Alright, now's a good time to say I've never actually worked on a joint post before so I don't really know if there's a structure or etiquette involved. As it stands, I pretty much just put up what I thought would be a good starting point for us to work together and get to the ship. Anything after that is potentially a reaction, I wanted to wait until you could put down what you wanted and we'll go from there. I should be online pretty much all day so we'll work on it when we've got the time I guess.

Sounds good to me. For joint posting, the rules are pretty much just the same as regular posting, just you're working with someone. I hope you don't mind what I've started, it should be a good entrance.

Here's some advice for team writing. The focus is the ultimate product and what you want to come of it, not personal fame. Team writing is really just an easier way to work on a post that includes another character while not pretending to know that other perspective. It's really more important with Playable Characters. Often times people decide they don't know another PC, or aren't comfortable with having them even speak, because they don't want to god-mode or miss portray them. That's absolutely valid. It also can hinder things, especially in the early part like this. So if you just throw up a bit of writing and let us know it's on the Doc, you let others chime in if they think their character would act a little differently. Perhaps you have a trait you haven't told us all, that's supposed to emerge over time -- you can add that in. The coloured writing is meant to maintain ownership while we write. It helps see if everyone's getting their fair bit when we co-write and also can help direct questions or any confusion.

A more logistical concern is length. Often people post with a brief recount of whatever their comrade wrote... kind of annoying depending on the execution, and also a bit of back-pedalling too. This avoids that problem. Big world events can occur in multiple posts, like an explosion heard all around, but no one has to recount what Jill was doing unless it's actually relevant. That helps with length. But another thing is really just that... length. It's easy to write pages and pages that, really, is just going make a post no one is going to thoroughly read. Luckily you can split up the posting between authors to divide that super long post into two good length ones. It also means those of us who may write more than we need to should step back so others can step up. Benefit is that Google Docs has a chat function so we can speak about these concerns live as we all write. We can also just leave a friendly note too.

We're creating a story here. We don't need to walk on egg shells, we should be bold, but compassionate.

I agree with Shon.

Anyways, sorry for the wait on finishing up the joint post. I'll have it done tomorrow and posted.

I just saw your note in the Doc, Shon. I'll be reformatting it tonight. Beo, I'll leave your stuff to you, I'm just gonna go over and make the overall thing a bit less clunky to read through.

Alright, I've posted. Should be Shon and Wind's turn now.

Haha, wow, I was right, that is a monster. I guess that's just kinda what happens when you merge two posts into one.

Heheheh nice nice. XD I'll work on submitting a chunk today or tomorrow. (On the Docs)

I'll be on tonight and will pop onto the Docs, Wind.

@Beo&Kraux: Jaysus, y'all. If that weren't a ton of dialogue I'd say you should split it half and half and post back-to-back between one another. But hey, there's a lot of posts like that in Apocalyptica... so... yeah. I'd say it's definitely the first step in team-writing, you'll smooth out and get used to each other and eventually it'll just weave into one another instead of building always out. With a team this size I think we'll all become very accustomed to it quick too. We'll probably all improve in that process.

Yeah, agreed. That's probably something we could have done with a little more practice. I have a habit of splicing dialogue into my fight scenes a lot to break up the huge paragraphs (fine for solo posts, didn't work quite as well here.) But yeah, I think we'll get more used to it. That beast stands as my first solo post, so it should improve with time and repetition.

S'all good. Just giving some advice. I never team-wrote a thing until roleplaying with Prometheus, who introduced me to the finer points. I understand it can slow things down, but used well, it can also be a fantastic tool. Don't think of anything I say as criticism, well, unless I call it that. I'd hope you all would share your personal backgrounds with me too, as I am certain there is a ton y'all have to share.

@Wind: When I said shoot, I meant actually shoot it from the pistol. When I read the 'hope he's a good shot' line I literally exclaimed, "Jesus Christ" at the expectation. But you know, it's written... so I'll roll and let the dice decide. Thanks for that Wind. Thanks..

Ahhhh! Whoops!!! XD Sorry sorry. Well, you can edit anything you know, or you can tell me what to rewrite. ^ ^;

ShonHarris said Don't think of anything I say as criticism.

Definitely no problem on that front. Criticism is a good thing. Complaints are what's bad. Criticism helps us all get better :D

It was inspiring Wind! It's also ready to post after anything you alter. I assumed a bit with Samantha, and there's of course room for you to fill in for her own actions at your pleasure. Just shoot it up when you're content, yeah?

Just checking in. Everyone still here?

Yep yep yep.

Took me two days to see this... hah. Yes I'm here, was busy with a friend's wedding and another friend's troubled marriage. The excitement!

I'd take Wind's last post as their response too! Let's keep it moving.

Lol sorry, maybe I should have posted an OOC message about having posted but it sounded excessive...

Anyway, I'm here to stay unless I state otherwise. If I ever decide to leave you can be assured that I'll at least not tell you not to wait for me.

I'll have something up in the pad tomorrow, since I've only got about 2 hours before work tonight. We only really need to get to the ship so it shouldn't take even half as long as the last time, haha. Beo, I don't really have any particular feelings toward going first or second, so if you want to put something up before tomorrow afternoon, I'll build off of what you have.

How is everyone working? I know a small group with collaborated posts can get things a little slow, so feel free to work together and separate off as you see fit. I have no qualms with y'all taking creative liberties with your process.

Oh! While I'm checking in, what do y'all expect the bigger mission to be? I'd love to hear theories and ideas. I do have something established, but I'm positive I can work in your creative touches.