Writing Sample Example

Below is an example of a good writing sample that is highly encouraged throughout the role-play.

Lt. Ramirez gazed skeptically at his peer. He wasn't too sure if he believed everything that his friend was saying, but then strange things did happen in space. Time warps, new alien species, and all sorts of other events that just made a starfury pilot's day. He was eating his lunch; a boring salad, just what the doctor ordered. But then, the doc was making everyone go on this crazy diet of sorts that nobody liked. But he did striclty enforce it. Either stay on the diet or be confined to Medlab until you agreed to follow his orders. Of course not everyone was able to enjoy this luxorious diet of dark greens and leafy veggies. It was only the personel who were high ranking, security, or a pilot. Those lucky maintenance crews, thought Ramirez. they got away scott free while he was stuck dieting. Of course they got paid A LOT less to. Though secretly Ramirez wasn't sure if the pay was worth putting up with a crazy doctor.

"So while I'm sitting in Hyperspace waiting for the rest of the escort, a big, gigantic, black ship passed by me. It wasn't a Shadow ship either, it was bigger. Much bigger. The thing passed by me as if it didn't even see me, but it was there. And that ship was creepy." Ramirez's friend, Hulio, tended to want to draw attention. He rather doubted that the man had actually seen anything, but he didn't want to hurt his friend's feelings so he continued to listen, pretending to be interested. On his right sat Rachel, the leader of Delta squadron. She was pretty; tan skinned, tall, and thin. Ramirez rather liked her, but it was well known on the station that she already had a date. She was also quite gullible, and seemed to strain her ears for what Hulio was saying. After he finished with his story, Ramirez opened his mouth to say something, but then his comm link buzzed. Sighing, he pressed the tiny button and answered the call.

"This is the commander. We've got a problem."

So as you can see there's a variety of word choice used and the same tense is used throughout the entire post. You do not have to write in past tense, but it is required that you write in the same tense through all your posts so that it reads coherently. Now, this is an example of a very bad post.

Lootenant Ramirex looked at his frend, He didnt realy believe wut he was heering, but he listened anyways. he tolds his budy that it couldn't be tru he also told him. He tells his friend that he isn't going to buy it.

This is a very short example, but you can clearly see the difference; mispelled words, wrong grammer, and different tense is used at different points. Overall, just try to be concise. Your posts do not have to be super long, though it is recommened that they be at least several sentences.