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TAG WRITING
RULE The Writing echo (area tag WRITING) is for the discussion of all
aspects of the art, craft, and business of writing, both fiction
and non-fiction. It is intended for people who are actively
(not necessarily professionally) engaged in it.
TOPICALITY AND DIGRESSIONS:
Since just about anything might be interesting to writers,
digressions are allowed -- within reason. "Within reason"
means that a thread should be dropped when it no longer
has to do with the art, craft, and business of writing.
Before you post a message in such a thread, ask yourself
"What has this to do with writing?" If the answer is "not
much," please don't post it here. Messages of interest to
only one person should be sent via Netmail.
PERPETUALLY OFF-TOPIC:
Certain topics, such as computer programming, word
processing, and movies, are covered in other echoes and are
off-topic. Because other topics -- religion, politics,
social issues (gun control, abortion, feminism, &c.) --
spawn heated and off-topic discussions, they are not
welcome here, unless they are directly related to a
writing project you're working on. This includes use in
taglines. Likewise, poetry should be posted in MUSE or
POETRY_WORKSHOP. Light poetry is also welcome in BARDROOM.
Please keep poesy out of the WRITING area.
SLAMMING OTHER ECHOES: Although some in other areas may make
disparaging remarks about WRITING due to misunderstanding or
even mulish stupidity, we should stand above that sophomoric
behavior. Let them run their conferences as they wish; we will
do the same. Don't stoop to their level.
ADVERTISING: Advertising via an amateur computer network is
a tricky situation at best. It generally wastes bandwidth
and can endanger the residential telephone rates most BBSs
depend on. Thus, no items or services may be offered for sale
in the WRITING echo which would be of direct economic benefit to
the person posting the ad. To reduce bandwidth usage, no ads
for other echoes or BBSs may be posted. Helping someone find
a book or other item, or recommending publication markets is
allowable, as are notices of contests (those not involving an
entry fee). Due to controversy, no ads soliciting submissions
for publications may be posted directly in the echo. Before doing
so, please get permission from one of the moderators.
ETIQUETTE:
Personal abuse, attacks, and other counterproductive
behavior will <b>not</b> be tolerated, and can result in the
offender's being removed from the echo. Vigorous,
spirited, heated debate is terrific; vindictive sniping is
not. The Moderator is the sole authority on what
constitutes proper behavior.
TRAFFIC:
Please limit your messages to no more than _fifteen per day_.
If you've had a problem resulting in a buildup of messages (or
other good excuse), you may exceed this count, as long as the
privilege is not abused. High message counts will make
the moderator take a close look at your topicality ratio.
When possible, combine several messages to the same person
into one larger message.
WRITING SAMPLES:
Participants may post <b>brief</b> excerpts of their writing
for critique: no more than 60 lines. The cost of sending
longer excerpts around the country is prohibitive. Post
only those excerpts you have <b>specific</b> problems with or
<b>specific</b> questions about, and list your questions when
you post the excerpt. The usual way to exchange longer
works is to trade addresses and use the mail.
COMPLAINTS:
Complaints regarding personal attacks or counterproductive
behavior should be sent <b>privately</b> -- via Netmail,
internet, or a telephone call -- to the Moderator. Please
remember: never attribute to malice what can be
adequately explained by the vagaries of Fidonet.
Complaints about topicality, either in general or aimed at
a specific user, are also off-topic, as they cause more
off-topic traffic. Contact the Moderator privately.
HIGH-ASCII and SIGNATURE BLOCKS :
The so-called high-ASCII extended characters (line-draws,
accents, &c.) can cause problems on non-IBM screens.
Please don't use them in the text of messages, either as a
function of your quoting or part of your text. Also, FidoNet is
an amateur network; ordinary folks have to chip in to move these
messages around. Accordingly, internet-style signature blocks
and other extraneous material is prohibited in the WRITING echo.
HANDLES AND ANONYMOUS POSTS
Anonymous posts are prohibited in the WRITING echo. The use of
handles is generally discouraged and prohibited unless a) the
true identity of the poster is known to the Moderator, and b)
use of a handle by that poster is approved by the Moderator.
MISC:
That's it, except that if someone comes up with a new and
improved way to aggravate all and sundry I reserve the
right to make a rule to fit the occasion.
WRITING is moderated by Rachel Veraa at 1:135/907. You
can also call (305) 891-8850 Ext 2112 before 10 p.m.
Eastern or use internet to rveraa@netside.net
The Co-Moderators are Shalanna Collins at 1:124/8107,
(Internet: shalanna@home.com)
and Jack Ruttan at 1:167/133 (Internet: jackr@axess.com).
WRITING is available on the North American backbone and is
gated to an internet mailing list. Contact the Moderator
for information.
I suggest that sysops place this message as message 2 in the area,
protected from RENUM, so that new users can find it easily.
Rachel Veraa, Moderator, WRITING
Jack Ruttan, Co-Moderator
Shalanna Collins, Co-Moderator
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