Re: Re: Several questions.

#1 · September 24, 2007, 8:24 pm

Quote from Forum Archives on September 24, 2007, 8:24 pm
Posted by: dr_writer <dr_writer@...>
-- Joseph K Revesz <joerevesz@juno.com> wrote:
Egil Wold wrote:

> > I have some questions to ask regaring Dragonraid. I don`t know who
knows
> > the answers for these things, therefore I put it out on the forum.

> > 2. How about a new printing of the already published material? It
would
> > create interest to see a new book in the shelf. Or what about a 1.5
> > Revised edition.

> I think that a reprint of the original would not be worth the effort.
There are enough changes that have to be made to the original that the
1.5 version may be a better idea.  But, the Second Edition is really the
way to go, it makes more sense to make all the changes and additions and
revamp everything and really make it worth it to the customer to
purchase.

I agree with Joe here. Some of the Second Edition information has been made available already, and taking on the burden and cost of a reprint or 1.5 version would only serve to take away resources from 2ED.

> > 3.When will the DragonRaid novel be released? How do you get
involved with
> > writing DragonRaid novels, or stories? Could there be launched a
> > literacy/writing competition, and then made a compendium/collection
of the
> > best stories?

> Scott could give you a better idea on the time line since he is doing the
work, but it takes a lot of time to go through the process with a
publisher.

It also takes a lot of time and effort to get to that point at all. I'd like to say that it will be making the rounds for potential publishers by the end of the year, but that depends on a couple of obstacles kindly removing themselves from the path. I'd be open to, and grateful for, any and all prayers you folks could offer for the next few steps along this path.

> How do you get involved?  Write something and post it.  Or send it to me
or Scott and we can get the ball rolling.

> Scott would be in charge of any contests, but I am sure something could
be arranged.

Actually, there's been few enough submissions of that sort of thing that a contest wouldn't really be necessary. It would be far better to just have everyone who's interested (and who's willing to put in the work of revision, rewriting, etc.) turn in whatever stories they've come up with. When we've collected enough and polished them all to shining, we can go ahead and publish a collection of short stories in conjunction with the DragonRaid realm. I think this would be a delightful thing to see, but it depends on all you enterprising writers out there.

I'm giving what attention I can to the new Fiction Writer's Guidelines. As soon as those are in good shape, we'll find a way to post them somewhere. Maybe we can look at making some sort of "official" statement that will open the door to people interested in taking part in the compedium.

> > 5: Some critics have said that among those publishing/owning
Dragonraid,
> > the opinion is that a GameMaster should only used published material?
Is
> > this true? What about publishing something about how to make ones own

> > adventures?

> That depends on what you want to do.  I have seen plenty of adventures
that people have written for their own groups.  Most did not really have
any scriptural teachings presented, they were just adventures for the fun
of it.  I would not consider those to be true DragonRaid material.

> If you can write an adventure that teaches scriptural principles, great!
Go for it.  Don't wait for new published adventures.

> We have a writer's guide, but it mostly covers style and such, it does
not give step-by-step instructions on how to write an adventure.  Use the
published adventures as templates to write your own.

Along with the Fiction Writer's Guidelines, I'm also trying to update the Adventure Writer's Guide with parallel information. The two go pretty well hand-in-hand, so entries and ideas for one should be adaptable for the other. Again, when this is ready to go, we'll find a way to make it available.

Thanks again for your interest in all this.

- Scott
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Posted by: dr_writer <dr_writer@...>

-- Joseph K Revesz <joerevesz@juno.com> wrote:
Egil Wold wrote:

> > I have some questions to ask regaring Dragonraid. I don`t know who
knows
> > the answers for these things, therefore I put it out on the forum.

> > 2. How about a new printing of the already published material? It
would
> > create interest to see a new book in the shelf. Or what about a 1.5
> > Revised edition.

> I think that a reprint of the original would not be worth the effort.
There are enough changes that have to be made to the original that the
1.5 version may be a better idea. But, the Second Edition is really the
way to go, it makes more sense to make all the changes and additions and
revamp everything and really make it worth it to the customer to
purchase.

I agree with Joe here. Some of the Second Edition information has been made available already, and taking on the burden and cost of a reprint or 1.5 version would only serve to take away resources from 2ED.

> > 3.When will the DragonRaid novel be released? How do you get
involved with
> > writing DragonRaid novels, or stories? Could there be launched a
> > literacy/writing competition, and then made a compendium/collection
of the
> > best stories?

> Scott could give you a better idea on the time line since he is doing the
work, but it takes a lot of time to go through the process with a
publisher.

It also takes a lot of time and effort to get to that point at all. I'd like to say that it will be making the rounds for potential publishers by the end of the year, but that depends on a couple of obstacles kindly removing themselves from the path. I'd be open to, and grateful for, any and all prayers you folks could offer for the next few steps along this path.

> How do you get involved? Write something and post it. Or send it to me
or Scott and we can get the ball rolling.

> Scott would be in charge of any contests, but I am sure something could
be arranged.

Actually, there's been few enough submissions of that sort of thing that a contest wouldn't really be necessary. It would be far better to just have everyone who's interested (and who's willing to put in the work of revision, rewriting, etc.) turn in whatever stories they've come up with. When we've collected enough and polished them all to shining, we can go ahead and publish a collection of short stories in conjunction with the DragonRaid realm. I think this would be a delightful thing to see, but it depends on all you enterprising writers out there.

I'm giving what attention I can to the new Fiction Writer's Guidelines. As soon as those are in good shape, we'll find a way to post them somewhere. Maybe we can look at making some sort of "official" statement that will open the door to people interested in taking part in the compedium.

> > 5: Some critics have said that among those publishing/owning
Dragonraid,
> > the opinion is that a GameMaster should only used published material?
Is
> > this true? What about publishing something about how to make ones own

> > adventures?

> That depends on what you want to do.  I have seen plenty of adventures
that people have written for their own groups.  Most did not really have
any scriptural teachings presented, they were just adventures for the fun
of it.  I would not consider those to be true DragonRaid material.

> If you can write an adventure that teaches scriptural principles, great!
Go for it.  Don't wait for new published adventures.

> We have a writer's guide, but it mostly covers style and such, it does
not give step-by-step instructions on how to write an adventure.  Use the
published adventures as templates to write your own.

Along with the Fiction Writer's Guidelines, I'm also trying to update the Adventure Writer's Guide with parallel information. The two go pretty well hand-in-hand, so entries and ideas for one should be adaptable for the other. Again, when this is ready to go, we'll find a way to make it available.

Thanks again for your interest in all this.

- Scott

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