The Writers' Block

[Australian rePublic]

Do you think that the concept of the cross-race effect would make a good issue?

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Probably not, but it could be something that is mentioned in an issue that touches on related subjects.

What story were you thinking of for such an issue?

[Australian rePublic]

Probably not, but it could be something that is mentioned in an issue that touches on related subjects.

What story were you thinking of for such an issue?

Eye-witness sentances wrong person in a court of law

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Possibly you could do a broader issue about the unreliability of witnesses and memory.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... s-have-it/

[Mzeusia]

I'm thinking more about the ancient history of nations, because most of the issues I receive are to do with modern problems. What about an issue where something (maybe a statue of a famous ancient figure) gets desecrated. The solutions could be something like teaching people about the history, abandoning the history for more modern ways, abandoning modernism for a more primitive life-style.

Thanks.

May I have an answer to this question?

Thank you.

[Candlewhisper Archive]

You can't make many assumptions about a nation's history, because RL nations have such varied histories.

As for going from modern to primitive, that is done in a few issues already.

[Trotterdam]

I'm thinking more about the ancient history of nations, because most of the issues I receive are to do with modern problems. What about an issue where something (maybe a statue of a famous ancient figure) gets desecrated. The solutions could be something like teaching people about the history, abandoning the history for more modern ways, abandoning modernism for a more primitive life-style.

#701 is about an old statue, though not an ancient one (just two centuries ago).

#143 is about an archaeological find.

#287, #492, and #719 are about ownership rights of artifacts.

#176 is about history education and historical accuracy in entertainment media.

[Jutsa]

We're not in need of a new editor right now, and if we were, we know who we'd be asking already. And no, not going to say.

It is a nice way to generate issue submissions, and the Player Submission pile is at an all time low (69 player-written issues, to 147 staff-written issues, which is why you're seeing such a high proportion of issues by staff being published right now) so it's worth considering, but right now running a contest probably isn't a good use of staff time.

The nature of issue authoring is that you tend to have a lot of submissions and a lot of would be authors, but most of the quality output comes from a small pool of quality writers. The trick here is getting those quality writers to stay active, and to find the next few quality writers.

Reminds me of my duties as minister of internal affairs. >.>

I'd get to writing more issues for that pool, but alas I've got a lot of projects to do, and those are on hold for today because pompous irl stuff.
(plus my head's not the most clear yet)

Don't worry, though. 'Soon as winter really sets in, and I'm trying to relax after shoveling with a cup of hot cocoa,
I'll probably be back to writing and shove all my project responsibilities away for the day.

edit3: third time's the charm?

[Australian rePublic]

Possibly you could do a broader issue about the unreliability of witnesses and memory.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/arti ... s-have-it/

Cheers

[Kurnugia]

Is there an issue about space debris?

[Trotterdam]

Is there an issue about space debris?

#754.

[Jutsa]

Oh crap I forgot about that one...

*Crosses that out of ideas list*

[The Sakhalinsk Empire]

Issue #897 "The Devil's Playground" - Option 3 mentions "...your niece, clambering into the backseat of your car." but this nation bans cars.

[The Free Joy State]

Issue #897 "The Devil's Playground" - Option 3 mentions "...your niece, clambering into the backseat of your car." but this nation bans cars.

Changed.

@@LEADER@@'s niece now clambers into @@LEADER@@'s vehicle.

And, in case anyone's wondering, it doesn't need to be a car to have a rearview mirror: just look at this Amish buggy.

EDIT: ... And I just realised this was the Writer's Block. If you spot any inconsistencies with policies, possibly faulty macros, or objective errors with spelling or grammar, please could you raise them in this thread. This particular thread isn't checked all the time; there's a chance needed changes could be missed. Thanks.

[Kurnugia]

Is there an Issue about brandalism?

My thinking is for the premise:

A free speech capitalist nation needs to decide if this is free speech or blatant infringement on intellectual property.

[Trotterdam]

Is there an Issue about brandalism?

My thinking is for the premise:

A free speech capitalist nation needs to decide if this is free speech or blatant infringement on intellectual property.

I don't quite get what you mean by "brandalism", but for intellectual property issues, see #473, #500, and #85. (Also #340 and #603, the followups.)

Also #859 is about brand names, if that's what you meant.

[The Sakhalinsk Empire]

Is there an Issue about brandalism?

My thinking is for the premise:

A free speech capitalist nation needs to decide if this is free speech or blatant infringement on intellectual property.

I don't quite get what you mean by "brandalism", but for intellectual property issues, see #473, #500, and #85. (Also #340 and #603, the followups.)

Also #859 is about brand names, if that's what you meant.

"Brandalism" is like vandalism, but the art is painted over advertisements. It's supposed to be a statement against corporate control.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandalism

[Trotterdam]

That doesn't seem like an intellectual property issue at all. That's just normal, physical property (the advertising billboard) that's being vandalized.

[The Sakhalinsk Empire]

I guess he just confused the terms.

[Australian rePublic]

As a follow up to option 583, how about an issue where Hare Krishners are confused as buskers?

[Sanctaria]

As a follow up to option 583, how about an issue where Hare Krishners are confused as buskers?

We're moving away from referencing real-life faiths in the issue base. And I think Hare Krishners would be too close to Hare Krishnas for us to adopt. People would think we couldn't spell rather than assuming it's our in-universe version.

[Mzeusia]

Could there be an issue (for democratic countries obviously) where an election is coming up, and the candidate (maybe the leader or may a local govt official) is worried about losing. Then there can be a discussion about various ways of either discrediting all opponents, getting rid of democracy or making your party's candidate seem better.

Also, if this is will not work for whatever reason, there is no need to provide links to other issues to say that it overlaps. I don't need evidence.

Thanks for your help.

[Jutsa]

We're moving away from referencing real-life faiths in the issue base. And I think Hare Krishners would be too close to Hare Krishnas for us to adopt. People would think we couldn't spell rather than assuming it's our in-universe version.

Regardless, would the idea still make for an OK issue? (I have no idea who they are ftr.)

Could there be an issue (for democratic countries obviously) where an election is coming up, and the candidate (maybe the leader or may a local govt official) is worried about losing. Then there can be a discussion about various ways of either discrediting all opponents, getting rid of democracy or making your party's candidate seem better.

Sorry, Mzeusia, but I think we have an issue along those lines.

Nice to see you back, though. Been a while. Same to you, Kurnugia.

Also, if this is will not work for whatever reason, there is no need to provide links to other issues to say that it overlaps. I don't need evidence.

Thanks for your help.

Sure thing! If you'd like some issue ideas, feel free to look at either Candlewhisper Archive's list or my own, or someone else's if they're out there.
Can't guarantee my list is as safe as CWA's, given I myself probably have overlap or just not-that-great ideas in there, but there're plenty of 'em.

[Mzeusia]

I've gone and taken a look at some suggested issues. Is the @LEADER@ impersonator issue still an option?

Thanks so much.

[Jutsa]

Yeah I have no intent on working on that one. I honestly don't know how good a premise that is,
but it's really funny. I didn't even come up with that one, either; that was Sacara's idea.
edit: Don't worry, he had no intention of working on that one either.