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Writing

Article Categories

Getting Ideas
Manage your time, find ideas and use them.

Writing
Both how and what you write in your posts for your PBEM game is important, we show you how to do it!

Character Development
Giving your character life is complex, these articles will help you.

Running your own PBEM game
Learn how to run your own game.

In the spotlight
A closer look at PBEM players and games.

Other articles
Other articles related to PBEM games or the gaming industry and community.

Increase your writing skills with these articles. Your posts will be better, longer and way more interesting!

Adjust your character's spoken language to the situation

How do you speak? What words do you use? Ask yourself these questions and take note of how they change depending on the situation.

If you think about how you speak in different situations you will notice you probably use different words and ways of talking depending on whom you talk to. I am sure you do not speak to your parents the same way you speak to your friends! You probably don’t use the same words in church or in class as you do when watching football with your friends.

The anatomy of a post for a PBEM game

In traditional story writing there are certain phases in the story. For example, you begin by creating an interesting introduction, a hook to get people to continue to read. When you are writing a post for your PBEM (Play By Email) game, it does not have to follow the same pattern.A post is something very different. Think of it as more like one chapter of the book or story. Perhaps not even a chapter but only a page. It is one part of something bigger. Because of this, you can often not use the same plan as if you were writing everything by yourself.

Making yourself understood

As most Internet users are aware, it is harder to convey what you mean in written text such in a PBEM game than when using live, spoken words. Since Play By Email is a form of text based communication, there is a chance the other players will misunderstand your intentions if you are not careful. Keep this in mind when writing your posts.

Managing mistakes

Mistakes happen! Sooner or later in the game, there are going to be posts that contains errors or creates other problems. As a player (and, for that matter, as a GM) it is important to stay on top of things and manage these problems instead of letting them ruin the game.

Using NPCs (Non-Player Characters) in your PBEM

A character that is not primarily and actively played by a player is called an NPC. Even though they are not the primary character of a player, they can be quite important to the story and to the game.

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