave like a professional? Very much so. We use conventions of writing such as symbolism and theme along with tools like criticism and peer review often. Take them it in the spirit its given. Especially if it's coming from a major author or admin. We'll also educate you in things like tropes and genre conventions. There is a difference between venting the imagination and writing. We write. Most people vent. Venting is easy. Writing is a passion.

Speaking of which, I cannot help but notice you list your occupation as 'Artist'. We just so happen to be in desperate desire of one with artistic ability. You see, we always desire ways to expand our writing beyond words. Illustrators, critics, animators; All forms of artistic ability beyond writing are sorely wanted. If you are willing to fill the first slot on our artistic team, we would be eternally grateful.

Finally, legal issue and coordination question:

We need to know if you're over 13 and what timezone you're in.

So there's your wall of text. Hope you read it well. I look forward to working with you, and as we say here on Omniverse,

Happy editing! 