Please Read First!

Subject: Please Read First! Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:21 am

This forum was created by Psycho Schultz to post and discuss stories she collaborates on with other writers. There are only a few rules that members must follow.

Only registered members can post replies or new topics and participate in writing stories.
Registered members must be approved by the Admin, Psycho Schultz, before gaining access to participate in polls or post anything on this forum.
Registered members MUST be invited to join the forums by the Admin, or another moderator only. If someone registers who has not been invited to join, the membership will not be accepted and that person will not be able to participate in discussions on this forum.
If you would like to collaborate on stories with a member or this forum you can email or PM the Admin or another moderator and ask us first. If we do not know you and haven't received a PM or email message from you first, you will not be approved to register. To contact the Admin or a moderator click on either memberlist or Usergroups above and click on the name of the Admin or moderator you would like to contact. This will take you to their profile page from there if you click on contact you will be taken to a list of different ways to contact the either email, pm, or another way.

After you are approved by an Admin or Moderator, you will gain access to post/reply to topics, participate, in polls, chat in the chat area, etc. The forums have been divided into several categories like the General category where the rules, announcements, and member introduction forums can be found; and the Adana and Psycho Schultz Fiction category where stories that Adana and Psycho Schultz write together will be posted. When two or more members want to write together using this forum they can request that a new category be created for them by the Admin. There are a few rules you must follow once you are approved for registration to ensure everything runs smoothly:

Each forum may have specific rules for that particular forum only. You must follow these rules to avoid losing your access to the forum. For instance if Psycho Schultz and Adana are writing a story in their CSI Stories forum, they may not want anyone else to start writing the story with them unless they both approve it. (Eventually, if the need arises, a category for role play stories may be added where stories will be open for many different writers to join.) These rules may also warn other members to not post replies to the posted stories/topics (unless stated on the top of certain story/topics) until the stories are complete.
New stories should be posted in a new topic in the appropriate category and forum. The member who post the initial story/topic should first include some rules for other members to follow on the top of the first post. These rules will let other members know if they can reply with what they think of the story as it is being posted or not, if the authors who started the story want to keep the story between themselves, or if they would be willing to accept other writers to join in the story, etc. Psycho Schultz and Adana write their stories in a messenger and then one of them will copy what they wrote from the messenger to a word document, do a little editing if necessary and then copy and paste it to the topic for that story. It is done that way so that it is easier to go back and look at an earlier part of the story (especially if they haven't worked on the story for a couple of days/weeks do to real life obligations) without having to sift through the discussions about the story that are also posted in the messenger while it is being written.
Inappropriate language (curse words), sexual references, threats of violence, harassment of any kind, etc. are only permitted if they are a part of a story plot. Threatening, harassing, cursing at, etc. other members will not be tolerated. If you don't like a story someone posts and can't give them constructive criticism on how to improve the story then don't reply to it at all.
Any member not following these rules will receive at least 2 warnings depending on the severity of the offence. If the behavior continues after at least 2 warnings the member will be banned from the forum.

All rules are subject to change by the Admin or Moderators.