Exclusion is the enemy of us all.
I wanted to ask staff for some guidance on what advice we should give writers who are struggling to establish themselves or find consistent roleplay within the community.
Communities naturally form friendships and familiar writing circles, and no one can be expected to participate in every story, accept every character concept, or respond to every request. At the same time, some writers have told me that they struggle to find connections even after posting advertisements, joining open threads, approaching factions, responding to planning discussions, or reaching out to other writers.
My interest is in helping foster a welcoming environment where writers have a fair opportunity to share their ideas, meet potential writing partners, and become involved in ongoing stories. I would also like to help people distinguish between ordinary difficulties finding compatible partners and situations where they may need to change how they are approaching the community.
I have tried to contribute by creating additional storytelling opportunities, inviting less-established writers into discussions, encouraging people to share their ideas, and redirecting conversations away from general complaints and toward practical solutions.
What specific advice would staff recommend giving writers who have made repeated efforts but still feel overlooked? For example, should they be directed toward particular forums, faction spaces, roleplay advertisements, open threads, community events, or methods of approaching other writers?
Are there also common mistakes that may make it harder for someone to receive responses, such as unclear advertisements, overly narrow concepts, joining too many threads at once, or approaching people without enough information about the story they would like to propose?
I would like to make sure the guidance I offer is practical, constructive, respectful of everyone's personal boundaries, and consistent with the site's expectations.
While the topic is about the creation of a new faction I would like to suggest that, perhaps, reviving an old faction could be a great way to create roleplay and drum up interest. I've seen mentions of a rebellion faction. In 2025 a rebellion faction went Major called the Tingel Arm Coalition. While it seems that the writers (who created TAC) are now into the Farworlds Alliance (and trying to get that faction to go Major) perhaps a new group of writers could takeover where TAC left-off and if there is enough momentum perhaps the FA writers (who used to be in TAC) would have interest in writing their old characters again.
The FA is a continuation of the natural roleplay progression of the characters involved in TAC. I also have documented roleplays showing that the same core group of roughly five to seven writers has been telling stories together since before TAC and continues to do so now.
We intend to continue building narratives and writing together regardless of whether the faction ever gains a place on the map. We are also actively reaching out to other groups and writers to plan collaborative threads, shared plots, and cross-faction storytelling opportunities.
Judah Lesan well said! That is very true.
