WotC Seeking Your Setting Proposals (was "Big Wizard announcement")

[Mercule]

Re: Instructions

P.S. : Are we supposed to write somewhere on the proposal that we are not native English speakers ?

I suspect that since the initial publishing of all related works will be in English, grammar, etc. counts whether you are a native speaker or not.

Fair or otherwise, if they make allowances for birth language, it's for all intents and purposes paying for their staff to interpret/edit the submissions or later works. If they were willing to do that, the grammar of native speakers wouldn't be a big deal, either. It's a business and cost matters.

On the plus side, though, your English looks better to me than that of entirely too many native speakers.

 

[SHARK]

Greetings!

Gee whiz! Why is it so hard to follow some simple directions? I wish everyone luck, but really! If you can't follow some basic directions and decent writing, it deserves to be cast into the flames! That just goes for anyone's paper--mine, Clark's, everyone's. Focus, focus, focus!

Semper Fidelis,

SHARK

 

[Zulkir]

Re: Oh geez

Golly Anthony, I've already sent in my 15,000 proposals hand-lettered on papyrus mashed from reeds I grew myself organically, but I used the AP standard for serial commas instead of the CMOS standard; shall I flagellate myself forthwith, or could your admin--por favor--glean what I _actually_ mean, from this horrendously mis-stated entry?

Yours in abject shame,


A. Fanboy

Fanboy,
Received your entries, we were all very impressed! The hand mashed reed paper was terribly appropriate to the setting (I can see why you went that route). Your use of AP standard rather than CMOS was a bit unusual but we overlooked it since you didn't write a single complete sentence, you used a 6 pt. font and had quarter inch margins (highly original combination, we've seen all three just never all three at once!).

AV

 

[Ghostwind]

Re: Re: Oh geez

Your use of AP standard rather than CMOS was a bit unusual but we overlooked it since you didn't write a single complete sentence, you used a 6 pt. font and had quarter inch margins (highly original combination, we've seen all three just never all three at once!).

Hehehe... Good one, AV. Gotta appreciate anyone with a good sarcastic wit. You got my morning off to a good chuckle.

 

[CrimsonHawk]

Orcus,

I agreed with everything you said above ....

until you launched into your tirade about font size.

Don't get me wrong. You had some very valid points and you were being honest (perhaps brutally, which is necessary) about the publishing environment.

But your tone of voice and choice of words didn't so much enlighten me as they did leave me feeling like a f***ing dumb@$$ for even venturing the question on font sizes.

I have never ... not ONCE ... ever had a problem reading 8 point. In fact, I've seen some WOTC books (the FRCS comes to mind) with a smaller font than that in final product and I love them. So that little test you suggested is useless on me.

And your comment about "use common sense" was uncalled for. "Use common sense" and "quit being stupid" both convey the exact same message and I don't appreciate being called stupid. I was using "common sense" to ask a question rather than just assume something was the case. I stand my ground on that.

*takes a deep breath* Okay, I'm done ranting now. Aside from all that, you made some really valid points and it helped me gain a perspective of what not only Anthony and his crew are going through but also what other publishers that I write for are going through. And I appreciate that.

Thanks!

=====O
Dale W. Robbins

 

[Morrus]

I've just noticed that this one thread has had more views in one week than 99% of entire websites get in a year...

 

[MavrickWeirdo]

Re: Re: Oh geez

Fanboy,
Received your entries, we were all very impressed! The hand mashed reed paper was terribly appropriate to the setting (I can see why you went that route). Your use of AP standard rather than CMOS was a bit unusual but we overlooked it since you didn't write a single complete sentence, you used a 6 pt. font and had quarter inch margins (highly original combination, we've seen all three just never all three at once!).

AV

I've decided I want to know what the 10 WORST entries (other than mine) look like.

 

[am181d]

Unofficial FAQ Thread

I'm creating a second thread just to compile Anthony's responses. Please don't ask questions on that thread, BUT please READ that thread, before asking questions.

 

[am181d]

I've just noticed that this one thread has had more views in one week than 99% of entire websites get in a year...

And still the boards don't crash! It's a good thing that you switched servers when you did!

 

[CrimsonHawk]

Thank you for creating the new thread, Am181d. That'll be a fantastic help!

=====O
Dale W. Robbins