Post by Queen Beathag Aberdeen on Feb 10, 2009 15:24:01 GMT -6
What are story positions
= Story posistions are any posistions that place the character in writing to be in exposure for writing and those that are of high importance/leadership. Examples of common story posistion are those holding any sort of place, any class, or any purpose within the story. High story posistion could include such posistions as: military heads, heads of the royal/any household (principle ladies in waiting or ladies' maids, stewarts, chatelains, head guards), clean leaders (chieftains, tanists) principle business owners or the heads of occupations (such as guilds)
What can I do/become
= Any character and every character in StWI has a chance to advance their posistion. What are your goals with this character, what do you see them attaining in posistion? This is not relegated to High Position, but what if posistion in the underground? Will they be a master thief, head of a guild of thieves? Will you be a high merchant or inventor? Seek a posistion in the court, your own land? In Skye, the same thing is literally the limit. We can accomadate most every scenario you can dream of.
How do I go about it
= Everything in the group is set in to canon (master, story concrete knowledge) through writing. Story is our business! Every episode has a beginning, middle, and end and so will your characters rise. It is important to understand that nothing will happen 'over night'. You may have been a knight of prominence in a foreign land, but titles are only words. How will your character earn respect here? Will he have enemies? What sort of service will you seek for him? What will you not use him for?
What do you provide
= I am happy to say that between both the live play facilitated by members and the chance to utilize the board for free-writing, a characters options for ascertainment are very broad. We provide stories set among member(s) as well as large group chronices. I recommend creating scenarios for play that utilize your areas heads, if such is applicable, for this purpose. The people in their places are there because they are fabulous storytellers, always happy to help. When we, the MSTs, look for those to advance or requests to allow we will refer to others to see how things have gone.
Do you do any public recognition
=Yes, after larger threads or group Chronicles, we MSTs look across the board to see what characters deserve recognition such as titles, lands, medals, etc. Again, all of this is commiserate on story! If you can't tell your own tale how can we tell it for you?
I really am interested in setting up a scenario to become one of the higher ranking positions, or wish to create a character for a vacant area
= Be advised: there is some expectation with the Higher Ranking posistions that you be
1) visible (this can be accomplished with both live plays and board writing, preferably a combination of both)
2.) accessible (if your time allows and you have a room or set of rooms surrounding your ideas, use them to attract play or invite in members. Social, social, social! Silent people only make more silence which does no one any good)
3.) accomadating these positions will put you in a place to offer mentorship to new writers, answering questions, and foster comeraderie. Items 1 and 2 are necessary for the fufilling of item 3
4.) creative what's the point of getting a thing if you aren't willing to utilize it? If you have a place don't let it sit vacant. Use it! Bring member(s) to it, make scenarios and stories for it. An example of this would be a guild master offering lessons, organizing a fair or an exposition of their craft. If you live in a major region, as a noble hosting a dinner which is a great way to meet others of the same affiliation. These don't need to be limited to mundane, we've had murder mysteries, masquerade, game nights, and many other wonderful venues.
What are the goals of those in the highest, most visible leadership positions
= to facilitate, in your area, play in rooms and on the board in self created threads
= to take active roles in group stories in daily play that place your character in the forefront (ambassadors giving reports in parliment that are created, advisors advising with foreign bodies, commerce,etc)
= to learn how to maintain a long going thread as well as see to its completion
= to learn to run, create, and facilitate Chronicle series stories
= to, in case of the absence of the overall group MSTs, facilitate your sections so that from the highest leaders we can draw from those to oversee certain aspects on a temporary/as needed basis.
What happens if things do not work out?
= We strive to go above and beyond to see that things do! At times we understand that time may not permit a person to be as fully involved as they'd desire. This is a 'working man's group', so it is essential to utilize the chief means of communication (e-mail and the message board) if you are going to be away. We will hold things for you. On the other hand a lack of information is never helpful because it means we have areas that can't be used, approved systems that stand to vanish, and people who may be hanging. As with all advancements all removals are subject to our scrutiny as well. These are not approached lightly, but when they are or things are brought to our attention the means of correction and/or final decisions are just that...final
Updated: 9.14.10
= Story posistions are any posistions that place the character in writing to be in exposure for writing and those that are of high importance/leadership. Examples of common story posistion are those holding any sort of place, any class, or any purpose within the story. High story posistion could include such posistions as: military heads, heads of the royal/any household (principle ladies in waiting or ladies' maids, stewarts, chatelains, head guards), clean leaders (chieftains, tanists) principle business owners or the heads of occupations (such as guilds)
What can I do/become
= Any character and every character in StWI has a chance to advance their posistion. What are your goals with this character, what do you see them attaining in posistion? This is not relegated to High Position, but what if posistion in the underground? Will they be a master thief, head of a guild of thieves? Will you be a high merchant or inventor? Seek a posistion in the court, your own land? In Skye, the same thing is literally the limit. We can accomadate most every scenario you can dream of.
How do I go about it
= Everything in the group is set in to canon (master, story concrete knowledge) through writing. Story is our business! Every episode has a beginning, middle, and end and so will your characters rise. It is important to understand that nothing will happen 'over night'. You may have been a knight of prominence in a foreign land, but titles are only words. How will your character earn respect here? Will he have enemies? What sort of service will you seek for him? What will you not use him for?
What do you provide
= I am happy to say that between both the live play facilitated by members and the chance to utilize the board for free-writing, a characters options for ascertainment are very broad. We provide stories set among member(s) as well as large group chronices. I recommend creating scenarios for play that utilize your areas heads, if such is applicable, for this purpose. The people in their places are there because they are fabulous storytellers, always happy to help. When we, the MSTs, look for those to advance or requests to allow we will refer to others to see how things have gone.
Do you do any public recognition
=Yes, after larger threads or group Chronicles, we MSTs look across the board to see what characters deserve recognition such as titles, lands, medals, etc. Again, all of this is commiserate on story! If you can't tell your own tale how can we tell it for you?
I really am interested in setting up a scenario to become one of the higher ranking positions, or wish to create a character for a vacant area
= Be advised: there is some expectation with the Higher Ranking posistions that you be
1) visible (this can be accomplished with both live plays and board writing, preferably a combination of both)
2.) accessible (if your time allows and you have a room or set of rooms surrounding your ideas, use them to attract play or invite in members. Social, social, social! Silent people only make more silence which does no one any good)
3.) accomadating these positions will put you in a place to offer mentorship to new writers, answering questions, and foster comeraderie. Items 1 and 2 are necessary for the fufilling of item 3
4.) creative what's the point of getting a thing if you aren't willing to utilize it? If you have a place don't let it sit vacant. Use it! Bring member(s) to it, make scenarios and stories for it. An example of this would be a guild master offering lessons, organizing a fair or an exposition of their craft. If you live in a major region, as a noble hosting a dinner which is a great way to meet others of the same affiliation. These don't need to be limited to mundane, we've had murder mysteries, masquerade, game nights, and many other wonderful venues.
What are the goals of those in the highest, most visible leadership positions
= to facilitate, in your area, play in rooms and on the board in self created threads
= to take active roles in group stories in daily play that place your character in the forefront (ambassadors giving reports in parliment that are created, advisors advising with foreign bodies, commerce,etc)
= to learn how to maintain a long going thread as well as see to its completion
= to learn to run, create, and facilitate Chronicle series stories
= to, in case of the absence of the overall group MSTs, facilitate your sections so that from the highest leaders we can draw from those to oversee certain aspects on a temporary/as needed basis.
What happens if things do not work out?
= We strive to go above and beyond to see that things do! At times we understand that time may not permit a person to be as fully involved as they'd desire. This is a 'working man's group', so it is essential to utilize the chief means of communication (e-mail and the message board) if you are going to be away. We will hold things for you. On the other hand a lack of information is never helpful because it means we have areas that can't be used, approved systems that stand to vanish, and people who may be hanging. As with all advancements all removals are subject to our scrutiny as well. These are not approached lightly, but when they are or things are brought to our attention the means of correction and/or final decisions are just that...final
Updated: 9.14.10
