Episode Writing Rules


Okay, I'm going to state all the rules for what can and cannot be allowed in the episodes. Sorry to be like Mark Moore, but order must be kept.


1) Be somewhat familiar with the Captain N TeleText series before attempting to write your episode. If you're not sure about something, go ahead and ask me. This is to avoid contradictions between your episode and the previous ones, as well as the movie.

2) Read the movie. Definite requirement. This is so you get what the characters are now like.

3) Don't make any permanant changes. In other words, don't have Kevin killed off, don't make Lana or Zelda a Bisexual or Lesbian, and don't have, say, Link, become an idiotic pervert like he was in the Zelda toons. If you do any of these things, undo them at the end of the episode. Put everything back the way it was. (Note: I have a limited exemption from this rule.)

4) Stay in character. Don't turn Rick into a ballet dancer, or something like that. Always keep the characters' personalities in mind when writing them. You can have someone's personality be altered temporarily through technology or magic but you must always have it changed back at the end of the episode.

5) Watch the language. I do allow cussing, but it is mostly restricted to commen profanities, such as "damn", and "ass" for example, but that's it, and NO exceptions.

6) Don't have the characters engage in heavy sexual activity. This maybe a TVPG type series, but I won't have any of that. It really detracts from the storyline, not add to.

7) Not all characters have to be in the story. There are simply too many characters to give everyone a good part in an episode. When you're writing a N-Team episode, you should only use a few members of the N-Team, not all of them.

8) Time Travel. This is very iffy. It happened in MegaLand Mega-Threat, but right now, that's it. I may use it in future eps though. You have to clear it through me first.

9) Keep the episode length to a max of twenty five pages. If your story idea simply can't fit in twenty pages, then write a two-parter, or even a three-parter. When writing a multi-part episode, try to end part one and(if more than Two parts) two on a dramatic climax. This adds to the feeling of continuing.

10) You can use characters from other counsel platforms. (Ex. You can use Cloud Strife from FF7 on Playstation) You must send them back to their own world after the episode is done, or after a maximum of three other related episodes. The reason is, there can't be all these different characters having a major, long term impact on the Series. If it's a hero character, then you can bring them back at any later time. If it's a villain character, then you must wait three more episodes in order to either bring them back, or involve their forces.

11) You write the episode, and you get credit for it. Any editing and name changes I make are not credited to me. Pure and simple. You write, you get credit.

12) Not really a rule, more so a suggestion. Don't always do a "evil guy makes plot, good guy foils plot, evil guy wants revenge" deal. That actually get rather boring after a bit, so add diverity. Maybe an episode about how Link chose his path, how some of the characters meet, how they got they way they are, character stories. But, this is JUST a suggestion, not a rule.


If you can't follow these rules, then you can't write an episode. You can, however, write an N-File (inpedendent fan fiction). No real rules there! =^_^=


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