Authors' Resources

Per the greenlighting policy, first-time authors must get concepts reviewed in the Ideas Critique Forum or IRC chatrooms before creating a feedback thread in the Drafts and Critique forum. Draft critique can still be sought via IRC and PM without greenlights.

When you have a draft that you know for sure the audience will like, bring it to Drafts Critique Forum. Please note that the forums move much slower than the chat, and the draft forum moves slower than the ideas forum!

The mainsite-run IRC chatrooms are the most reliable source of real-time critique discussion.

SCP Sandbox

Main SCP Wiki

JustAnotherLurker

Will use when more confident

Note: This is still in progress

SCP/SCP-J planning Structure:

Rough Ideas: pre-writing forum ideas
Concepts: post-writing forum ideas
Trial Drafts: post-forum ideas visualized into rough first drafts
Developing Drafts: post-first drafts being polished and refined

Rough Ideas

General Planning Structure:
Split into 3 subsections: GOIs, Tales and Overarching narratives:
GOIs:

Summary: explains what they are in 2-3 sentences
History: explains the origin, key events and sometimes key characters
Structure/Hierarchy: explains how they, as an organization, are structured
Politics: Their Stance to other GOIs

Tales:

Setup: What previous events and characters are utilized?
Timeline of events: summary of events, from beginning to middle to end
Theme/Tone: Rough idea for how the story is meant to feel
Purpose: What is this tale's point, be it a statement, a feeling or a piece in a narrative

Overarching narratives (Storylines, Hubs, Secret Storylines):

Characters: Detail

GOI-1