Elite roleplay: Q&A and OOC

Creamy Goodness IIIA developer/player event You'll come across it if you look into recent ED history.

Create your story and don't worry about about the details. Some is always there to pick up on the little things. Can't let that hobble your creativity.

Not worrying about the details is a key difference between writing something that amounts to Sonichu, or writing something like Premonition. If you don't care about your own work enough to mind the details, no one else should care about your work either.

User210613

20 Jun 2020, 6:51pm

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Myra ThorneSonichu

Oof.

Lambast Mercy

20 Jun 2020, 7:10pm

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Or you can worry so much about the minute details, you forget about writing a story and present a flowery tech manual.

Creamy Goodness III

20 Jun 2020, 7:34pm

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You seem to be linking "Don't worries about the details" with completely ignore the details and try to brake the in universe lore. Insert evil laugh here.

What I mean is chill out and write your story. You can always read it back to your self and fill in any details that may need adding. That's why we have things called a first draft and are lucky not to have a dead line.

If I worried about the what's whys and where-fors coupled with the Rules Prowlers that love to pop up here, I'd fear typing a single word. I like to let creativity flow and fix any thing that needs addressing after I got the meat of my post down. We can't and shouldn't force others to create the way you think they should.

Basically people chill out any respect other people's style of writing even if it's not your thing.

Last edit: 20 Jun 2020, 7:44pm

Ouberos

20 Jun 2020, 8:33pm

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In general I try to be positive about other folks things. Its important to remember though that only through criticism, understanding and practice can you improve your writing.

I agree with Matt here, details are essential, but not necessarily in the same way. For me details can be the difference between,

"walking through a bar and hearing the news"

and

"walking through a gloomy drinking den, lit poorly by long rows of yellowed fluorescent strips and the many over bright screens of personal communicators that flashed out the shocking news in an endless stream of angry opinion and distracting false equivalence,"

The details are the story.

Your writing cant improve without criticism but likewise it will stop if you listen to them but take no action.

In my opinion.

Opinions may vary.

Nerys Nymei

20 Jun 2020, 9:10pm

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For me, writing the details is important but also difficult, because I am Italian and English is not my primary language.

My everyday job is the technical writer: I create instruction manuals, in English, for software used in factories. I am good with robotic sentences like "Click OK to perform the action", but I am not so comfortable with narrative English. When I must deliver subtle feelings, like the emotion of being kissed... I mean almost kissed... or the stubborness of a good surgeon, I need to write the scene in Italian language (at least in my mind, but sometimes literally written), check if it sounds good, then try to translate it as best I can. It is a slow process and it doesn't work well with complex phrases. So usually I prefer to suggest things and my posts are never too long.

Criticism is always appreciated, both for narrative/lore purposes and for the language. Please feel free to correct me and I'll be always grateful, never touchy.

User210613

20 Jun 2020, 9:25pm

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Creamy Goodness IIIIf I worried about the what's whys and where-fors coupled with the Rules Prowlers that love to pop up here.

I think insisting someone gets something basic right, like the fact CMDR Harry Potter isn't in the lore (though another character of the player behind it is), isn't unreasonable.

Last edit: 20 Jun 2020, 9:39pm

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