The Forums : How to Use Them.

Here are the main forums rules as set by Josh Conkel, our Forums Moderator extraordinaire and Dorothy Lemoult, Rhino founder of all things NaPlWrimo.Remember... none of this is the absolute truth. They are simply helpful things that will help you and everyone else have a good time !

• GROUND RULES

1. Don't be a jerk. We're all here to have fun and write a play, so please be respectful of the other writers at all times.

2. Everyone must check-in weekly. The weekly check-in is posted on Sundays  in the forums. If you want to stay on track, writing 18 pages per week is a good goal.

The daily check-in is just to keep you motivated and put you in touch with other playwrights. Though not mandatory, I find that it's really helpful in keeping the writing process going.

• SUBJECT FIELD IN FORUM TOPICS

When you start a new forum topic or respond in a thread, try to make your subject as specific as possible. If you don't put a suject, the site automatically picks the first few words of your post. It can be annoying to have titles appear as "well, yeah..." or "i know... me too" so try to choose a specific heading.

This is really helpful for readers to quickly find the information they need in the forums. For instance if you're starting a thread and want to know about forums, it's much better to have Forums as a subject line then Can anyone help me ? . A good rule of thumb is to omit little words and subjects in subject lines. Adjectives and nouns are usually a better choice...

• HOW WILL I KNOW IF SOMEONE RESPONDS TO MY FORUM POST ?

Just wanted to remind you that the recently posted page is your friend. It will show you everything that's been posted to the site since you last visited.  The forums currently don't have the ability to email you when someone responds to your post or thread so this is probably the easiest way to check on the forums. There is much improvement to be done on the NaPlWriMo in the coming years and we know that, but only by your sticking around, will we be able to implement all these new features and ideas. Thanks for being here. Thanks for playing !

• COMMENT VIEW SETTINGS.

 Why are comments not nested together on forum threads?

This is an option set by users. To set your own, follow these instructions.

At the bottom of each thread, you should see the following:

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.To have nested comments, you have to select "threaded comments". "Flat list" displays the comments as they are posted without nesting them together.

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