Meg Maloney, our Lead Story Writer is looking for some additional team members. There's lots to be written still in terms of history, lore, quests, and NPC dialog. She posted this on the forums but I wanted to post it here as well.
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I'm currently looking for dedicated writers interested in joining our
team. If you would like to lend your talent to our project, please read
the requirements below and submit your application as directed.
Step
one: Briefly familiarize yourself with the 3 possible backstories
located in the Backstory & Lore forum. (Entitled "Russ' Backstory,
Aaron's Backstory, and Meg's Backstory, respectively).
Step
two: Develop a piece which includes some ORIGINAL lore for 1 place of
interest within in the game world, 1 person of interest who influences
the game world, and 1 item of interest located somewhere inside the
game world. They do not all need to be related to one another (for
example you may write about a small frontier town, a Cleric of note,
and an item of power held by the Sorcerers) nor do they need to be epic
in nature (feel free to write about a locally famous inventor) but they
do need to exhibit your talent and familiarity with the world being
developed. By "original" I mean developed entirely by you - please do
not write about places, items or people already described in any of the
backstories.
Step three: Submit your piece (maximum of 1500
words-- but we're looking for quality over quantity) in the stickied
Submissions thread located in the Backstory & Lore forum. Do not
reply to the Help Wanted thread with your submission. Do not create a new thread
for your submission.
Step three: please remain active on the
forums and/or IRC for one week following your submission. We need to be
assured that you will be available and willing to develop adequate time
to the project. We're not expecting 40 hours a week, but an average of
2-3 hours per day will probably be necessary (it's fine if you only
want to do weekends). Any availability between the hours of 11am - 11pm
EST is preferred -- since this is generally when I am active and able
to work with you.
Credit will be given for any contributions
used, and your contact information will be made available both here on
the website as well as within Jeromy's book, Programming an MMORPG in C# with XNA, as a form of free advertising for your talent.
I
realize this may sound like a lot, especially for a volunteer project.
I'm doing this for free because I truly love to write, and I'm getting
great experience and enjoyment from this project. If you think you will
too, please consider coming aboard!