Calling for volunteer reporters for the inside pages!

Subject: Calling for volunteer reporters for the inside pages!
Author: Lily Winterwood
Posted on: 2013-04-17 05:52:00 UTC

I'd like to mess with designing an entire magazine, so I'm calling for some help with providing the contents of such.

As you can tell from the cover there are four stories, and they all take us to a bit past 14 pages. Then there's gotta be someone on page three (my mental-image castlist for my Agents are Grace Park for Christianne and Evangeline Lilly for Eledhwen, so that might not be an issue if others don't want to volunteer), possibly a Lust Object page as well, some advertising, and a page that gives people a brief on what's been happening at the PPC (sorta like the "Briefing" page of TIME and stuff).

I'm supposing stories will take about two pages each, complete with columns and stylishness and pictures and quotes and stuff.

If there's anyone out there with time to burn and a finger itching to write journalistically for a change, please let me know.

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Because I like designing covers and such... by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-17 02:54:00 UTC Reply

Have a redesigned, Blackout Edition of the Multiverse Monitor.

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Calling for volunteer reporters for the inside pages! by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-17 05:52:00 UTC Reply

I'd like to mess with designing an entire magazine, so I'm calling for some help with providing the contents of such.

As you can tell from the cover there are four stories, and they all take us to a bit past 14 pages. Then there's gotta be someone on page three (my mental-image castlist for my Agents are Grace Park for Christianne and Evangeline Lilly for Eledhwen, so that might not be an issue if others don't want to volunteer), possibly a Lust Object page as well, some advertising, and a page that gives people a brief on what's been happening at the PPC (sorta like the "Briefing" page of TIME and stuff).

I'm supposing stories will take about two pages each, complete with columns and stylishness and pictures and quotes and stuff.

If there's anyone out there with time to burn and a finger itching to write journalistically for a change, please let me know.

Table of contents for interested writers. by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-18 06:17:00 UTC Reply

Pages
0 - Front Cover
1 - Advert
2 - Briefing
3 - Canon character of the issue - Madoka
4 - Madoka (cont)
5 - Letters to the Editor/Editorial/Advice
6 - The Doctor is In: Interview with a Canon Character
7 - The Doctor is in (cont.)
8 - Dethroning the Dalek: How Clara Oswin Oswald unseated the PPC Cluedo champion
9 - Cluedo Primer for Beginners - a guide to PPC Cluedo
10 - Weapons Ahoy - Clever new ways to kill those pesky Sues
11 - The Blackout: Could it be a Flowery Plot?
12 - The Blackout (cont)
13 - Canon scenery of the issue - Rivendell
14 - About Bloody Time! (Or, the PPC’s Will They Won’t They couple finally gets the hint)
15 - Other salacious tidbits of gossip
16 - Opinion columnist
17 - Back advert

Give me your email if you're already providing or interested in providing any of these pages. I don't think Permission is required for stuff like letters to the editor and advertisements, although I'd like to take care of the visuals myself.
I'd like to do a small pieceÂ… by hermione of vulcan on 2013-04-17 23:40:00 UTC Reply

…about those rumors of the Son of Slorp.
"Several agents were seen chasing something vaguely meatloaf-ish with butterfly nets…"
Also, I'll volunteer Spock as LO of the month. Nimoy!Spock, because he's been a Lust Object since the Sixties.

I think we've got Madoka for that... by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-18 00:23:00 UTC Reply

Changing it to just Canon of the month though.

And yes, that'd be good. :'D

Well, I might be able to do something. by Sergio Turbo on 2013-04-17 21:12:00 UTC Reply

Since we are going to need some more stuff to fill the in-between pages, I might do some short articles.

Maybe something about Madoka, considering that 1) She's the newest addition to canon deities that know about the PPC and 2) All Magical Girl Agents (and some who aren't) are likely to be worshipping her by now.

Or maybe some guide for Agents about something like choosing their own weapon for Sue slaying, or a list of recommended equipment, or something else like that.

I need your email if you're contributing, thanks! (nm) by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-18 06:19:00 UTC Reply

Sure. by Sergio Turbo on 2013-04-18 08:21:00 UTC Reply

It's stginelli snaillikethingy Google's email point commercial.

(Should fool those pesky spambots written this way. I wrote it differently in the Beta Reader list, though, if you have trouble deciphering it.)

We could do a spread on Madoka as Canon Character of the iss by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-17 21:26:00 UTC Reply

There'd be a picture, a short article on her background and how she relates to the PPC, and how to interact with her on missions if necessary.

And the weapons thing sounds fabulous. If we could have q chart of poisons and their effects or the most effective way to use x weapon that would be great and so informative.

Can I add on to that weapons list? by SeaTurtle on 2013-04-17 22:25:00 UTC Reply

It sounds like fun!

Oh and do you want the finished news bites/ads as a GDoc or a .docx file?

We could make a master gdoc file. by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-18 00:23:00 UTC Reply

Since I'm making the pages roughly the same size as that cover, the actual articles won't be very readable on there.

We'd then link to the gdocs as a sort of transcript.

Hopefully if this goes well we can make a bigger, actually-readable version of the magazine (because I was just going to do a cover, so I made it small, and etc.)

Calling dibs on... by SeaTurtle on 2013-04-17 08:27:00 UTC Reply

...the adverts and the "What's going on" rubric. I should be able to work on them this weekend.

If you want, by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-17 17:31:00 UTC Reply

You can just provide the words, and I'll do the visuals.

I approve of this. by Huinesoron on 2013-04-17 07:54:00 UTC Reply

After all, the original Multiverse Monitor (single-sheet newsletter) got restarted as Starwind's (tabloid)... I think it would be fantastic for someone/s to restart it again as a magazine.

(No, this is not me volunteering. Swoowy)

(Oh, and Page 3 is a tabloid thing; you don't necessarily have to keep it, or keep it the same. Why not a Photo Of The [Time Period] instead, with pictures 'taken in' the canons or HQ by agents? Seems more magaziney. Up to you, of course)

hS

Are you sure you don't want to contribute? by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-18 06:21:00 UTC Reply

There's a page on Cluedo's rules and such that accompanies the Dethroning the Dalek article, and since you're developing gameplay for that it'd be great if you could provide that bit.

Sure, I can do that. by Huinesoron on 2013-04-18 08:23:00 UTC Reply

It'll help with getting the rules written down, so's we can eventually play the darned thing...

Email address attached. Do you have a timeframe in mind?

hS

I'll add you to the doc then. by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-18 08:45:00 UTC Reply

And not really? Just hopefully by the end of the month, or else it's not quite April's edition anymore, is it?

Slight problem: by Huinesoron on 2013-04-18 10:11:00 UTC Reply

It's kind of run over a bit. I'm just heading into page 2 and the FAQ ("Q. Are you sure the victim didn't do it?")... well, I can probably edit down the ramble a bit.

(Yeah, I've just written most of it in an hour. Deadlines probably aren't a problem, on consideration)

hS

That's fine. by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-18 14:43:00 UTC Reply

It's technically not supposed to be readable on the magazine image, and we're linking to a transcript which is the Google doc.
(Hopefully future editions will actually be readable/in PDF format.)

True; I could pull off a pretty Canon scenery thing... by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-17 07:58:00 UTC Reply

...like the visions of the worlds stuff they have in National Geographic.

Oooh! by Karen on 2013-04-17 05:20:00 UTC Reply

Someone really should restart the Multiverse Monitor. It'd be so much fun...

Yeah... by AelinTheAmazing on 2013-04-17 05:34:00 UTC Reply

I've been wanting to do that since I first found the page, but since I don't have Permission yet...

Ooh, I'd love to do designs for the inside pages. by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-17 05:45:00 UTC Reply

Could make it look like the inside of Vogue or something I dunno but it'd be such fun.
I'd just need the articles.

Yes! by Karen on 2013-04-18 01:59:00 UTC Reply

Okay, suddenly I really want this to be a thing. If Lily is willing to be our design editor...

IDEA IDEA IDEA.

We'd need to ask people about this, but what if we included missions and Permission pieces in the mag? Like, have a cover, some articles about recent activity and a welcome-these-newbies page, then missions and Permissions?

It's an in universe magazine. by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-18 02:17:00 UTC Reply

If an agent pair has a really unique thing happening on their mission, something newsworthy, then it could be included. Otherwise, let's try not to break the fourth wall too much.

Okies. (nm) by Karen on 2013-04-18 03:39:00 UTC Reply

Feels embarressed being a newbie.... by Pauline07 on 2013-04-17 04:53:00 UTC Reply

I love the cover.
Is this a real magazine in the PPC universe?

It was. by Outhra on 2013-04-18 00:41:00 UTC Reply

One of the Boarders used to write PPC-based news stories for it back in... I don't know exactly, 2007-ish. Nothing's really been done about it since, though it still exists in-universe.
Let's see... by AelinTheAmazing on 2013-04-17 05:05:00 UTC Reply

The Multiverse Monitor used to be a tabloid-style magazine run by agents Starwind Rohana and Estelnar Celebduin. It ran from 2006 to 2007, I believe. You can find the Wiki page here.
http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/TheMultiverseMonitor

That is awesome. by World-Jumper on 2013-04-17 03:02:00 UTC Reply

I love it! Makes me wish the Multiverse Monitor was still running. Sorta. Kinda. Not realy now that I think about it, but the cover is still cool.

...Heh, 'Flower plot.' Was that pun on purpose, or am I just insane?

I saw it too. by Outhra on 2013-04-17 03:43:00 UTC Reply

Maybe we're both insane. High five!

On other news, I love how Omicron losing at Cluedo gets a mention on the front page. About how long has he been reigning Cluedo champion for it to be such a huge deal?

Cluedo was first mentioned in, what, 2012 HST? by Lily Winterwood on 2013-04-17 05:46:00 UTC Reply

He's been reigning champion for several months now at least.