Here, have an egg whisk! It's shiny, gold-plated, and hey, it whisks eggs! Use it for good and not evil.
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Hey there! by
on 2009-04-01 00:49:00 UTC
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Re: breeding newbies by
on 2009-04-01 00:41:00 UTC
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I can't speak for the other newbies, but I for one haven't been breeding.
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If I had Permission, I'd write a mission for it. (nm) by
on 2009-04-01 00:29:00 UTC
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...curse you for spoiling the surprise, Gabriel! by
on 2009-04-01 00:27:00 UTC
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Anyways, please deposit your sanity, yadda yadda yadda, "Warg Fodder," yadda yadda.
Whee, moar Watchmen fans. Are you a bookverse or movieverse person or both?
Welcome to the PPC and enjoy the hugs!
-Mad Maudlin
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ditto - the countdown to May 14th began in November (nm) by
on 2009-04-01 00:18:00 UTC
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ymmv, but we do it like this... by
on 2009-04-01 00:16:00 UTC
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Way back in the dawn of time, when Trojie and I first started writing together (not PPC missions), we used to email word documents to each other. It got confusing as all hell, and we'd occasionally mislay bits. Then gmail brought out googledocs, and there was much rejoicing.
We'll usually find a mission first (Ansela is very good for this, as she is braver than me when it comes to trawling the Uber Pit). I have a dekko, assess the horror, and then send a link to Trojie. If she agrees to it, we copy and paste the entire thing into a googledoc and have a read through.
Then we go and beat our heads against a wall for a while. If there are a lot of charges that one of us will miss, for example if the fic's in a continuum only one of us knows, we'll go through highlighting charges so nothing's missed. This usually isn't necessary though; we pick up the charges as we go along.
When we're feeling brave, one of us will tag the other, and we get stuck in. We have an IM window open as well as the document, for throwing ideas about and reminding one another of important charges and what have you. One will write as much as they can, and then tag the other. And on we go, taking turns, until it's finished. Then it's proofreading and to the beta(s).
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It's never easy to tell on the internets. by
on 2009-04-01 00:05:00 UTC
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I shall remember for the future, though.
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I found it by
on 2009-03-31 23:57:00 UTC
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But it isn't an OFU, it's the "Avatar School for Fanfiction Authors". Does that count?
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*dances to 80's theme* by
on 2009-03-31 23:52:00 UTC
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Hallelujah! (Oh, FYI, I'm a girl. Just so ya know.)
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Join the PPC, they said by
on 2009-03-31 23:44:00 UTC
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Yeah, as some have pointed out, we get loads of newbies these days. And that's great.
You'll probably be offered a plover, a gold-plated egg whisk, a sock full of rocks, a panda, a receptacle marked "Warg fodder" to deposit your sanity, some Anti Lustin, a few hugs and loads of other weird stuff. As for me, I gift thee with something more conventional: a coffeemaker.
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They're breeding again!! by
on 2009-03-31 22:59:00 UTC
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If this keeps up we'll have a surplus of agents and a lack of Sue.
Welcome, anyways.
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As Sedri says ... by
on 2009-03-31 22:55:00 UTC
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Googledocs is a very convenient way, if you have Gmail. Almost every PPC mission I write is a cowrite between me and Pads, and we do it using Googledocs, which is basically a word document stored online, which multiple people can see and edit at once (although it spazzes if you are both trying to write at the same time, so it's better to take turns). Gdocs is also really convenient for beta-reading, because you can just share the document with your beta-reader and they can make direct edits.
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Welcome! *passes you some lembas* (nm) by
on 2009-03-31 22:53:00 UTC
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feck, this post was mine (nm) by
on 2009-03-31 22:32:00 UTC
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Re: Welcome! by
on 2009-03-31 22:31:00 UTC
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Well, looks like my keyboard is having issues...
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May, but early May. I look far forward :) (nm) by
on 2009-03-31 22:29:00 UTC
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Welcome! by
on 2009-03-31 22:28:00 UTC
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Have a granite pillow. :)
As for knowing how things work... If you haven't already read The Original Series, do so, because that's the only unalterable canon. Also please take a look around our Wiki, particularly the article on Permission.
A few things: You can't PPC original fiction. By definition, the PPC can only patrol fanfiction of existing canonical stories - no matter how much we (well, many of us) hate Eragon, there's nothing we can do about it. Also, please pay a little more attention to your spelling and grammar. We can't correct mistakes if we make them ourselves.
Nice to meet you!
- Sedri
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That's sort of how I've done it. by
on 2009-03-31 22:21:00 UTC
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Mind you, I've only done two cowrites; we'd have an IM open in one window and a gdoc in the other, and write a few paragraphs before switching. Any questions about facts or the characterisation of the other person's agent was done in chat, and usually translated literally into the story.
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hello would like to join by
on 2009-03-31 22:20:00 UTC
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Well I'm interested in joining and I would like to know ho the stuff works... I read part of the wiki already, as well as the main site...
I'm interested in working in the following fandoms : Star Wars, Star Trek, Stargate Atlantis, Watchmen, RPF about U2, original fiction.
I would be most interested in protecting canon characters from Sues, OOCness and abuse.
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Forgive me for adding to Your statement, but... by
on 2009-03-31 22:11:00 UTC
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There's also gdocs. If both authors are collaborators, they can pretty much edit and write the story at the same time without having to worry about the size limit of IMs.
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Depends on the authors. by
on 2009-03-31 22:05:00 UTC
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I've done it four ways: some of my joint missions were actually written by one author and then passed over for checking, some were written in real-time over IM programs (line by line, so like passing it back and forth), one was written line by line on a forum set up for the purpose (three authors, so we couldn't get on IM together much), and although not a mission, the early parts of the Reorganisation were split into sections and we each wrote our own parts. And there are other methods - some people seem to just do a commentary on the story together on IM and then write in the action later. So it really does depend. By far the /easiest/ is for one person to do all the writing and the other just to edit; possibly the most fun to write is real-time over IM. But, really, it comes down to choosing your own way.
hS
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How are cooperative missions written? by
on 2009-03-31 21:34:00 UTC
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There must be several ways to do it, but which one is the best?
Is the mission passed back and forth between the writers to allow all characters to react to each situation? Or is it split in sections? Or is the writing mostly done by one person, then sent to the other for verification and perfecting? Or do they each write their own story, then make a salad with the best ideas of both?
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Is it bad that, after a while, I skipped to the end by
on 2009-03-31 21:29:00 UTC
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I'm late too. by
on 2009-03-31 21:21:00 UTC
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Hey, you can join the late club. Bad Tirya_Moonflame! No cookie! The giving out of winged kittens is my job. Nocia, one of my agents, is a winged kitty magnet. The winged kittens were inspired by a Warriors fanfic, thank StarClan it was taken down, where a magical cat from a comet created a clan that lived in a barn and gave every member wings. Wow,I think I need the Bleeprin now. *gets Bleeprin* Sad to say, The Pit of Voles still has some winged cat fics and more Warriorsverse Sues than you can point The Canon Cannon at.