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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 1301236" data-attributes="member: 2">One of the best thigns about EN World is that the whole "newbie" phenomena really doesn't apply. The amount of fun you have playing D&D isn't affected by how many posts you have here.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I really prefer character details to emerge during play, mostly because I find stats boring. Worry about making the story exciting, and the character personalities should emerge. In you like, post stats in the Rogue's Gallery and link it to the first post of the thread.Other than maybe a quick summary to interest browsing readers, I also like campaign background to emerge as part of the story. Placing it in the first post isn't usually the best place for it, in my opinion.I write my story hour in present tense; if I was going to do it over, I'd probably make it the more traditional past tense. For post length, try to stay away from really long posts. It's weird, but people are more likely to read two short-medium posts than one really long one. I got a lot more readers when I shortened the average post somewhat. As an example, I find the length on Capellan's Q-Ship updates just about the same length that I strive for.Writing these is fun, but a lot of work! I must spend as much time writing as I do gaming. It's worth it, though. Just make sure you're having fun, because there's no reason to write the darn thing if you aren't. Merak's advice about updating is superb.Can't wait to see it!</blockquote>

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