Jan
1
This article was written by Reggie from Cathedral: The Thieves Guild. You can read tips #1-10 here, and tips #11-20 here.
Ten tips for writing dialogue. The first two tips I found on the internet that I think is really helpful. Hope it helps! Read More
Dec
31
Yes that’s a photo of me with the award that OngoingWorlds has won this year, awarded to us by Obsidian Portal, who announced it at their panel at Gencon earlier this year.
Obviously the folk at Obsidian Portal recognise what a great website OngoingWorlds is, and I’m so very pleased that all the hard work I’ve put in has got an award. But tbh the best thing about OngoingWorlds are you the members who’ve put in so much effort into writing excellent stories in your roleplaying games! Read More
Dec
30
By Kim Smouter, Co-Founder of New Worlds Project. See part 1 of the story of New Worlds Project here.
One of the things which we’re experimenting within New Worlds Project is a concept we’re calling 360-degree creativity, and I see it as a real experiment that I can only hope will prove successful once we get underway. Read More
Dec
27
This article was written by Reggie from Cathedral: The Thieves Guild. You can read all of Reggie’s writing tips here.
Reggie’s character in Cathedral: The Thieves Guild is Sara Chase Blackwood
Ten more tips for you all. These focus on developing a better plot/story. After reading over these tips, you should be able to outline a plot in faster time. Next week I will share with you writing tips that will help you write dialogue practical to your own story’s needs. Read More
Dec
26
The final game summary of 2013 closes soon! If you want your game in the summary go to the original post here and fill out the form.
Dec
23
I found this comic recently which expresses perfectly why all-powerful characters are boring: Read More
Dec
20
Hey guys, Tib here, somewhere in the middle of nowhere in a room, being help captive against my will by the wonderful and amazing King Alex *The Awesome. King Alex is a member of the Triumvirate of Doom and a self described “King of Everything.” So let’s inverstigate the king shall we? Read More
Dec
19
Drama happens. It happens whenever people care a lot, and in roleplaying we care a lot about the characters and worlds we write about. RPrepository have a great guide for dealing with drama, I won’t copy & paste it all here, but I encourage you to go read it on their page. Read More
Dec
18
Why hello there Ongoing Worlds. Tibby here. If you haven’t noticed, OW has gotten a new Chat Room. Sadly, our buddy Cbox is no longer with us. We have a new fangled chat box thingy! The new one is called Chat Wing which Dave has been so nice to add. Now Chat Wing is great, many new features that Cbox never had. Since the chat is a little different I thought I might do a little bit on chat ettiquette! Now I’m not saying we’re all horrible, it’s just that we need a refresher once in a while! So let’s learn some manners! Read More
Dec
15
This article was written by Reggie from Cathedral: The Thieves Guild. You can read tips #1-10 here.
Reggie’s character in Cathedral: The Thieves Guild is Sara Chase Blackwood
Hello everyone! It’s Reggie again with ten more tips for you all. I decided to separate them into chunks thematically. These listed below will help you focus on building a dynamic and likable character. The set of tips for next time will be about plot development. Hope you are still enjoying these and finding them helpful.
NOTE: I am using “she” to refer to your character, but obviously its to be taken as a placeholder for both genders. Just got tired of writing He/She constantly. Read More
