1) Do your homework.
We ask that you please read this site thoroughly and know the boundaries are on magic, culture, and setting. Example: If it says only Necromancers are capable of summoning dragons and you are playing a druid, do not write your character summons one. These limitations were set up as rich soil in which to grow gripping tales, not to limit your writing. Nothing brings a plot quicker to a screeching halt than confusion on the bedrock facts.

2)Write with everyone in the story.
This is a broad topic that ripples into many areas but all which can bring stories to their knees. Please do not come to the Vale of the Enclave story to shack up with one character that has caught your eye. Do not write only to one person's posts, diminishing or ignoring the writing of others in the scene.

3) Be conflict-friendly... ie. action junkie.
Stories revolve around conflicts happening and then being solved. Without conflict, there is no story. Some writers engage in roleplay where they seek to enact out 'perfect world fantasies. Their character is beautiful, rich, powerful and happy beyond their wildest dreams usually starting a family. Although characters in the Vale may touch on some of these attributes, they will constantly be put to the test, have the rug jerked out from beneath them, and often be in jeopardy of some form. If conflicts bother you, look for another storyline to join. We will disturb you.

4) Tear it up.
Let your passion guide you. And if you have fever; go with it.