Twilight Eye News: Info for Journalists
Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:24 pm
Anyone interested is welcome to submit news articles for the IG newspaper, "Twilight Eye News".
Article submission process:
1) Pick a subject/topic for your article, and a few basic details of what you wish to write. Also please include any NPCs you may want to ask a question or two of as part of your article. Email this info to clok@contrarium.net. You will not be given any special or inside info regarding your subject. Pick a subject you already know some information about, or one that can be completely fabricated.
2) Await approval/further info to be sent back to you. (It's possible some subjects may not be approved)
3) If approved, write up the full article and email it to clok@contrarium.net
- 4) The "editor" may possibly send the article back to you with some editors' notes and suggetsions about revising your article.
- 5) Revise your article per the editor's notes and send it back to clok@contrarium.net.
Writing guidelines:
- Keep it current
- Keep it accurate
- Keep it believable
- Spelling and grammar are important! Use a word processor's spelling/grammar check if you need to - I won't be doing this for you! (Exceptions for in-game terms/names/spelling unique to CLOK)
Topic Suggestions:
- Generic articles about "a day in the life" of NPCs.
- Interview an NPC: Come up with a bunch of questions to ask a notable NPC.
- Generic articles about extraordinary yet mundane happenings. Westbrook angler hooks massive fish! Emleth farmer grows enormous pumpkin! Notorious bandit leader at large/caught near Shadgard!
- Reviews of local venues. Maybe your journalist is writing about the fantastic food and service at the Hanged Man, or gives a scathing review of the subpar rooms at the inn in Emleth. Remember to do your research first, though. Check out the venue as much as possible in-game before you write about it.
Other Notes:
- These articles are not written by your player character. You can make up a journalist persona if you wish and sign your articles with it.
To be updated as we think of stuff!
Article submission process:
1) Pick a subject/topic for your article, and a few basic details of what you wish to write. Also please include any NPCs you may want to ask a question or two of as part of your article. Email this info to clok@contrarium.net. You will not be given any special or inside info regarding your subject. Pick a subject you already know some information about, or one that can be completely fabricated.
2) Await approval/further info to be sent back to you. (It's possible some subjects may not be approved)
3) If approved, write up the full article and email it to clok@contrarium.net
- 4) The "editor" may possibly send the article back to you with some editors' notes and suggetsions about revising your article.
- 5) Revise your article per the editor's notes and send it back to clok@contrarium.net.
Writing guidelines:
- Keep it current
- Keep it accurate
- Keep it believable
- Spelling and grammar are important! Use a word processor's spelling/grammar check if you need to - I won't be doing this for you! (Exceptions for in-game terms/names/spelling unique to CLOK)
Topic Suggestions:
- Generic articles about "a day in the life" of NPCs.
- Interview an NPC: Come up with a bunch of questions to ask a notable NPC.
- Generic articles about extraordinary yet mundane happenings. Westbrook angler hooks massive fish! Emleth farmer grows enormous pumpkin! Notorious bandit leader at large/caught near Shadgard!
- Reviews of local venues. Maybe your journalist is writing about the fantastic food and service at the Hanged Man, or gives a scathing review of the subpar rooms at the inn in Emleth. Remember to do your research first, though. Check out the venue as much as possible in-game before you write about it.
Other Notes:
- These articles are not written by your player character. You can make up a journalist persona if you wish and sign your articles with it.
To be updated as we think of stuff!