Subject: Actually, I was wondering if labs should need Permission
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Posted on: 2010-01-16 21:46:00 UTC
As they are still working with agents and set in PPC, they're essentially a sort of non-mission story in text format. So I think that one should need Permission before writing labs too.
You know, like the Suematolite paper. I've got a nice one written up on the structure, function, and biological workings of Glitter.
And one in the works on the life cycle of the Sue.
LJ, your own website or ffn. I'd recommend the first two over the last, since you're rather likely to get deleted and/or ranted about on ffr if you post an essay to ffn.
Basically, you should archive your Sue essays wherever you're thinking of archiving any missions you write.
The only lab report I've been able to find is that done by Bill Fallis and Lori Starrett (here). It seems to be on the author's lj, just with a different tag.
Actually, come to think of it, which department would essays go in? Does PPC have a Department of Biological Journal Writing, or would it just be part of DMSE&R?
--anamia
Yeah, the standard procedure of DMSE&R is to do a lab write-up, like with scientists in world one.
There is no department dedicated to biological journals, so I suppose all of these neat theories come from DMSE&R or those agents that like to tinker around with the laws of nature when off duty.
Would I be allowed to supplement the lab report with a narrative? I had thought to write a prose version of the experiment and then a proper lab write-up to attach. (I'm good at lab write-ups; a year of intensive IB chem will do that to you.) Is that acceptable format, or should I change the prose section to brief notes like yours?
(As soon as my month is up you will be getting two more DMSE&Rers. -grins- At least, if they get permission you will.)
--anamia
I had been debating whether or not to write it in narrative form when I started it. But really, since no one else was doing it, I figured why not just follow the "science fair" method done in school?
I'm rather lax on format. Go ahead with the story; I just want to see that the scientists learned something (even if it is to never let a Sue have sugar) from their lab. And that they're methodical enough to do a write-up.
Many things. Fun things. Things which made me giggle as I wrote them.
Would you be interested in reading it when I've finished? I wasn't going to post yet, since I don't have general permission, but a second opinion would be nice.
--anamia
I got Permission to write for the DMS, but I don't recall asking for DMSE&R.
Once you have Permission, you can write whatever you like. If you decide to branch out into different Agents and Departments, that's fine.
As they are still working with agents and set in PPC, they're essentially a sort of non-mission story in text format. So I think that one should need Permission before writing labs too.
Are you saying that people would need to ask permission again before writing labs, or that you can't write them until you have general permission?
--anamia
I'm thinking that if labs count as PPC stories, then they should require PPC Permission - and therefore fall under the same umbrella as missions, so to speak.
My opinion, not final law, but I think this should be a group consensus.