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<blockquote data-quote="adamantyr" data-source="post: 8561668" data-attributes="member: 71147">In fact, I think I see the issue with this and many other attempts at module writing. A lack of a technical writing class. Modules are not just stories, they are instructions.When I was completing my software engineering degree I was required to take a technical writing class. A lot of the engineers hated it; they thought they had left English class behind. But it was great training in how to write simple concise sentences and avoid metaphors, colloquialisms, and meta references that would just confuse your reader. (Who, in the software engineering world, may have English as their 2nd or 3rd language.)You can have your descriptive text and passion. It just needs to be where the players hear it, and maybe a bit of fluff to get the DM excited to run your module. The mechanics of your module need to be clean and technical. You have two audiences to write for.(And I've edited this post a few times now just to make it better. Editing is never over.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="adamantyr, post: 8561668, member: 71147"] In fact, I think I see the issue with this and many other attempts at module writing. A lack of a technical writing class. Modules are not just stories, they are instructions. When I was completing my software engineering degree I was required to take a technical writing class. A lot of the engineers hated it; they thought they had left English class behind. But it was great training in how to write simple concise sentences and avoid metaphors, colloquialisms, and meta references that would just confuse your reader. (Who, in the software engineering world, may have English as their 2nd or 3rd language.) You can have your descriptive text and passion. It just needs to be where the players hear it, and maybe a bit of fluff to get the DM excited to run your module. The mechanics of your module need to be clean and technical. You have two audiences to write for. (And I've edited this post a few times now just to make it better. Editing is never over.) [/QUOTE]

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