Forum/EMail Game - Joint Posting

Joint Posts


While back and forth posting is all right, sometimes for two or more people who are in a scene together to get together and write a post together creates a more story-type feel and more cohesion.

SUBJECT

The subject of a joint posts should be Subject. For example if Bob and Harry are at a crime scene and want to write a joint post together, the subject could be: At the Crime Scene.

FORMAT

The post should be written much like any other post, in a third person past tense style. The players involved might want to write it fluidly, like in a book or separate the different character's actions. For example, you can use the tag to separate which parts of the post belong to one character, and which parts belong to another. IE:



Bob looked over the crime scene and sighed, "It gets worse every day, doesn't it Harry?"



The younger detective nodded, "It sure does..."

SUGGESTIONS

I suggest Joint Posts be written as follows:

The player who starts, writes out the post, leaving space for the other players' replies, then sends it to the other player. The other player then adds his replies, modifies whatever he doesn't like, and sends it back to the other player. Modifications are made until the post is acceptable to both parties and it is then posted.

Another, quicker way to do it is this:

If you have some sort of Instant Messenger(read ICQ, AIM, MSN, etc.), simply meet with the other player on a certain day and write the post together. It's quick, though does require you log on at the same time.