The Writers' Block

[Socio Polor]

I'm thinking about writing an issue about kids playing hookie, are there any already existing issues that cover this topic

I'm afraid so: #160. A carefully constructed follow up to one of those choices might work.

What about educational/school budget cuts from the government. This idea is inspired from the budget cuts the city of Boston is doing to its school district
(I live in Boston just in case anyone is wondering)

[Ransium]

What about educational/school budget cuts from the government. This idea is inspired from the budget cuts the city of Boston is doing to its school district
(I live in Boston just in case anyone is wondering)

A few quick thoughts on potentially relevant issues for primary school budgets (I omitted college related budget issues):
#24
#40
#64 (4 bans public schools)
#113
#135
#273
#412
#519

Several issues I didn't include have less focused throw away lines on cutting/raising education budgets. I also didn't include several issues that were about education but not focused on the entire education budget generically.

[Socio Polor]

A few quick thoughts on potentially relevant issues for primary school budgets (I omitted college related budget issues):
#24
#40
#64 (4 bans public schools)
#113
#135
#273
#412
#519

Several issues I didn't include have less focused throw away lines on cutting/raising education budgets. I also didn't include several issues that were about education but not focused on the entire education budget generically.

Well damn, hope my issue doesn't overlap one of these issues. Thanks Ransium

[Ransium]

I'm considering writing a discussion post on ways to adding humor to your issues with a mind to making a final dispatch I can link to when giving my feedback. I see a lot of moderately good first time issue drafts that are utterly boring thanks to being devoid of humor. I'm reluctant to do so only because it seems a tad arrogant (like I know everything about humor there is to know) and it would take me, I think, at least as long as developing a decent issue draft would. So do you guys think constructing such a discussion post would be a valuable exercise? Is there something existing on this I don't know about?

[Socio Polor]

I'm considering writing a discussion post on ways to adding humor to your issues with a mind to making a final dispatch I can link to when giving my feedback. I see a lot of moderately good first time issue drafts that are utterly boring thanks to being devoid of humor. I'm reluctant to do so only because it seems a tad arrogant (like I know everything about humor there is to know) and it would take me, I think, at least as long as developing a decent issue draft would. So do you guys think constructing such a discussion post would be a valuable exercise? Is there something existing on this I don't know about?

That's not have a half bad idea and I think that'll be rather helpful to players, especially those new to writing issues. The only problem I see with this is that every person has different taste when it comes to humor (what I find funny, you might find utterly corny), you know where I'm getting at. So I agree with that idea, I just think humor is one of those opiniated things.

[Drasnia]

I'm considering writing a discussion post on ways to adding humor to your issues with a mind to making a final dispatch I can link to when giving my feedback. I see a lot of moderately good first time issue drafts that are utterly boring thanks to being devoid of humor. I'm reluctant to do so only because it seems a tad arrogant (like I know everything about humor there is to know) and it would take me, I think, at least as long as developing a decent issue draft would. So do you guys think constructing such a discussion post would be a valuable exercise? Is there something existing on this I don't know about?

That's not have a half bad idea and I think that'll be rather helpful to players, especially those new to writing issues. The only problem I see with this is that every person has different taste when it comes to humor (what I find funny, you might find utterly corny), you know where I'm getting at. So I agree with that idea, I just think humor is one of those opiniated things.

Perhaps instead of a guide, have a discussion similar to things CWA was doing earlier.

[Ransium]

Perhaps instead of a guide, have a discussion similar to things CWA was doing earlier.

Yes, seeing those discussions is what gave me the idea, that's what I meant to say I was trying to do.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Announcement:

Advanced view on issue submissions is confirmed as being squiffy, resulting in messed up formatting on the other side on a correctly submitted form.

I've flagged this with technical, but until further notice please stick to the basic form.

[Drasnia]

Announcement:

Advanced view on issue submissions is confirmed as being squiffy, resulting in messed up formatting on the other side on a correctly submitted form.

I've flagged this with technical, but until further notice please stick to the basic form.

This is quite odd considering that we have used advanced view since the beginning of time. I'll be interested in hearing why the change in submissions affected that and not the basic form.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Announcement:

Advanced view on issue submissions is confirmed as being squiffy, resulting in messed up formatting on the other side on a correctly submitted form.

I've flagged this with technical, but until further notice please stick to the basic form.

This is quite odd considering that we have used advanced view since the beginning of time. I'll be interested in hearing why the change in submissions affected that and not the basic form.

Not a clue, but its definitely since the advanced view came in. My suspicion is that the advanced view isn't coded identically to the old system. In fact, I've more or less pinned down the three errors that are causing the problem, but I don't have access to code to fix this. Hopefully should be sorted soon, I'll let GI know when it is.

[Ransium]

Thanks for looking into this CWA. I've submitted a bunch of stuff via advanced view in the past month, is there any chance any of it was deleted because it looked like gobbledygook and not because it actually was gobbledygook? Or should I go back to sleep?

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Thanks for looking into this CWA. I've submitted a bunch of stuff via advanced view in the past month, is there any chance any of it was deleted because it looked like gobbledygook and not because it actually was gobbledygook? Or should I go back to sleep?

No, no chance at all. Every submission is read fully, and the content is judged not the formatting.

And honestly, your stuff is so damn good that by the time we've seen your name on it, that's 90% of the evidence we need that it's a workable premise.

[Luna Amore]

The CP shows two views, the cleaned up view and the raw input view. Right now, only the raw input for advanced form is working properly, so we can still see what you have submitted.

[Ransium]

Thanks for your answers! Sorry to be such a worrier

[Outer Sparta]

I'm thinking about an issue about a premise for an sustainable utopia that serves a model for future communities, but the location of it will be built on an endangered animal habitat. It's an environmentalist issue that has two sides: whether to reduce carbon emissions and provide clean energy, or whether to protect and preserve endangered habitats, but one that has both sides clash with each other.

[Ransium]

I'm thinking about an issue about a premise for an sustainable utopia that serves a model for future communities, but the location of it will be built on an endangered animal habitat. It's an environmentalist issue that has two sides: whether to reduce carbon emissions and provide clean energy, or whether to protect and preserve endangered habitats, but one that has both sides clash with each other.

I've had a half baked idea to do a somewhat similar issue. My plan was to base the issue of this:

http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-tortoise-is ... ave-desert

I think the interplay between two different types of environmentalist could be really interesting. I look forward to seeing your draft.

[Outer Sparta]

I'm thinking about an issue about a premise for an sustainable utopia that serves a model for future communities, but the location of it will be built on an endangered animal habitat. It's an environmentalist issue that has two sides: whether to reduce carbon emissions and provide clean energy, or whether to protect and preserve endangered habitats, but one that has both sides clash with each other.

I've had a half baked idea to do a somewhat similar issue. My plan was to base the issue of this:

http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-tortoise-is ... ave-desert

I think the interplay between two different types of environmentalist could be really interesting. I look forward to seeing your draft.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/25/solar-powered-town-babcock-ranch-environmentalist-panther
This is where I got my inspiration from, with a solar-town in the vicinity of wetland habitat, but any clash within the environmentalist community should be interesting regardless.

[Trotterdam]

This isn't to say that there couldn't still be room for another issue on a similar subject, but #089 "Don't Dam Our Rivers, Damnit!" Say Protesters and #263 Wind Farms Blowing Up A Storm both do something similar, weighing the benefits of renewable, non-polluting energy generation against habitat loss. As far as I can recall, the former sides with not building dams and the latter sides with continuing to build wind farms, in terms of which option actually raises Environmental Beauty. I could be wrong though.

Personally I am a major proponent of nuclear power, which doesn't pollute and doesn't take up much space.

[Annihilators of Chan Island]

This isn't to say that there couldn't still be room for another issue on a similar subject, but #089 "Don't Dam Our Rivers, Damnit!" Say Protesters and #263 Wind Farms Blowing Up A Storm both do something similar, weighing the benefits of renewable, non-polluting energy generation against habitat loss. As far as I can recall, the former sides with not building dams and the latter sides with continuing to build wind farms, in terms of which option actually raises Environmental Beauty. I could be wrong though.

Personally I am a major proponent of nuclear power, which doesn't pollute and doesn't take up much space.

And, to suit that, we have several issues that mention nuclear power, including one where a nuclear power station goes dark (well, not explicitly said as such but they are a power station).

[Trotterdam]

And, to suit that, we have several issues that mention nuclear power,

Yeah, but it's conspiciously missing in most issues that discuss the nuances of environmentally-friendly electricity, including the aforementioned #263 ("renewables causing problems, let's switch to fossil fuel!"), and #346 ("fossil fuel causing problems, let's switch to renewables!"). Present in #069, though, which is the "basic" fossil-vs-renewable issue.

[Annihilators of Chan Island]

And, to suit that, we have several issues that mention nuclear power,

Yeah, but it's conspiciously missing in most issues that discuss the nuances of environmentally-friendly electricity, including the aforementioned #263 ("renewables causing problems, let's switch to fossil fuel!"), and #346 ("fossil fuel causing problems, let's switch to renewables!"). Present in #069, though, which is the "basic" fossil-vs-renewable issue.

Wait, so are you telling me that there isn't any "Chernobyl" issue anywhere in the pool?

[Ransium]

Yeah, but it's conspiciously missing in most issues that discuss the nuances of environmentally-friendly electricity, including the aforementioned #263 ("renewables causing problems, let's switch to fossil fuel!"), and #346 ("fossil fuel causing problems, let's switch to renewables!"). Present in #069, though, which is the "basic" fossil-vs-renewable issue.

Wait, so are you telling me that there isn't any "Chernobyl" issue anywhere in the pool?

There sure is, #206.

[Ransium]

I'm considering a list type of issue that's premised on your nation having rocket for launching satellites to space with a payload that, for reasons I haven't fully worked out, is suddenly in need of being filled. You need to decide what type of satellite should be placed in the rocket, options I see possible are:

1. a Hubble type satellite
2. a Landsat (earth observing) type satellite
3. a defense/anti missile satellite
4. a communications satellite (make myface load .5 seconds faster on your phone from anywhere in @@NAME@@!)
5. treats for astronauts on the international space station (a gesture of international good will)
6. a satellite meant to round up space junk/clean up near earth
7. a weather observing satellite for disaster prevention type concerns(?)
8. a prototype space based solar power satellite (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-based_solar_power)
9. [for space trash launching nations]More trash!
10. and a tinfoil hat wearing crazy demanding you disband @@NAME@@'s satellite program

I can see such an issue working, but I can also certainly see it not working (more so than most of my drafts) so I thought I do a bit of beta testing here. Alternatively I could also try to pair down to 3-4 options and make it a more standard issue, or I could try splitting off one of these choices into its own idea (cleaning up space certainly could be fore starters)...

[Socio Polor]

I have an idea of an issue that runs on the topic of police brutality, any issues like that

[Ransium]

I have an idea of an issue that runs on the topic of police brutality, any issues like that

The most obvious examples are:
#141
#326
#455
#458