Subject: Apologies and a little bit of Permission Discussion
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Posted on: 2017-12-09 19:30:00 UTC

I just read the talk page on Permission.

I apologize for asking for public feedback on my character concept. I didn't realize that was wrong.

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It seems like people were talking about making the page easier to read by making it more concise? Right now, there seems to be a lot of information and I can see someone missing something important because it's buried. Or just forgetting something because there's so much to absorb even if they do read every word.

Someone also mentioned that it was confusing? I can see them getting caught up on whether or not you need to use the prompts because the FAQ seems to indicate that it's okay not to use them but people would rather that you did use them. Is it leftover from an old version of the process? (I think I once read a complaint that all the requests started sounding the same because of the prompts.)

I don't have any examples handy, but it the past I've had an idea for something to happen, and the story turns away from that moment for something completely different but good. Well, my Supernatural fic was going to end one way, but that changed when I haven't even gotten to that scene, and it will probably change again. One story that I didn't write down was about something in the middle of the ocean that caused all sea life to leave and a ship going to investigate. All I could come up with was a story about two sailors watching dolphins and talking about their families with no mention about the phenomenon they were going to go study.

The first prompt I rolled had me a bit worried because I really couldn't figure out how my characters were going to do one and the other one is possible but I have reasons to reject it. I found another prompt set where I feel I could try both of them. (I won't go into more detail unless you agree to ignore the cheating.)

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