[Elora]

Erm... lest I be mistaken for a more organised and professional contributor than I have any right to pretend to be, I feel the need to say something.

I don't pre-plan posts as a habit, outside of thinking through plot possibilities and consequences. Usually, I read through the preceeding posts, if necessary scrawl a few hasty reminders, and hatch something whilst on line.

I will take a tip from Snowdog though.... doing a refresh for any posts that came about whilst I was hatching something would probably make my life and that of those who post with me much easier. Spell check would also help too...

Thanks for those pointers. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Only for the really "big" or important critical incidents will I do some homework... and it's my usual shoddy standard of detail too. I've found even that can help crystalise ideas and test which ones work and which ones are doomed to the scrap heap (a presently twisted and large heap).

For example, in concocting the neer-do-well mother of Dryea, I did that on the fly after a few hasty scrawls concerning her daughters. Copying and pasting their profiles and opening post helped me correlate mine to these so that they meshed. As it was the opening post, that which framed the character and set the tone for her future actions, I felt it important enough to double check consistency.

Anyways, I suspect it's a much of muchness, so long as we have something that works for ourselves and those we have the fortune of writing with.

Right now, I need to reacquaint myself with what I dashed off last week. For example, what is my character's name? My memory has lapsed and I forgot to write it down. So you can see why homework is a necessity for me on the important posts. [img]smilies/redface.gif[/img] [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]