11-04-2013, 08:28 PM | #1 |
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Pyramid Mentoring Google Group
Have you ever wanted to write for Pyramid? Are you intimidated by the WYSIWYG? Does putting together an article seem too daunting? Do you think you could do it if you just had some help? If this sounds like you, then I want to hear from you! Steve Jackson Games (and Steven Marsh by extension) can always use a larger, dedicated pool of writers, and I (and some other authors) are willing to help get your work up to par. A few things first:
I can promise participants one thing: I will be perfectly honest with you at all times (and so will the others). If we think, your idea is awful, we'll tell you, if we think, it can be salvaged...we'll tell you so. This sort of honesty and openness are essential for something like this to work. Right now, the mentors in the program consist of myself, Antoni "Kuroshima" Ten Munros, Douglas Cole, Paul Stefko, and Tim Ponce. I'm sure there will be others. If you're an experienced Pyramid or GURPS author that wants to help the next generation, shoot me an email, and I'll happily add you to the list. The more the merrier. :-) Right now, I'm looking for 2 to 3 participants, first come is first served. Contact me via PM, email, or post here on the boards. Make sure you have your article ready (.DOC format please) to email me. See our manifesto here. I really look forward to hearing from you guys, would-be mentors or protégés. Update: Because OpenOffice and other non-MS Word programs tend to do strange things to formatting after they've been saved and opened by MS Word I'm going to have to require from this point on that you either have a program that doesn't do this (email the .doc and I can find out for you) or that you use some version of Word. I know this will put a dent into people's styles, but the work-around to fix this is difficult and the whole point of this group is to teach you how to format things yourself. Update: As of this time (8/31/2017), this group is on semi-permanent hiatus due to my busy schedule. We'll get back to it - but it might take a while. Update: As of this time (4/15/2017), this group is essentially disbanded. I might try again in the future, but for right now we're done.
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11-04-2013, 10:01 PM | #2 |
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Re: Pyramid Mentoring Google Group
Good post and effort. I hope to particpate and sent in the note.
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11-05-2013, 02:43 PM | #3 |
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Re: Pyramid Mentoring Google Group
I now have 4 slots left. Remember folks, come to me with some sort of Pyramid submission. It doesn't have to be something you actually plan to submit (though that would be more helpful in the long run). This group is about learning how to write, properly format, and "speak" in the tone of Pyramid - I can't help you do that unless you have something we can work with. Make sure it's about 1,500 words and we can go from there.
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11-05-2013, 04:48 PM | #4 |
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Let me reiterate the fact that you need something that can be critiqued and used as a example for how you format your article. If you don't have a would-be submission, and again, it doesn't have to be something you actually submit, then I can't help you. This group is not about starting your article from beginning to finish. This is about polishing your work so it can be submitted. Later, this is probably going to change. However, for right now, I know I don't, and I'm guessing that the other mentors don't, have the time for this. So make sure you have something I can look at before you PM me.
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11-19-2013, 12:02 AM | #5 |
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As much as I am to bumping, I am going to bump this back up. I still have some slots left open and I can always use more authors, so please, if you are either. Please PM me or leave a post here.
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11-19-2013, 09:22 AM | #6 |
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Re: Pyramid Mentoring Google Group
Drawing from my long-time interest in economics, it occurs to me that if there's an incentive barrier for people to make submissions to Pyramid, perhaps rather than adding an additional hoop in the form of a training program you should re-examine the complexity of your WALFABETSOUP, or whatever.
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11-19-2013, 10:37 AM | #7 |
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I have an idea I've been thinking about for Action for a while, but it's not a manuscript yet. I will see about contacting you once that threshold has been crossed.
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11-19-2013, 10:45 AM | #8 |
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I can say for my part, the barrier to PMing you guys is that I don't have anything written. I may go digging through past campaign materials, but I'm not sure I really have anything to submit.
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11-19-2013, 10:55 AM | #9 |
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