I don't believe that I am going to be hand holding anyone. I think about the only time I'm going to be holding their hand is to help them across the gap into our realm. But that aside, the light RPs are meant for introduction so the high level of RP skill is not going to be a requirement. If someone new ends up going into a really serious RP well then they've thrown themselves in there. So long as the leader of the RP is fine with them going in they can. I'm not going to candy coat it for them. They'll be expected to pull their weight like everyone else.

The idea is that lighter RPs will introduce them to the world of RPing as well as get them confident in their ability to write. Even in lighter RP they are going to be expected to be able to write well. Its the construction of the foundation. After that they should be more than willing to start going into the heavier stuff. And when they do, it is going to be expected that they hit that level. However, it is going to be up the leaders and members of the individual RPs to note and comment when you feel someone needs to improve. Because there is nothing in the rules that says I'm going to march in and warn someone for poor RPing as long as they follow the rules. The rules are meant as a bar, a pretty low one at that. If someone can't meet the bar set by the rules then they've got problems, because its very generious. After that it is going to be up to the individual to improve and the members to critique their work and get them to improve.

I think one of the things that really does not end up happening is critique. People have tried to create clubs to focus on that, but they've all failed. And when you are in a RP most people don't really worry themselves with critique so long as people are posting. So improvement ends up being very long if at all. Don't know, maybe we need some training RP in there designed to provide critique along with a story. Since making something that is just meant to critique and not really be a true RP is not really a good model to teach on.

As for the sticky I believe this is Shadow's forum if I'm not mistaken. So I'll leave it up to him to decide. I try not to step on the mods toes when I can help it.