 
Letter Guidelines
1. Please adhere to these mandatory subject line rules, including the punctuation brackets:
New Letter = To [Character Name] from [Character Name] {Letter Topic} Reply = From [Character Name] to [Character Name] RE: {Letter Topic} To Group = To CLG from [Character Name] {Letter Topic} 3. Write all letters in a current voice. For example, if you are playing a popular composer, you can write about what it felt like to write a certain sonata, but write your letter as if you are still alive in the present. This way, we can include letter discussions about the past and the present. 4. Spelling, punctuation, and grammar are important. Take care with what you write, and make it readable and logical. Do not use unnecessary bad language. 5. Stay true to your character. Try to think and write they way they would, including the style, language, etc. Do research on them if you need to; there are plenty of online resources available. If you are playing a famous person, your correspondence must be reflective of the known facts related to your character. For example, if you are playing Eleanor Roosevelt, you cannot pretend that you were married to President Woodrow Wilson instead of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 6. Try to stay focused on your character's personality. For example, if you�re playing Smurfette, it probably would not be appropriate to ask Napoleon Bonaparte if he thinks you should go out on a date with Vanity Smurf. Stay on topic as much as possible. Do not plagiarize. If you need to quote your character, please use quotations marks in a proper manner. 7. If your correspondence would be enhanced by including an object, please feel free to do so. At the end of your letter, simply describe the object (but remember that we're corresponding through a "postal" system, and any object included must be of appropriate size, small enough to send in an envelope or small box). 8. If you chose to create a totally unique, un-famous character, you must adhere to your character profile (name, personality, profession, location, etc.) at all times, unless creative license allows for temporary variations (for example, you are a single male in the 1870�s who lives in France but traveled to Spain for a time). 9. Avoid cliques. Write to different characters and reply to all kinds of letters. We want this to be a broad, interesting, thought-provoking group. However, the occasional humorous letter is very much encouraged. 10. To help with ideas for getting letters started, a new topic suggestion will be posted each Monday and Thursday. You do not have to write a letter related to each suggestion - they are simply ideas.
posted by The Director at 12:56pm 2/23/2005
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Guild Information
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Contact Information
Please send inquiries to the director, Susan via email: [email protected]
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