Posted by Lieutenant Garth (Chief Science Officer) in CSO’s Office: Cadet Duras Checking In

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OOC: STF is a lot about just getting used to things, and that’s what the academy’s for! You’re doing great so far, and I’m glad to see you taking initiative with some of the other threads! What I’ve demonstrated above is that you can respond between paragraphs of other people’s posts. In fact, sometimes paragraphs are intended to have a response inserted before the next. See if you can answer Garth’s first question before the paragraph with his second. This way, it maintains the normal chronological order of the conversation while letting things move forward more quickly. Usually, responses inserted between paragraphs shouldn’t DRASTICALLY alter the situation/conversation, as to not make the paragraph afterwards nonsensicle. Hope that makes sense! To do this, make sure that the inserted line and the line both above and below it have no arrows (>) in your response!

Ben

I’m splitting this thread on purpose to expand on Ben’s information here. Inserting information between paragraphs is a very useful skill to have in STF and it can be a wonderful way to move a thread along a bit more quickly than it would otherwise. I think an important distinction here, though, is to make sure that you aren’t going so far in your response that you are assuming or implying certain responses from the other player. I know that I’ve had experiences where I felt a bit written into a corner based on the rest of a player’s post when I really wanted a chance to naturally respond to an interaction! Sometimes, shorter is better in these situations. :)

• Sarah