Re: Thanks for the help

On Wed, 24 May 2006 13:12:40 -0700, "R.L." <"<see-sig"@no-spams.coms>>
seems to have said:

On Wed, 24 May 2006 14:30:24 +0000 (UTC), Nicola Browne wrote:
/snip/

Please note this is not an advert,( honestly)

Note to first-time or near-first-time posters: Don't expect this sort of
statement to work for anyone except Regulars in Good Standing. For a
first-time poster, it would be likely to draw more flames, not forestall
them.


but the blog is
at http://www.nmbrowne.com/nmbrowne_blog.html
or if that doesn't work nmbrowne.com go to author and the click on the
link.


R.L.
who needs to set up again to flag sub-threads, using Divergins and
Delamancha


Note to new members: R.L. likes to do this from time to time. If
you've been working on a project, and discussing it here in the group,
and you want to show off the results or celebrate your success, go
right ahead.

And -- if you're in the midst of something when you first show up, and
you want someone to go look at it so you can discuss something about
it here, do that, too, but do it in a way that makes it clear.

You could do it like this (and it has been done like this):

*I'm new here, and I'd like some advice. I'm in the middle of writing
*an online novel at hurryhurrylookatme.net, and I've realized I have
*some questions about formatting and some questions about the writing.
*
*Formatting -- is it sensible to set off different points of view with
*typrographical variations? (font, emphasis, size)
*
*-- Writing -- how many points of view are too many? My story depends
*on the different interpretations all these people have of the core
*event. But have I overdone it?
*
*I'm generally proud of the story, but I'd like some reassurance. I'd
*be _so_ stoked if somebody from here would go over to
*hurryhurrylookatme.net and tell me what they think.
*

Now, an initial post like this might open up a thousand-entry argument
about _something_, but would not be trashed as a drive-by
advertisement, because it isn't one. Yes, it's quite obvious the
writer wants an inordinate amount of attention, but we all do, or we'd
be Trappist monks instead of writers.

This kind of post distinguishes itself from the advertisement by
first, engaging with _the process of writing_, one of the core topics
of the newsgroup, and second, _starting a conversation_, which is the
core mission of the newsgroup.

The rules are there to keep the newsgroup a functioning conversation,
not to establish hierarchies of new and old members. And you do
nobody any favors by pretending otherwise.

Lucy Kemnitzer, still
--The Donor:
the harm reduction vampire story, now complete:
http://www.baymoon.com/~ritaxis/donor/donorweb/donorindex
.

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