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On: WritingGood morning, afternoon, or evening, as appropriate. The guide contains advice on various aspects of writing in brief, with examples for each. I’ve divided up each aspect of writing into one of four categories: rules, guidelines, matters of style, and matters of plot and characterization. Hopefully this guide will be helpful to you in one way or another.
Rules
There are virtually no ironclad rules in writing; these aspects of writing come close, however. Even in dialogue or internal monologue, which is normally a space where the writer is free to do as they please, misspelled words are problematic. As such, it is important to master these aspects of writing, and do so early in your time as a writer.
Spelling. It’s always jarring to encounter a spelling mistake in the middle of an otherwise well-written story. Because some spelling mistakes will not be caught by a typical spell checker, and because you should be editing your story anyway, it is a good idea to p

On: Illustration, Comics, and Story TellingDon’t suck -- PK
I want to say first of all that sometimes I get people asking, or rather complaining, “why does it seem like the comics always get a better score?  This group seems so focused on comics.  What if I just want to draw pictures?”
Well, that ends up tying into narrative illustration, which is a pretty hard thing to do right if you’re used to drawing single shots of your character against a plain, white background.  Most people end up doing comics because it seems easier right away:  the characters can talk, you can set the scene, it doesn’t require a little description at the bottom...
But, even comics require some know-how to pull off really well.  It’s just harder to pull off illustrations in this story-based environment, because comics make it a little less apparent when it’s not doing a very good job at telling that story.
But, I’ll get to comics second.

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Greetings. My name is Arthur. I know almost everything there is to know about this group. Ask me anything and I will have an answer... unlike my twin birdbrain.
HI! I’m Quinton. I uh... well, I don’t know a lot of things so I ask

Advice for our Artists and WritersI figure this is a much needed journal. I know a lot of people want to know how to get better and how to rank better in the judging. It's very tough to judge at all, believe us - there are so many great entries and it's hard to give out numbers that suggest "this one is better than this other one-" but I guess that's the reality of judging, huh?
Well, this group IS here to give people prompts about what to draw. We like seeing improvement, and there was a good amount of it from people who entered Mission 2 after having done Mission 1. I can only imagine how much more improvement we'll see with these next ones!
I suppose I ought to start at something that both the art and writing categories have in common:
Readability
For these two categories, readability means a separate but similar thing.
For art, ask yourself these questions...
1) Is my handwriting legible?
It's important that we can clearly and quickly read what you wr

Event 6.2 - Temporal Terror-Forming

: Okay, over here-- no, over there! Iceburg!  He’s over there!
: What, where?
: He’s right behind the treehouse!  Mike! MIIIIKE! MIKE WE NEED YOUR HELP!
: ...what, what IS IT?!
: We got a real big problem guy, there’s something out-- well, it’s Jasmine, she’s been snatched, and we need to haul ass or she’s gonna die.  Get stuff rolling, I need as many teams as you can grab right now.  Rogues, Rescuers, doesn’t matter.  All of em.
: Are... what, are you serious?
: I’m not shitting you.  I wouldn’t kid around about this, we need to get moving this second.  C’mon, gather em up, I’m gonna start getting others, meet me right by the entrance to Creeping Forest, all right?
: …fine. But, before you go PK... I need to know something.
: What? What is it?! ...nevermind, I don’t have time for this

Rogues Mission 7Ahoy,
Maybe all ye scallywags know 'bout it, or maybe not. If ye don't, ye need t' keep up with gossip more. For your sake, it bears a bit o' repeatin': Devonshire's missing. That leaves me in charge. Yep, ye heard that right, I'm in charge.
Y'know, it seems like summin' I'd be really excited 'bout, but.. really, I'm not. In fact, it makes me a bit mad. I ain't ready for this responsibility. Part o' me is interested, but.. Not yet. I just ain't prepared. And now it's thrust onto me. That don't seem too fair, do it?
Worse than me not bein' ready is just not havin' Devonshire around. We been business partners for so long, and now he's just.. vanished. It's makin' me feel a bit snappy, so if ye talk t' me and I bite yer head off, literally or metaphorically, well.. I ain't sorry. I warned ye.
On that note, I don't really know what happened t' him, he just kinda went poof, but.. I shoulda saw it comin'. I did see it comin'. Devonshire is pretty good for all that ominous sense of doom, and

Rescuers Mission 7Ah, hello rescuers.
It seems we have hit, er, yet another crisis. I’m sure many of you are already well aware of this though, and are wondering what exactly has happened here. Unfortunately… I am just as clueless as you are. Mike hasn’t returned. Winston seems to have vanished (although at first I thought he might have run off). And it appears that half of our village’s populace has disappeared without a trace. And… ngh.
Just one thing after another with this place. It's just absolutely astounding how....
…I, ahem-- er, sorry. This really isn’t the time for me to be cynical. We have to keep our spirits up! Hope is something we really can’t lose at a time like this, after all. I’m sure everyone that vanished will return safe and sound. It’s just a matter of when. They’ll be back soon, though. I’m sure of it!
Ehehe, yeah… It was probably just... someone’s Teleport backfiring, and they

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Event 6 - Temporal Terraforming“Oh man! You again!? I swear I was JUST HERE!” She looked at Devonshire sternly, as if she could somehow divine the answer she sought from his equally stern gaze. Her appearance in his office was not _totally_ uncalled for, she had been summoned by the blowing of the Thistle Whistle, an amazingly powerful (if not a bit mysterious) instrument that now lay safely in the possession of Arianna. While much more could be said about Arianna and the Thistle Whistle, that’s not relevant to the task soon to be on hand. It’s Jasmine we’re interested in.
“Ah, yes, you must be the girl Arianna mentioned! We were beginning to think you weren’t going to show, what with you taking so long.” Devonshire really didn’t know how she abruptly appeared in front of him, and didn’t much care. What he did care about was the fact that she had knocked over several papers he’d been meaning to look at, and it would take him upwa

??? Mission 7READ FIRST:
Foo!? Where are you?! Oh, dang you're fast! Thanks for that save back there, but what the heck was up with that rex of a Pokemon?!
I... I’m not really sure what his problem is, but this jungle’s always been pretty harsh. But enough about that. We need to find where all of the villagers scattered off to. I’m pretty certain we’re actually in the middle of an island, with all this water around us no matter where we go...
Island?! But we're not in the middle of an ocean... are we?
No, it’s not like that. I think we’re next to a giant pond. Rather, in the middle of it. I know Prismatic Jungle has one of those, so I think that’s where we might be. It’s colorful enough for that, anyway. My grandfather did more traveling than I ever have... he would know for sure. Hmm, well, we

Arc 1 SummaryHello again, everyone! It seems that Callahan can’t seem to leave well enough alone, and has bugged me to compile a list of the more important goings-ons that each of the three guilds here in Tao have been up to since the past year or so. I was hoping it wouldn’t be too much, but it looks like I was wrong... In fact, it looks like all the guilds here have managed to accomplish a great deal since the beginning, much to my dismay. You guys have no idea how cluttered Callahan’s office is, he doesn’t organize anything! He told me to do it myself if it bothered me so much, but he’s not getting free labor out of me. Well, additional free labor, I guess, as I’m not really... being paid to do this. Not with money, anyway; he says that the opportunity to “pore over and absorb such a rich and vibrant history following the creation of the three guilds should be more than enough payment”. He’s full of it, but I can’t complain.

Mission 5: Evacuation EffortPLEASE READ THESE FIRST!!!!!

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: Waauauauauauuuuuuuu!! Someone! Anyone! Do something!! There's a horrible dragon gone all cuckoo!! And not just anything, nonononono, but I'm practically begging for some heroism here! Don't tell me this village is all fresh out of that!!
: If you would calm yourself, barkeep, you’ll be pleased to know that I have two somewhat ideal candidates here, ready to spring into the heroism you so desire.
: Eh? What’s all this ‘bout heroism? That word ain’t written in me book, if’n I had a book, that is.
: As I was saying, barkeep, if you find the current condition of Tao Village to be a bit too.. hostile, I have an escape route underneath my headquarters, for this very type of emergency.
: Uowawowa... That sure sounds like a plan there!! It would've rivaled the original plan I had to shelter everyone in my cafe, but since it cav

Merchants Mission 7Greetings, Merchants.
A letter from me must be rather unexpected, eh wot? Perhaps even unwelcome, given the circumstances. Do not worry, I will certainly address that, but first, I wish to speak briefly of the rather jarring disappearances we just suffered.
I understand that many of you watched your loved ones vanish into thin air. I was in the presence of our own Master Foo at the time. Unfortunately, he is caught up in whatever is happening, and none of us are entirely certain why, or how this occurred. I, as I am sure the other remaining leaders of the Rogues and Rescuers will, am going to do my best to investigate this and find where they all may have gone, but we have woefully little to go on.
In light of reports that Miss PK and young Rhodes have... have been caught in this wave of disappearance, the Merchants are officially left with Malt and Sandy at the remaining head of leadership. They are both understandably shaken by this, so I am stepping forth in Miss PK's absence. Until

Rogues Mission 6Hmm.. Where to start? You have all performed admirably, and for that, I am glad. To tell you all the truth, I was halfway expecting to deal with the Heatran in the tunnels myself! I decided to have faith in those under my employment, though, so I went ahead and waited to see the outcome. You all did not let me down! I will not ask how you accomplished such a task, for things like that do not matter. I am only interested in results, and I was given them.
I am also proud to know that some of you were able to get along quite nicely with your fellow Pokemon, even though they were not affiliated with our Guild! Never be so headstrong in your ideals that you’re unwilling to cooperate with others who do not share them. I shall be informing Michael and PK that their guild members performed exceedingly well during their trials in my escape tunnel. They are most likely aware that this is the case, but it’s important to verbally communicate. That’s something I haven’t

February Tasks

It brings me great pleasure to announce to you all that the unveiling of our task system has been met with much success, so much so that other villages have gotten wind of what we’re doing and have started filing their own requests! I have a letter sent to me from the Pokemon inhabiting Mossy Village with some tasks, so without further delay, allow me to read them off! Each one of these tasks is worth one point.
Looks like the Merchants here are rather popular, seeing as the first two requests are for them. First off...
Mossy Village’s richest and most eccentric (they’re always both, and not just the first one, huh?) citizen wants her already opulently decorated home to be a “symbol of even greater excess than it currently is”. Evidently the walkway leading up to her house is pure silk, and she would like it decorated with the most luxurious, most colorful l

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~JustcallmeLel Mar 31, 2013 Hobbyist Filmographer

Whoops, I thought, try to sort it out before, so Admins don't have too, Won't happen Again. My Bad...

~ShinyVanillaTwilight Mar 8, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

_{By the way im sorry i said what i did on an app i forgot i was just trying to help}

~frostybiite Feb 6, 2013 Student Digital Artist

oh god...I'm really sorry..

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Thank you vuv

=AngelheartTheWarrior Jan 23, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Oh shoot... I didn't see this journal. D: I am so sorry...

~TwilitIfrit Dec 15, 2012

_{I accidentally broke this rule umu. I wasn't harassing the person though, I told them the problem politely.
No more commenting on apps for me uou;;}

~Kitty--RawR Dec 15, 2012 Student Artist

I'm sorry~ I didn't know

~Tayzonrai Nov 29, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

Forgive me, I have unknowingly defied this journal!

*Ryuu-black-dragon Nov 7, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

lol, this was posted back in may, and a lot of people still corrected others apps and all. i guess thats why you updated it though

*MissFluffyKitty Nov 11, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Anyone, other than a mod, caught correcting an app is redirected here. The only difference now is that it's in the new updated FAQs. Those who bother to read the whole thing carefully will know of this.

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