Writing Improvement Squadron

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Writing Improvement Squadron
Writing Improvement Squadron


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The Writing Improvement Team creates and curates resources for members to improve their writing skills. Tutorials and articles created by UFOP: Starbase 118 members, as well as published authors.

Article & Tutorial Index


Basic Writing Techniques

Tackle common grammatical errors, NPC usage, backsimming, and enjoy Q&A sessions with published authors Melinda Snodgrass and Margaret Bonanno.

Style and Mechanics

This section covers style and format issues in simming, working with narrative and dialogue, using research to improve simming, and related topics.

Plot and Story

Here you'll find articles that help you understand different methods of plotting your mission sims, making sims more realistic, and general story considerations.

Character Development

How to bring your character to life, simming romance with other characters, and using conflict are found here along with a few related articles.

Simming Policies

Understand UFOP: Starbase 118 policies on sexism and how to avoid it, along with more general considerations such as understanding fleet placement.

Creating Original Material

Learn some techniques for developing worlds and keeping them realistic.

=Writers Workshop Articles

Go beyond the lessons here with even more in-depth and specialized material in our Writer's Workshop.



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Guilds Characters Guild · Readers Guild · Lambda Alliance · Species Guild · Soong Society
Fleet Councils Executive Council · Captains Council
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