Jooster Stories as Birthday Gifts
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Tally ho! I have a suggestion about how this nifty little community can make its members' birthdays really memorable. Provided the moderators have no objection.
Birthday boys/girls: All those whose birthdays are coming up should each formulate a wishlist of the stories you crave as birthday gifts. Since disappointment is the last thing you want, these wishlists should be posted to the community at least a fortnight before your big day, so as to give other writers sufficient time to select the stories they wish to write, and then write them. And again, to avoid disappointment, try not to wish for stories you know can't be completed in two weeks. Your posts should be titled "All I Want for my Birthday is..."
Don't forget to state your birth date!!!
Writers: Select the story/stories you're willing to write. Since it's marvellous for someone to receive multiple gifts from many members of the community, please aim to fulfill as many requests as you can. You can even discuss among yourselves to decide who'll wite what. But stories must be written wholeheartedly and posted latest by a couple of days after the recipient's birthday. Promises should be kept, and you needn't be on someone's friends' list to write for them. In fact, you may even reply to the wishlist post, stating in the affirmative that you will write, and if you've decided, what you will wite. The recipient would then have something to look forward to. Your posts should be titled "Happy Birthday *recipient's screen name*".
Nobody will be allowed to judge or criticise a birthday boy/girl for the kind of stories he/she requests, provided they're essentially Jeeves and Wooster. And nobody will judge or criticise a writer for what he/she chooses to write. It's called birthday indulgence.
And please stick to titling your posts as directed. The reason is that many busy members only find time to check their e-mail notifications rather than actually visit the community to see what's new. So only the titles get their attention.
Lastly, nobody who posts his/her birthday wishlist in time (and stating the date) should go without atleast one story as a gift on his/her big day. We must ensure that.
So do you think that this is a good idea?
Birthday boys/girls: All those whose birthdays are coming up should each formulate a wishlist of the stories you crave as birthday gifts. Since disappointment is the last thing you want, these wishlists should be posted to the community at least a fortnight before your big day, so as to give other writers sufficient time to select the stories they wish to write, and then write them. And again, to avoid disappointment, try not to wish for stories you know can't be completed in two weeks. Your posts should be titled "All I Want for my Birthday is..."
Don't forget to state your birth date!!!
Writers: Select the story/stories you're willing to write. Since it's marvellous for someone to receive multiple gifts from many members of the community, please aim to fulfill as many requests as you can. You can even discuss among yourselves to decide who'll wite what. But stories must be written wholeheartedly and posted latest by a couple of days after the recipient's birthday. Promises should be kept, and you needn't be on someone's friends' list to write for them. In fact, you may even reply to the wishlist post, stating in the affirmative that you will write, and if you've decided, what you will wite. The recipient would then have something to look forward to. Your posts should be titled "Happy Birthday *recipient's screen name*".
Nobody will be allowed to judge or criticise a birthday boy/girl for the kind of stories he/she requests, provided they're essentially Jeeves and Wooster. And nobody will judge or criticise a writer for what he/she chooses to write. It's called birthday indulgence.
And please stick to titling your posts as directed. The reason is that many busy members only find time to check their e-mail notifications rather than actually visit the community to see what's new. So only the titles get their attention.
Lastly, nobody who posts his/her birthday wishlist in time (and stating the date) should go without atleast one story as a gift on his/her big day. We must ensure that.
So do you think that this is a good idea?
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Date: 2009-06-12 09:39 pm (UTC)